THE ANALYST. JULY, 1895. Obit uarg. DR. WILLIAM MORGAN, OF SWANSEA. WE deeply regret to have to announce the death, which occurred on June 19 from Bright’s disease, of Dr. W. Morgan. Dr. Morgan was the Welsh public analyst. He acted for the counties of Brecon, Carmarthen, Glamorgan, Monmouth, and Pembroke, and the boroughs of Swansea, Neath, and Carmarthen. We have lost by his death a most worthy man and an active and able public analyst. Dr. Morgan was always proud to relate how he commenced life in the humble position of carpenter’s apprentice in Carmarthen. Whenever he could, he attended lectures on science and art. I n August, 1864, Mr. Morgan removed to Swansea, still working as a carpenter. Soon he found an opportunity of entering the Burrows Spelter Works as assistant chemist, and in 1864 he was appointed assistant chemist at Messrs.Vivian’s great smelting works. By 1870 he had saved a small sum of money. He gave up his appointment with Messrs. Vivian, and proceeded to Gieesen on the Lahn, the little German university which had for more than a quarter of a century been famous as the home of the great Liebig. Liebig himself had before 1870 left Giessen for Munich, and Morgan worked mainly under Professor Will. Here for two years he studied physiology, mineralogy, and chemistry, and at the end of that time obtained his Doctor’s degree, summd cum Zaude. I n 1873 he returned to Swansea and opened a laboratory. I n the early part of 1874 he was appointed public analyst for Swansea. Other appointments rapidly followed. I n 1884 he removed to more commodious premises in Nelson Terrace, and he gradually added to these, until the establishment in Nelson Terrace occupied, as it does at the present time, a large block of buildings, and arranged both for analytical work and for the teaching of students.Probably no better and more commodious laboratory exists in the country, and many a college might be proud to possess it. Excellent collections of books, of instruments, and of specimens are accumu- lated. Dr. Morgan, as an excellent German linguist, kept continually in touch with Continental literature, and all the newest and best books were eagerly ob- tained by him. In the construction of the laboratory his old training as carpenter stood Dr. Morgan in good stead. His analytical practice, apart from the work of the Food Act, was most extensive, and large numbers of spelters, copper-ores, and metallic products of all kinds passed through his hands,146 THE ANALYST. He was highly respected by his fellow citizens, and occupied for many years the During Dr. Morgan’s last illness Mr. Seyler, his chief assistant, was appointed position of chairman of the Swansea, School Board. interim analyst for several of the districts for which Dr. Morgan acted officially. 0. H.