A tender tribute to the memory of Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, ... containing the funeral oration, delivered by the Rev. Canon Barker, M.A. Rector of St. Marylebone Church, on the occasion of the public service held there 27th November, 1896. Together with a short history of the origin, and formation of the Noviomagian Society, founded in 1828 / arranged with an introductory chapter, by George R. Wright.

  • Wright, George R., 1821-1900.
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[1897]
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Credit: A tender tribute to the memory of Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, ... containing the funeral oration, delivered by the Rev. Canon Barker, M.A. Rector of St. Marylebone Church, on the occasion of the public service held there 27th November, 1896. Together with a short history of the origin, and formation of the Noviomagian Society, founded in 1828 / arranged with an introductory chapter, by George R. Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    His keen sense of Humour, coupled with his ever ready and discerning Wit, and his prompt •.appreciation of both these elements of good fellowship—in others, made him a man of no ordinary mark, and filled all who met him as a learned and far-seeing philosopher, as well as a 'Serious minded and eminent student of Science, ^with a feeling of intense respect and affectionate regard. That he who was so greatly distiu- iguished in all he had so successfully undertaken, ^should condescend to bring himself to the ordinary level of a happy and merry party, as \were the citizens of Noviomagus, and become :the prime instigator and leader of all their fun 'and mirthful frolic, struck them with almost a rsense of pleasant awe, and certainly increased in their hearts that love and appreciation which ^renders his loss to the Society of Noviomagus— a never-ceasing sorrow and regretful memory. To him also—such a welcome and mirthful change of scene from “ grave to gay/’ as it were, -was a source of unending joy, and in the looking [forward to the Monthly meetings of the Session of Noviomagus, he has frequently observed to :me and to other of his friends, that he always de- prived great comfort in the welcome change, and imore especially so when his mind had been