A Memorial Tribute to William Macgillivray, M.A. LL. D (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book A Memorial Tribute to William Macgillivray, M.A. LL. D (Classic Reprint) written by William Macgillivray and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Memorial Tribute to William Macgillivray, M.A. LL. D The sketch of Professor macgillivray's life and work which follows was at first written in the form, and with the brevity, of an article intended for a newspaper in connection with the movement, then begun, for the promotion of a Memorial of him; but it was not so used, and was retained, altered, and added to from time to time, the result partly of suggestions from friends, most of them former pupils of the Professor, and partly of information which came to me from different sources at odd times. It is in no sense a Life of my eminent namesake - for such a work I am not competent - but merely an appreciative sketch in which I have tried to record, and to some extent illustrate, my own conception of his special pre-emi nemce as an ornithologist, and my warm admiration of his high qualities of mind and character, as these come out so prominently in connection with his life's work in the different spheres in which his lot had been. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.