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Excerpt from Obituaries: Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, August 6, 1820-January 19, 1914, Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, F. R. C. S., F. R. S., July 23, 1828-June 23, 1913, Charles Sedgwick Minot, D. S., LL. D., D. Sc., December 23, 1852-November 19, 1914The name oi Lord Strathcona, Canadian Financier and Phil anthropist. So Well known throughout the Iiritish limpire. Will be laniiliar to all members t l this Association who were in London in August of l'i'.i and all will rcmcmir. Him as the grand old man oi patriarch: l age. Who stood erect for three hours to receive in his own person. The whole International Congress of Medicine. Three thousand strong. Who congregated at his great reception to all members at the liotanical Gardens. This entertainment was remarkable as the only one oi the Congress to which all members were invited. Without restriction of number or space. Nd the fact typifies the broad-minded and wide-hearted r nirit oi his philan thropic and public work. S Lord iligh Cor~iminsioner for Can ada in London. And Chancellor for le(iill l'niversity. He Was especially well known to Canadians. But many acts like the above gave him recognition far hevond the bounds of the British Empire.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.