The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-24 00:00:00

FRANCIS GILES: Egg., DECEASED.

It is with no ordinary feelings of regret
that we record the death of this gentl.:m,n,
which occurred at his residence on the 14k.
inst, after a brief attack of typeo d fever
caught in the discharge of his professional
duties. Mr. Giles, whose ancestors settled
in SomersetThire in the middle of the seven-
teenth century, having previously resided at
Solhampton, in the parish of Artley, iii
Worcestershire, was born at Frome in lir
the former county in the year 1820, and was
consequently only 55 years of age. He re-
ceived his early education at the Frome
Grammar School, and his professional train-
ing at the London Hospital. After obtain-
ing his degree he prautised for several years
in his native town, and in 1853 removed to
Stourbridge to succeed his cousin. Here he
attained a very high position in his prefes-
Sion ; his superior ability and skill, and his
careful and unrem tting attention to his pa-
tients, having gained for him ge:aeral confi-
dence and respect. He was one of the
honorary surgeons of the Stourbridge Dis-
pensary and his services were much sought
by the poor, many of whom feel, as well they
may, that they have lost a true friend.
Though closely occupied with the laborious
duties of a large practice, Mr. Giles was
nevertheless a diligent student, keeping
abreast of the foremost literature of the day,
not merely in the departments most intimate' v
connected with his own profession, but also
in the wider spheres of general rervice and
philosophy. Only iniimate friends knew how
rich and varied were his intelle:Anal resources
Ho was the author 11 two works, published
anonymously. The True e.r.d the False
sciences" and "Lux e Teneiseis on The
Testimony of Conciousness," the latter only
a few months ago, b )th of which are
characterized by great ability and afford
abundant evidence that the antlii_.r was an
independa,nt thinker, Tim able write:, and an
earnest
.seeker after truth. By his lamented
death the profession has lost cno of its most
, useful, meaThers, and the community one of
its most enlightened and philanthropic
citizens; and the circle of his friends bas
sustained an irreparable loss.
He was interred at Amblecote, on Tuesday
last. In accordance with the express wish
of deceased the funeral was of the plai n est
, possible description, the hearse having no
pin Ines, nor any other of those trappings of
funereal woo with which it is usual to bedeck
those equipages The hearse was followed
'by private carriages, and 18 gentlemen
friends of the deceased who followed on
foot, completed the mournful cortege.

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