Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-13
DEATH OF PROF. PROCTOR.
The AstrOn0mer Dies I'm New York Of
Yellow Fever.
OF HEALTH MUCH ALARMED-GUARDIN0A GAINsf 4
SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.

SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.
Prof Richard A Proctor died In New YORK. at 2 :15
last evening Of yellow fever his death being pre-
coded BY black vomit. Pros Proctor had an OBJ
servatory at Oaklawn, Marion County, Fla, and he
resided there with his family. He intended TO go
TO Europe, and arrived In New York last Monday,
having already engaged passage on steamer sail
Ing next Saturday. He stopped at an uptown
hotel, the name Of which is suppressed by the
board of health. He usually stops at the West
minister. Monday evening he complained Of feel
Ing III, ana as he had been troubled with Brighps
disease for some time, his symptoms were attrib-
uted 10 this disease. The physician visiting him
thought he would be about on Tuesday. He slept at
the hotel On Tuesday, however, he became
worse, and began to show symptoms OF yellow
FEVER. As the day wore on the symptoms became
more marked, and no doubt was had OF the
nature OF the disease. 1t was then decided
70 remove him to North Brothers Island,
put IL stormed so hard that 1t was subsequently
considered imprudent TO remove him so Tar, and
ne was removed to the willard Parker Hospital
Inc board OF health was not informed OF the case
until yesterday, when 1t caused CONSERVATION In
tne once. Everything in the apartment he had
occupied was destroyed, and his room and the halls
were thoroughly fumigated. President Baylls
decided to keep the office Of the board OF health
open last night, for fear OF any further cases. Dr.
Bayis however says that the efforts OF the depart
ment Will probably prevent the spread OF the dis
ease In case OF outbreak OF the fever, he said,
ne was prepared 20 accommodate many hundreds
OF patients on North Brothers Island. But he
feared no such outbreak. Prot. Proctor said there
mad been yellow fever In the part Of the country
ne mad come from, and he was unable to account
Tor his attack.
HIS LIFE AND WORKS.
Richard Anthony Proctor was born in Chelsea,
England. March % 1887. He was educated at
home until his eleventh year, and then entered an
academy in Milton-on- Thames, where he remained
three years and became head boy OF the institu-
lion: After the death OF his father in 1850 the
family became embarrassed through chancery de-
lays In friendly suit, and in 1854 Richard ac-
cepted olerkship in a London bank, devOtlng all
MS spare time to the study OF mathematics. In
1885, the situation OF the family having been i'm
proved, he entered Kings college, London, and in
1896 ST. Johns College, Cambridge. He took his
degrees In 1860, and married in the same year.
For the next three years his studies were mostly
historical and literary In 1863 he wrote an essay
on double Stars" which appeared In the C0rnhilt
.Mdgazins. In 1866 he published monogram on
Saturn" and early In 1866 his "GnomOnic star
Atlas" and Handbook OF the stars" These works
We're OF scientific, but not popular nature.
IN 1866, by the failure OF a bank In London,
he lost the whole OF bis fortune and his scientific
work was considerably hampered by duties arts
ing from this circumstance. In 1869 he made some
suggestions TO the astronomer royal, Sir George
Airy, as 10 the best method OF observing the APP
preaching transit or Venus, and at a meeting OF
the principal astronomers OF England at the
unanimously approved. But his chief scientific
WORK since 1867 consisted in the Investigation or
the evidence available for determining the struc-
MI. Proctor published work entitled, "Other
worlds Than ours" which had an extraordinary
success and attracted the general attention OF the
scientific world. From that time he was, perhaps,
the most fertile and popular writer upon as
t2nomlcal subjects or the present day. In
1873 he visited the United States and deliv-
cred lectures, and again In 1879 and subsequently,
LOOK up MS residence In this country. His second
Vile was ST. Joseph, NO., lady, and they were
married In 1885. Tney lived at ST. Joe for quite a
while, and then moved to New York. Prof. Proc
tor mad lectured and written extensively on scien-
tlnc subjects In this country. His published
DOCKS besides those above mentioned were Soon
stelIat1on seasons" and 'Sun Views OF the Earth
london. 1869; "Half Hours with the Telescope
NS6s9; Halt Hours with the Stars" (1s6y; "The
SUM-, large "Star Atlas, Elementary Astron-
oIny and Light Science for Leisure Hours 500
Essays on Astronomy" and serbs Around U.s.
QS7D; "Chart or 324, 900 Stars" "School Atlas of
Astronomy" and Elementary Physical Geogra-
pny" QS72l; Light Science" &C., second series;
"Iae Moon" and "Border Land or science" Qs73)
ana Ine Universe and Coming Transits," "1ran-
sits OF Venus, Past, Present and Future" and
zine kxpanse OF Heaven" QS74l.