CLASS OF 1878

Dr. Edward Hyde died April 2 at his home in Pelham, N. H., of arteriosclerosis.

He was born at Hyde, England, January 18, 1846, his parents being William and Elizabeth (Fielding) Hyde. He came to America in his boyhood, and attended grammar school and high school in Lowell, Mass., leaving school in 1862. He learned the machinist's trade at North Chelmsford, Mass., and then with his mother spent a year abroad, traveling in the British Isles and on the Continent. Following this, he went from New York to the west coast of Mexico by water, and remained in the Far . West six years, being successively engaged as an engineer on a steamer plying between Mazatlan, Mexico, and San Francisco, as a rancher in the Yosemite Valley, and as an engineer in a mine at Gold Hill, Nevada.

Returning East, he studied medicine, taking his entire course of three years at Dartmouth, an uncommon occurrence at that period. While he was a student he compiled a book entitled "Mosses and Lichens of New Hampshire," and gave much attention to botany, in which he was always greatly interested. For six years he practiced medicine in Lowell, Mass., where he became a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and was on the board of pension examiners and for two years on the staff of St. John's Hospital.

He then went to Florida, where he bought an orange grove and remained six years, practicing his profession, and acting as postmaster, station agent, telegraph operator, and member of the school board.

In June, 1891, he removed to Pelham, N. H., where he lived the remainder of his life, serving on the board of health or as health officer all of the time and on the school board three years. During all his active life he was doing research work in scientific lines, especially in botany. He played several musical instruments, being a guitar soloist of considerable merit. In January, 1910, he suffered a slight shock, but recovered and continued his practice until a second shock in March, 1915. He continued to do office work until January, 1916, when he retired altogether.

January 18, 1888, Dr. Hyde was married in Winter Park, Fla., to Estelle Francena, daughter of George L. and Lucy Patience (Smith) Proper, formerly of Franklin, Vt., who survives him, with three daughters.