Obituary Notice for Sir James Agnew, R.S Bright and the Honourable C.H Grant

Sir James Wilson Agnew, K.C.M.G., M.D., M.E.C., Senior Vice-President of the Royal Society of Tasmania.
Died on 8th November, 1901, in the 87th year of his age.—Born at Ballyclare, Ireland, on the 2nd October, 1815, he studied for the medical profession in London and Paris, and at Glasgow, where he graduated M.D., as his father and grandfather had done before him, and came to Australia in 1839.
Richard Stonhewer Bright, M.R.C.S., E., L.M., L.S.A. Died 28th October, 1901.—Born at South Audley-street, London, in 1835, he was educated at Christ's Hospital and King's College, and, following in the steps of his father, took up the study of the medical profession, and qualified for membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1857. Hon. Charles Henry Grant. Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.E.C. Died 30th September, 1901. in the 70th year of his age.—Born at Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England, on the 9th November. 1831, he was educated at King's College, London, where he achieved distinction in mathematical studies, and he subsequently gained large experience in Telegraphy and Railway Engineering, both in England and in Canada. He came to Tasmania in 1872 to superintend the construction of the Main Line of Railway between Hobart and Launceston, of which he acted as General Manager until the line became the property of the State in 1890.