his simple and unaffected manner.  He was a delightful companion,
always cheerful and genial, showing in society but few traces of
his really shy and retiring disposition.  His nature was
sympathetic and generous, and in few men have the moral and
intellectual qualities been more perfectly balanced. 

In 1863 he married the daughter of Haliday Bruce, Esq., of
Dublin and up to the close of his life he lived at the Cambridge
Observatory, pursuing his mathematical work and enjoying the
society of his friends. 

He died, after a long illness, on 21st January, 1892, and was
interred in St.  Giles's Cemetery, on the Huntingdon Road,
Cambridge. 

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