MACBETH, ROBERT WALKER painter, was born at Glasgow on Sept. 3o, 1848. He studied art at the Royal Scottish Academy, and in 1871 came to London where he was for some time on the staff of the Graphic. Both as painter and etcher he was very popular. He died at Golders Green on Nov. 1, 1910. Among his best-known works are "punster Castle" (1895) ; "The End of a Good Day" (1897) ; and "Naval Manoeuvres" (1899).
1912 (187o-1917), Canadian politician, was born at New Westminster on Dec. 15, 1870, and was educated first in that city and later at Dalhousie university, Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was called to the Canadian bar in 1892, and entered the British Columbian parliament as member for Dewdney in 1898. In 1900 he became minister of mines and in 1902 leader of the Opposition. In June 1903 he be came prime minister for the province and retained that position until 1915, when he became agent-general for British Columbia in London. He died in London on Aug. 6, 1917.
at Harvard in 1866 and 1869, and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia) in 1870. The following three years he studied in Europe. He was appointed demonstrator of anatomy at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1872, and filled this position until 1888, when he was elected instructor in opera tive surgery. He became, in turn, professor of surgery (1889 to 1892) and professor of clinical surgery (1892 to 1897). From 1899 to 1901 he was the sole attending surgeon at the Roosevelt hospital, New York. He continued both his private and hospital practice until 1907, when he retired. His name is associated in medical history with his work on appendicitis. He discovered a ready means of detecting a diseased appendix by pressure on a particular spot, which has been named McBurney's point. He originated a short incision, known as McBurney's incision, to expose the appendix without cutting muscle fibre. He died in Brookline, Mass., Nov. 7, 1913.