DR. JOHN BEATTIE CROZIER (born at Gait, Canada, on April 23, 1849; died in London on January 8) was a thinker who knew how to combine philosophic breadth with scientific substance. His first ...

Starrett recalled that Crozier wanted his horse collected from the railway station: "'Can you ride a horse?' he asked. Could I ride a horse? Me, who'd done five years at the milk trade!