“ Our Newcastle Correspondent telegraphs:— "The news of Dr. Gurney's death came as a great shock to the people of Newcastle, by whom he was much respected. He was a recognized leader in education matters, and was early co-opted a member of both the Newcastle and the Northumberland education committees, being particularly useful on the higher education and other sub-committees. He was also college representative on the governing bodies of the Henry Smith School, Hartlepool, the Middlesborough High School, the Newcastle Grammar School, the Sharp School, Rothbury and Tomlinson School, Rothbury. ”

“ In 1870 he took his degree, being 14th wrangler in the mathematical tripos and fourth in the first class in the natural sciences tripos, and his college elected him to a Fellowship. In 1827 he was ordained deacon and priest, to the curacy of Rotherhithe, by the Bishop of Ely (Dr. E. H. Browne) , and from 1876 to 1886 he was curate of St. ”