the Journal of the Chemical Society for 1871. The last paper Flight wrote was on the meteorite of Alfianello in Italy. Between 1875 and 1883 Flight contributed a series of twenty-three papers to the Geological Magazine, entitled A Chapter in the History of Meteorites (published in book form in 1887). Later life Flight was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on 7 June 1883. In 1884 he was taken so seriously ill that he was compelled to resign his post in the British Museum, and died on 4 November 1885, leaving a widow and three young children. He had married Kate, the daughter of Dr Fell of Ambleside. References External links 1841 births 1885 deaths Scientists from Winchester Alumni of the University of London English mineralogists 19th-century English scientists Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Geological Society of London