Obituary notices of fellows deceased

Sydney Samuel Hough was born at Stoke Newington on June 11, 1870. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and at St. John's College, Cambridge. After graduating as third wrangler in 1892, he was awarded a Smith's Prize in 1894 for his Essay on the oscillations of an ellipsoidal shell containing fluid, and in the following year he was elected to a fellowship at his college and to an Isaac Newton studentship. He was a man of very quiet disposition, rather inaccessible, except in astronomical matters. Even in these he was reluctant to take part in public discussions; yet in private conversation be made it clear that he had very definite views, though it was not always an easy matter to elicit them. In private life he was extremely modest and unassuming, a very faithful friend, always cheerful and kindly, and inclined to regard unpleasant events and people from a humorous point of view.