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LL.D., and in 1903 he had the honour of being awarded the 

 gold medal of the Linnean Society. 



In addition to his scientific publications, he was the author 

 and editor of a number of popular books in Natural History, and 

 was at the time associated with the publisher of Hardwicke's 

 Science Gossip, of which journal he was editor from its beginning 

 in 1865 until December 1871. 



In the Journal of the Q.M.C. for November 1899 will be found 

 " Early Memories of the Q.M.C," a short paper contributed by 

 Dr. Cooke on the early history of the Club. Dr. Cooke was one 

 of the eleven members who attended the preliminary meeting 

 held on June 14th, 1865, and the meeting on July 7th, when 

 the Q.M.C. originated, and he was then elected one of its 

 first Vice-Presidents. He was President in 1882 and 1883, 

 and was elected an honorary member in 1893. He was always 

 a very active spirit at committees, meetings and excursions as 

 long as he attended ; his last recorded attendance was in May 

 1900. 



Many of us will recall that our first excursions into the fairy- 

 land of science were made under the guiding hand of Dr. M. C. 

 Cooke. 



