1907] This Year's Award of the Lvell Medal. 221 



Born at Oxford, England, in 1835 his first paper, entitled 

 " On the Land and Fresh-water Mollusca inhabiting the neighbour- 

 hood of Oxford " appeared in 1857 in the Proceedings of the Ash- 

 molean Society, and was followed by others, printed in a number 

 of scientific journals, on palaaontological and zoological subjects, 

 whilst yet in England. 



Dr. Whiteaves visited Canada for the first time in 1861 ; 

 returning to this country in 1862 he resided in Montreal and in the 

 following year was appointed recording secretary of the Natural 

 History Society of Montreal and curater of its Museum, in which 

 position he remained for twelve years, publishing during this inter- 

 val valuable palasontological papers, as well as reports on the re- 

 sults of deep-sea dredging operations conducted by him in the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



In 1875 Dr. Whiteaves first became connected with the Geo- 

 logical Survey, and in the following year succeeded the late Mr. 

 E. Billings as Palaeontologist to the Survey. With the acceptance 

 of this position Dr. Whiteaves had opened to him an enlarged 

 field for work of which he has taken full advantage as his long 

 list of papers and official reports published during the last thirty- 

 two years fully testifies. His reports, both palasontological and 

 zoological, have gained for him a world-wide reputation and have 

 placed him in the front rank of eminent men of science whilst they 

 have brought Canada more than ever forward in the scientific 

 world. His writings are noted for their accuracy and for the suc- 

 cinct and terse language used in all descriptions. His recently 

 issued Part IV of Volume III of ' Palaeozoic Fossils" reveals a 

 descriptive power perhaps surpassing that of any of his previous 

 publications, an augury it is hoped of many more years of industry 

 and zealous work to be performed, work rendered increasingly 

 valuable with the accumulation of data and a rich, ever widening 

 experience. 



Sir William Dawson and Professor Frank Adams the 



only other recipients of the " Lyell Medal" in this country. Pro- 

 fessor John Morris was the first to receive it in 1876 and in the 

 list of awards ct later dates are the names of Dr. Joseph Leidy, 

 Professor Henry A. Nicholson, Professor Rupert Jones, Dr. A. 



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