418 THE LATE REV. LEONARD BLOMEFIELD, M.A. 



tific library. While he was at Cambridge his uncle Chappelow 

 died and bequeathed him his library, which contained a large 

 number of books on natural history. His collection of books 

 grew to such unmanageable proportions that in 1869, when he 

 presented his herbarium to the Bath Literary Institution, he deter- 

 mined at the same time to present all the scientific portion of his 

 library to the same institution, conditionally that it should be kept 

 separately from the existing library. He was for many years spoken 

 of as the father of the Linnaean Society (of which he became a 

 Fellow in 1822), in the same year he joined the Cambridge Philo- 

 sophical Society, he was also an original member of the Zoologi- 

 cal, Entomological, and Ray Societies. He joined the British 

 Association for the Advancement of Science in 1832, and the 

 Geological Society in 1835, and was a corresponding and honorary 

 member of many other Societies. 



One of the most important of Mr. Blomefield's works is " The 

 Fishes of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle^'' published in several 

 parts. In 1836 the Cambridge University brought out his 

 " Manual of British Vertebrate Animals." He published his 

 "Observations in Natural History, etc.," in 1846, and " Observa- 

 tions in Meteorology " in 1858. When his brother-in-law (Hen- 

 slow) died in 1861, he wrote a "Memoir" of him, which was 

 greatly valued. He was also a frequent contributor of Papers to 

 Scientific Societies and Periodicals, besides writing many valuable 

 criticisms on scientific works. 



He founded the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field 

 Club in 1855, and was its President at the time of his death. 

 The deceased gentleman will live long in the memories of those 

 who knew him. His courtesy and affability, his readiness to give 

 from his storehouse of knowledge, and his sound judgment in 

 scientific matters, has endeared him to many. Although he was 

 not what is called an advanced scientist, and was cautious in 

 accepting the theories of brilliant but oft-times erratic theorists, yet 

 he will be remembered as a solid worker in science, and the name 

 of Leonard Blomefield will long remain with us, neither will his 

 work be forgotten. 



