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Manuals of Science and Literature. His departmental publications consist 

 of a series of annual reports (1910-1916), bulletins, and circulars, chief among 

 the latter of which are those dealing with the Honey Bee and the Large Larch 

 Sawfly. Very recently he completed an important work on the conservation 

 of the wild life of Canada, the manuscript for which is now ready for the press. 

 The publication in 1919 of the various parts of an important volume on the 

 insects collected by the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, was brought 

 about under his direction. 



Dr. Hewitt's reputation was by no means confined to Canada. In addition 

 to a wide connection among scientific workers in England his outstanding abilities 

 were soon recognized by entomologists in the LTnited States, where economic 

 entomology particularly has reached such a high development. In the year 

 1913 he was honoured by being elected a Fellow of the Entomological Society 

 of America. In 1915 he was elected President of the American Association of 

 Economic Entomologists. In Canada, in 1913, he accepted the Presidency 

 of the Entomological Society of Ontario and in the same year was elected a 

 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In the following year he was appointed 

 Honorary treasurer of the latter society, which office he held at the time of his 

 death. He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of London, England; 

 a corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London and Honorary 

 Fellow of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, London, England. 

 He was a recognized student of wild life preservation and rendered valued service 

 in the capacity of Secretary of the Advisory Board on Wild Life Protection. 

 In March, 1918, he was elected President of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 

 for the year 1918-19. 



The gold medal of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was presented 

 to Dr. Hewitt on March 12th, 1918, in grateful recognition of successful efforts 

 in furthering the treaty between Canada and the United States for the protection 

 of migratory birds. 



A short time before his death he was chosen as the first President of the 

 recently organized Institute of Professional Civil Servants. In addition he was 

 President of the Ottawa Boys Home, an ardent supporter of the Boy Scout 

 movement and a Councillor of the Ottawa Humane Society. 



Dr. Hewitt was born near Macclesfield, England, on February 23rd, 1885- 

 He was the son of Thomas Henry Hewitt and of his wife Rachel Frost. He re- 

 ceived his early education at the King Edward YI Grammar School, Maccles- 

 field, afterwards entering Manchester University, from which institution he 

 received the following degrees: B. Sc. in 1902; M. Sc. in 1903, D. Sc. in 1909. 

 He obtained first-class honours in Zoology at Manchester University, and was 

 university prize man and scholar. In 1902 he was appointed by his alma mater 

 Assistant Lecturer in Zoology, and in 1904-9 occupied the position of Lecturer 

 in Economic Zoology. In 1909 he left England for Canada, having received 

 the appointment of Dominion Entomologist. In 1916, his title was changed to 

 that of Dominion Entomologist and Consulting Zoologist. 



On October 11, 1911, Dr. Hewitt was married at Canning, N. S., to Elizabeth 

 Borden, daughter of Surgeon General Sir Frederick Borden, K. C. M. G., Minister 

 of Militia and Defence from 1896 to 1911. 



