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Dr. Hewitt's eminence as a scientist and administrator was widely recognized. 

 As an ardent student of wild life he was deeply interested in the development 

 of game reserves, bird sanctuaries and all plans for the protection of wild life. 

 The versatility of his interests in science, literature, art, music, and social welfare, 

 combined with the charm of his fine character, had endeared him to many 

 personal friends. His remarkable ability and w^ell directed ambitions enabled 

 him to accomplish more in the thirty-five years he lived than is compassed 

 by most men in a long lifetime. 



Dr. Hewitt had attended the meetings of the Commission of Conservation, 

 at Montreal, on February 18th and 19th, at which he presented an important 

 paper on "Fur Bearing Animals, their Economic Significance and Future." 



Soon after his return to Ottawa on the 20th he was taken seriously ill with 

 influenza; this soon developed into pleural pneumonia and he died about 11 

 p.m., on February 29, 1920. 



The following resolution was passed at a recent meeting of the Council of 

 the Entomological Society of Ontario. 



"The Council of the Entomological Society of Ontario have learnt with 

 extreme regret of the unexpected death of Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, a former 

 President -of the Society, and Dominion Entomologist, and desire to place on 

 record their high appreciation of his eminence in this branch of Science and of the 

 notable work that he carried on by establishing field laboratories with capable 

 managers in all the Provinces of the Dominion, in addition to the activities 

 which he directed at the central ofifice in Ottawa. They feel that the Society 

 and Entomological Science in Canada have sustained a great loss which can 

 hardly be over-estimated. Their sorrow in this bereavement is shared by a 

 large number of Dr. Hewitt's friends in the United States as well as by all those 

 who were associated with him in this country. 



They wish to convey to Mrs. Hewitt their tribute of sympathy with her in 

 the great loss that she has sustained and their high appreciation of her late 

 husband as a leader and friend." 



The senate of his alma mater passed the following resolution: 



"The members of the senate desire to express their deep regret at the death 

 of Dr. Charles Gordon Hewitt, formerly a student, graduate scholar, and lecturer 

 in the University. He attained to great distinction by his researches in Ento- 

 mology and by his great administrative abilities as chief entomologist in the 

 Dominion of Canada. 



They feel that by his early death a career of great distinction has been pre 

 maturely closed. They desire that a copy of this resolution be sent to his widow 

 and to his father." 



Arthur Gibson, 

 j, m. swaine. 



