Vol. XLVI. LONDON, JULY, 1914 No. 7 



HENRY HERBERT LYMAN, M.A. 



The appalling calamity that befell the steamship "Empress of 

 Ireland" in the River St. Lawrence near Father Point shortly after 

 midnight on Friday, May 29th, was acutely brought home to the 

 older members of the Entomological Society of Ontario by the sad 

 tidings that Mr. H. H. Lyman and his wife were among the 

 thousand and more who were lost. For some few days we hoped 

 against hope, but no trace of them has been found and there is 

 not a vestige to show in what manner death came upon them; it 

 seems most probable that they were drowned in their stateroom 

 before they had time to escape. Mr. Lyman was to have sailed 

 a fortnight earlier, but owing to the pressure of business matters 

 he postponed his departure with so sad a result. 



Mr. Lyman was born in Montreal on the 21st of December, 

 1854 and received his early education at the High School and 

 West End Academy. At McGill University he took the Arts 

 Course and proceeded to the degree of B.A. in 1876, winning the 

 Logan medal in Geology and Natural Science, and received his 

 M.A. degree in 1880. On completing his college career he entered 

 his father's firm, Lymans, Clare & Co., wholesale chemists and 

 druggists in Montreal; in 1885 he became a partner in the business^ 

 whose name had been changed to Lyman, Sons & Co. On the 

 death of his father he became senior partner and president of 

 Lymans, Limited, which includes the branch house in Toronto. 

 His position in these important concerns manifests his remarkable 

 business capacity and the attention he must have paid to their 

 affairs. The houses are widely known throughout Canada and 

 bear the highest reputation for upright dealing, energy and 

 enterprise. 



Though much engrossed with the management of a very large 

 business establishment, which demanded a close attention to in- 

 numerable details, Mr. Lyman found time for an active interest 

 in many other things. In 1877 he joined the 5th Battalion of the 



