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Dr. Newberry was one of the founders of the United States 

 National Academy of Sciences, and occupied the Presidential chair 

 ■of the New York Academy of Sciences from 1867 until i8gi. In 

 1867 he presided over the meeting of the American Association at 

 Burlington. In 1883 he became a Foreign Member of the Geological 

 Society of London, and in 1888 he received the Murchison Medal 

 awarded by this Society. Whether in his quiet home at New Haven, 

 or in the Museum of Columbia College, or wandering abroad, the 

 privilege of meeting Dr. Newberry was one to be cherished. He 

 was truly esteemed by all who came in contact with him, and the 

 memory of his friendship will long be treasured, both by his pupils 

 and fellow-workers. 



THOMAS DAVIES. 

 Born December 29, 1837. Died December 21, 1892. 



BY the death of Mr. Thomas Davies, Senior Assistant in the 

 Mineralogical Department of the British Museum, Mineralogy 

 in this country loses one of its most accomplished students. He was 

 the son of the late Mr. William Davies, for forty years connected 

 with the Geological Department of the same Museum, and began 

 his career as third-class attendant under Professor Maskelyne in 

 1858. For several years Davies was the only member of the Museum 

 staff deputed to assist the Professor in arranging the collection of 

 minerals after its separation from the Geological Department, and he 

 rapidly acquired the foundation of that remarkable knowledge of 

 mineral species for which he became so noted in later years. In 1862 

 he was promoted to the rank of transcriber, and in 1880 he received 

 the well-merited reward of appointment to a senior assistantship. 

 Mr. Davies was a prominent member of the Mineralogical Society, 

 acting for some years as Editor of the Mineralogical Magazine, and 

 later filling the office of Foreign Secretary. Besides mineralogical 

 notes, he published several contributions to the petrology of the older 

 rocks, and in 1880 he was awarded the Wollaston Donation Fund 

 by the Geological Society of London. 



MARTIN SIMPSON. 

 Born 1799. Died December 31, 1892. 



BY the death of Martin Simpson, of Whitby, at the advanced age 

 of 93, Yorkshire loses one of its earliest geological explorers. He 

 was a young man when Young and Bird published their " Geological 

 Survey of the Yorkshire Coast" (1822); he was associated with 

 Bean, Williamson, and John Phillips in their early work on Yorkshire 

 geology ; and later on rendered assistance to Tate and Blake. The 

 Whitby Museum was established in 1823, and Simpson, in 1837, was 



