62 . GEORGE FOESTER BURDER. 



88. Both of his presidential addresses treated in a masterly 

 manner certain of the problems connected with the " germ 

 theory " of disease, to which he was an early convert. 



For some years Dr. Burder had suffered from anginal 

 symptoms, which had increased in severity of late, and on 

 the evening of February 6th he died suddenly from syncope. 



Dr. Burder was an able, clear-sighted, scientific physician, 

 and an excellent therapeutist, and enjoyed the complete 

 confidence of his patients. He had also a high reputation 

 in scientific subjects outside his own profession. He was 

 widely known as a distinguished meteorologist, and was 

 the regular contributor of valuable communications on the 

 meteorology of the district. Only two days before his death 

 he read before the Bristol Naturalists' Society an able paper 

 on " Rainfall and Floods." He was a Fellow of the Royal 

 Meteorological Society and of the Scottish Meteorological 

 Society. 



A thoroughly clear, logical thinker, and endowed with 

 sound common sense, Dr. Burder possessed as a speaker the 

 rare power of expressing his thoughts in forcible, well-chosen 

 language. As a man, he was very highly esteemed for his 

 signal uprightness and integrity of character. Kindly and 

 genial in his manner and a favourite with all, by those who 

 knew him best he was beloved in no common degree. 



From Annual Report 

 of the Council of the Bristol Naturalists^ Society^ 1892. 



George Forster Burder, M.D., F.R.Met.Soc, whose wide 

 and scientific knowledge, whose clear and weighty judgment, 

 whose ever-ready help, and whose unfailing kindliness and 

 courtesy made him an honour to our Society, and a valued 

 Colleague on its Council, became a member of the Society at 

 its formation, in April, 1862. He was most constant in his 



