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Trade Ei\([iurv ; he later beeame permanently attached to the staff, 

 and was appointed ^uide lecturer in the exhibition j^alleries and 

 lecturer under the African Tropical Service Course which posts he 

 held at the time of his death. He also contributed articles and 

 reviews to the Imperial Institute Bulletin. 



In lS7t), IJoulger was aj)pointed Professor of Natural Ilistorj at 

 the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. At this time he pro- 

 jected a Flora of Gloucestershire, for which he communicated preli- 

 minary notes (subsQcpiently printed as a pamphlet), to the Annual 

 Meeting of the Cotteswold Field Club in 1877 ; a " Report of Pro- 

 gress " was made to tlie Club at its annual meeting in the year 

 following and also printed, in which the collalxjration of Mr. Allen 

 Harker and the help of various contributors was acknowledged. Tho 

 Flora however was not proceeded with and is now, as is generally 

 known, in the hands of the Rev. H. U. Jliddelsdell. Boulger's con- 

 nection with Cirencester did not altogether cease ; in 190G he was 

 appointed Honorary Professor to the College — a title l)y which he 

 was generally known. 



Having settled in London, he married in 1879 Miss Dorothea 

 Henrietta Havers— at that time well known as a novelist under the 

 name of " Theo Gift" ; it was to Mrs. Eoulger that I w^as indebted 

 for the singularly graphic pen-picture of Mr. W. Newbould in the 

 obituary notice published in this Journal for 1886 (p. 172). 



From this time until his death Boulger devoted himself with 

 unremitting onerg}^ to literar^^ and biological work. He became a 

 familiar figure in scientific circles, placing his knowledge at the dis- 

 posal of all who consulted him ; it may l3e doubted whether any one 

 has ever done more to popularise science. His information was 

 always to be depended upon, and his work was always scholarly ; he 

 had a wide acquaintance with general and classical literature, and his 

 pleasant and atti-active manner rendered him readily accessible. He 

 was always ready to help in any literary undertaking, and the number 

 of volumes which acknowledged indebtedness to his assistance is very 

 large. A good lecturer on a great variety of subjects and a ready 

 speaker, he was in much re([uest at the meetings of local scientific 

 societies ; he was also much esteemed as a guide in the field excursions 

 and rambles of various bodies especially those of the Essex Field Club 

 and the Selborne Society ; on these occasions his extensive knowledge 

 of history and arcluoology, and especially of ecclesiology, in which he 

 was keenly interested, lent an additional and varied charm to his 

 leadership. 



In the work of the two Societies named Boulger had for many 

 years taken a leading part: in both he had filled the ofiice of president 

 and was at the time of his death vice-president. He edited Nature 

 Notes for the Selborne Society from 1898 until recently; he co- 

 0])erat9d in the museum and other undertakings of the Essex Field 

 Club and was a constant contributor to its organ. The ^s$ex Natu- 

 ralist, to which we may look with confidence for a more general 

 appreciation of his abilities than can be expected from a journal which 

 is only concerned with one aspect of his work. He was also a vice- 

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