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PROCEEDLNGS OF THE 



JouN Eay. 1697-1705. 



Copy of Bust by Koubilliae. — Prcscuted by Mr. J. Van Voorst, 

 '15 Dec, 1859. 



He was the father of the critical knowledge of British Plants, as well as 

 of the Natural Systems in Zoology and Botany. The merits of the bi- 

 nominal nomenclature and the ])lain and easy classification of the Linnean 

 System overshadowed Hay and his System ; l)ut when his method aj^ain 

 cnicrp:cd, the lahonrs of the Jnssicus, Brown, and others have secured for 

 it universal adoption. 



Henry Setmer. 1745-1800. 



Portrait, painter unknown. — Presented by Mr. A. B. Lambert, 

 V.P.L.S. 



"Was a great collector of Natural History specimens, especially insects, 

 shells, and minerals. He carried on an extensive correspondence with the 

 naturalists of his time, and was intimate with some of the founders of the 

 Linnean Society. In his memory Pursh named a genus of plants Sey- 

 meria. Mr. Seymer resided at Hanford, Dorset. 



Sir James Edward Smith, M.D., F.E.S. 1759-1828. 



Portrait, painter unknown. 

 Bust by Sir Francis Chantrey, E.A. — Presented by Subscribers, 



24 May, 1S25. 

 Cast of Bust, sculptor unknown.— Presented by Mr. J. J. 

 Bennett, 3 Nov., 1859. 



Early manifested a love for botany, studied at Edinburgh. On the 

 death of the younger Linnaeus he acquired at the suggestion of Sir 

 .Toseph Banks, and by the liberality of his father, the whole of the collec- 

 tions, library and manuscripts of Linnaus, purchasing them from the 

 widow for .^1088. He settled in London with the view of practising 

 medicine, and in 1/88 he founded the Linnean Society and was chosen its 

 first President. In 1796 he removed to Norwich. He was the author of 

 the text to Sowerby's ' English Botany,' and from Sibthorpe's materials 

 he iirepared the ' Flora Graeca.' He also published 'Flora Britannica' 

 and the ' English Flora,' and wrote the botanical articles, and the menu)irs 

 of botanists in Rees's ' CyeloptTdia.' He continued President of the 

 Society for forty years, until his death in 1828. 



The Society possesses a portrait in oil of Lady Smith, from a photo- 

 graph taken in her I'.undredth year (18/2), said to be a very characteristic 

 likeness. Presented by Mr. Henry Stevenson, F.L.S., 24 May, 1884. 



Daniel Charles Solander, M.D., F.E.S. 173G-1782. 



Portrait, painter unknown. — Presented by E. A. Salisbury. 



A distinguished pupil of Linnaeus, who accompanied Sir Josejdi Banks 

 in Captain Cook's first voyage round the World. In 1 773 he was 

 appointed Kee])er of the Department of Printed Books in the British 

 Museum. He continued to work u]) the extensive collections of plants 

 and animals which had been collected during the voyage ; but his sudden 

 death from apoi)lexy, in 1/82, at the early age of 46, arrested the work. 

 He was no less esteemed for his polite and agreeable manners than for his 

 extensive knowledge. 



