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by holding olnce first as Hecretaiy (190L, li)09 -1 1 ), and l.itei- as 

 iiecordei" (19i2-L3) oi: Section K ol: the Eritish xlssoL-iatioii. 

 JVot only was the business of the Section well conducted by him, 

 but be had the power of keeping the body of botanists togethei- 

 in friendly relations. They will feel that by the death of 

 GwyDue-Vaughan they have lost not only a prominent investi- 

 gator, but also a colleague who had a happy power of promoting 

 unity and co-operation. 



Already distinctions had come his way. He was elected to this 

 Society in 1907. In 1910 the lioyal Society of Edinburgh 

 awarded to him the MakDougall- Brisbane Medal, for his re- 

 searches published in the Society's ' Transactions ' : and in the 

 following year he was elected a Fellow. In 1912 he was elected 

 M.R.I. A. His friends anticipated for him at au early date 

 t'Lirther, and even higher distinctions. But such honours are only 

 the ostensible signs of appreciation currently given by contem- 

 jjoraries. The work of Gwynne-Vaughan is of a nature that will 

 ensure its permanence : and that is the mark of real distinction. 

 His results were always strictly tested, and criticised before 

 publication. The consequence is that they will be durable, and 

 take permanent place in the web of Botanical Science. 



Personally Gwynne-Vaughan was of light build. At Cam- 

 bridge he rowed, and played Rugby football. In later years 

 cycling and fishing were among his amusements. But as the 

 interest of his scientific work gripped him, he sacrificed more and 

 more of the time available for exercise to his laboratory. A 

 prominent characteristic was his dry humour, which was combined 

 with an almost whimsical expression of it. Through this shone 

 constantly the steadfast scientihc ideal. As a colleague he was 

 always loyal and helpful. Private and personal interests were 

 wholly effaced by the dominating sense of duty, and of camara- 

 derie. Such factors made up a personality as attractive and 

 refreshing as it was original. He was one different from the 

 common run of scientific men ; and it is the unique personality 

 that we miss most when it is gone. [F. O. Bower.] 



Ernest Lee, who lost his life in the trenches in Flanders, on the 

 loth July, 1915, was born at Stanley Cross End, Yorkshire, on 

 the 11th April, 1886, and he was therefore only in his thirtieth 

 year when his life ended. 



His parents removed during his early childhood to Burnley, and 

 there he attended the evening classes at the Technical Institute. 

 He acquired a deep interest in Natural Science, and succeeded 

 in attaining a National Scholarship in Geology in 1900. This 

 brought him to the Eoyal College of Science, London, where he 

 was successful in gaining the Edward Forbes Medal and Prize in 

 Botany, and a Marshall Scholarship. The latter enabled him to 

 spend another year in the Koyal College, which he turned to 

 account in his investigation on the morphology of Leaf-fall (Ann. 

 Bot. XXV. 1911, pp. 51-106, pis. 4-6). 



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