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Naturalist. There he acquired a wide knowledge of marine 

 biology, and was engaged on an extensive research on tlie otoliths 

 of iishes in relation to age-determination, the results of which are 

 still unpuhlished. He also colhiborated with Prof. A. Dendy, 

 under whom lie studied zoology at the Eoyal College of Science, 

 in the preparation of a monograph on the structure and develop- 

 ment of Grantia compre^sa for the Liverpool Marine Biology Com- 

 mittee Memoirs. On leaving Plymouth he was appointed Assistant 

 in the Department of Zoology, University College, London, which 

 post he held at the time of his death. 



Bridgman was a loyal and helpful colleague, and as a teacher 

 was extraordinarily successful, sparing himself neither time nor 

 trouble to make his teaching interesting and elfective. 



Never of a very robust constitution, he died whilst still a young 

 man on September 28th, 1918, after a short but painful illness, 

 greatly to the regret of his friends and colleagues and his old 

 students. [J. P. Hill.] 



Sir Frank Crisp, Bt. (1843-1919). — The heaviest loss which has 

 befallen the Society for a long series of years has been felt in the 

 death of Sir Frank Crisp, at Friar Park, Henley-on-Thames, on 

 the 29th of April last. 



He came of East Anglian stock, the only child of his father, 

 John Shalders Crisp, a native of Norwich, who was trained in the 

 noted printing business of Childs, of Bungay, Suffolk, now a pro- 

 vincial establishment of liichard Clay & Sons, Ltd. His mother, 

 Harriet, was the only child of John Childs, the printer, a sturdy 

 opponent of Church rates and the monopoly of Bible printing 

 enjoyed by the Universities and the King's printers. In 1843 

 his father was a member of the firm of Ward & Co., publishers, of 

 27 Paternoster Row (the predecessors of Hodder & Stoughton), 

 and was living in Nelson Square, a quiet, secluded spot on the 

 east side of Blackfriars Bridge, not far from South vvark Street. 

 His son, the subject of this notice, was born on the 25th October, 

 1843, and was educated at private schools, the last being that of 

 Central Hill House (Mr. William Hain worth), and then at Uni- 

 versity College School, Gower Street. His bent was originally to 

 become an engineer, but a few months before leaving school he 

 changed his mind aiul determined upon the law as his future pro- 

 fession, giving all his spare time to attending the law courts. At 

 the age of 16, he was articled to the firm of Ashurst & Morris, 

 being introduced to Mr. John Morris, then the sole surviving 

 partner, by his uncle, Mr. Charles Childs. The firm then occu- 

 pied No. 6 Old Jewry, a rabbit-warren of rooms at different levels, 

 greatly in contrast to the present habitation of the firm in Throg- 

 morton Avenue, which is upon the site of a part of the garden 

 belonging to the Drapers' Company. By private study he passed 

 the matriculation examination of London University, graduated 

 B.A. and took a further degree of LL.B. 



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