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the Academy of the Lynxes in Rome, the oldest scientific society 

 in the world. In 1872 he was presented with the Boerhaave 

 Medal of the Dutch Society of Science, which is awarded once 

 in twenty years to the one who has done most to advance 

 geology and mineralogy in that period. He was President of 

 the Royal Microscopical Society in 1875, ^"^ ^^'^^ re-elected in 

 1876 and 1877. In 1876 he was appointed the first President 

 of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The 

 University of Cambridge conferred the honorary degree of 

 LL.D. upon him in 1879. For a number of years he was one 

 of the secretaries of the Geological Section of the British 

 Association, and was president of that section at the Swansea 

 meeting in 1880. When the British Association visited Shefifield 

 in 1879, he was one of the local secretaries, and was subse- 

 quently elected to the Council. He was also a member of the 

 Imperial Mineralogical Society of St. Petersburg, the Dutch 

 Society of Science, the Mineralogical Society of Brussels, a 

 correspondent member of the Lyceum of Natural History, and 

 of the Academy of Natural Science in New York, the Academy 

 of Natural Science in Philadelphia, and of many British societies. 

 In Shefifield he was President of the Literary and Philosophical 

 Society in 1852. He was re-elected to that ofifice several times, 

 and on the occasion of his completing his fifty years' connection 

 with the Society he was again re-elected to the chair and 

 presented with his portrait, alike to celebrate the jubilee, and, in 

 the words ot the inscription, " to commemorate his world-wide 

 scientific reputation." 



Dr. Sorby rendered conspicuous service to his native city, 

 and notably in the establishment of the Technical School, which 

 is now a department of Shefifield University. He worked hard to 

 secure the success of that institution, and, on its being success- 

 fully established, was appointed its first Chairman. He was 

 also one of the most generous contributors to its funds. 

 Dr. Sorby was President of Firth College from 1882 to 1897. 

 In the latter year the College became the University College of 



