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Dr. Newberry was one of the founders of the United States 
National Academy of Sciences, and occupied the Presidential chair 
of the New York Academy of Sciences from 1867 until 1891. In 
1867 he presided over the meeting of the American Association at 
Burlington. In 1883 he became a Foreign Member of the Geological 
Society of London, and in 1888 he received the Murchison Medal 
awarded by this Society. Whether in his quiet home at New Haven, 
or in the Museum of Columbia College, or wandering abroad, the 
privilege of meeting Dr. Newberry was one to be cherished. He 
was truly esteemed by all who came in contact with him, and the 
memory of his friendship will long be treasured, both by his pupils 
and fellow-workers. 
THOMAS DAVIES. 
Born DECEMBER 29, 1837. DiED DECEMBER 21, 1892. 
Y the death of Mr. Thomas Davies, Senior Assistant in the 
Mineralogical Department of the British Museum, Mineralogy 
in this country loses one of its most accomplished students. He was 
the son of the late Mr. William Davies, for forty years connected 
with the Geological Department of the same Museum, and began 
his career as third-class attendant under Professor Maskelyne in 
1858. For several years Davies was the only member of the Museum 
staff deputed to assist the Professor in arranging the collection of 
minerals after its separation from the Geological Department, and he 
rapidly acquired the foundation of that remarkable knowledge of 
mineral species for which he became so noted in later years. In 1862 
he was promoted to the rank of transcriber, and in 1880 he received 
the well-merited reward of appointment to a senior assistantship. 
Mr. Davies was a prominent member of the Mineralogical Society, 
acting for some years as Editor of the Mineralogical Magazine, and 
later filling the office of Foreign Secretary. Besides mineralogical 
notes, he published several contributions to the petrology of the older 
rocks, and in 1880 he was awarded the Wollaston Donation Fund 
by the Geological Society of London. 
MARTIN SIMPSON. 
Born 1799. Diep DECEMBER 31, 1892. 
Y the death of Martin Simpson, of Whitby, at the advanced age 
of 93, Yorkshire loses one of its earliest geological explorers. He 
was a young man when Young and Bird published their ‘‘ Geological 
Survey of the Yorkshire Coast” (1822); he was associated with 
Bean, Williamson, and John Phillips in their early work on Yorkshire 
geology ; and later on rendered assistance to Tate and Blake. The 
Whitby Museum was established in 1823, and Simpson, in 1837, was 
