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all the Fellows of the Society and especially to all geologists. A power- 

 ful swimmer, alert, active and resourceful at all times, he was no 

 doubt one of the first to leave the sinking ship accompanied by his 

 wife, but when struck by wreckage from the lurching steamer he was 

 probably rendered unconscious, and both were drowned. 



The loss of Dr. Barlow to Science and to this Society cannot be 

 overestimated; for it was his express wish and purpose on his return 

 to Canada, if spared, to devote the balance of his life to research work 

 for the solution of outstanding problems in the geology of Canadian 

 Pre-Cambrian rock-formations. 



Dr. Barlow was born in Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, 

 June 17th, 1861, being'the younger son of the late Robert Barlow who 

 was many years Cartographer to the Geological Survey of Canada in 

 the days of Sir William Logan, having been formerly engaged in the 

 offices of the Ordnance Survey of London, England. Dr. Barlow's 

 father it was who prepared that magnificent geological map of Canada 

 issued in 1866, which is acknowledged to be one of the very best maps 

 ever published in North America. 



Trained first at home in Montreal, by his father. Barlow entered 

 the High School, and later in 1879, the Faculty of Arts of McGill 

 University. Here he studied diligently under Sir William Dawson, 

 Professor B. J. Harrington, and others, graduating with first rank 

 honours in the Natural Sciences, including Geology, Palaeontology, 

 Minerajogy, Petrology, etc., and proving himself to be devoted to 

 Geological Science in particular. Having been offered a position on 

 the technical staff of the Geological and Natural History Survey 

 Canada, by Dr. Alfred R. C. Selwyn, Director at Ottawa, Barlow 

 accepted, and in the spring of 1883 began his successful career as a 

 Dominion Geologist. In 1907, he severed this connection to engage 

 in private practice as consulting Geologist, and took up his residence 

 in Montreal. 



Dr. Barlow was in his 53rd year when cut off so prematurely; 

 nevertheless he had accomplished much in practical field-geology, in 

 mapping areas of great economic importance, in describing thousands 

 of square miles of territory in the great primitive series of crystalline 

 rocks forming the basal complex in the earth's crust of which Canada 

 has such a vast extent. From research and studies in pure geology 

 his thoughts and activities were directed to economics, for these play 

 a very prominent part in the plans of government administrators 

 who wish to make known the natural, and national resources. Dr. 

 Barlow became the recognized authority on nickel, copper, silver, 

 cobalt, iron, gold and other ore-deposits in the region north of the 

 Great Lakes. 



