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hecn .suggested as Honorai y Vice-President, the Council have given the 

 matter full consideration and have decided unanimously to recommend 

 liis election. It is thought well to lay before the Society a short record 

 of this distinguished Canadian's achievement for science, as follows: — 



Sir John Murray, K.C.B., was born at Cobourg, Ont., in 1841. 

 He received his education at the public schools of London, Ont., ami 

 at Victoria College, Cobourg, and later at the High School of Stirling, 

 Scotland, and at the University of Edinburgh. 



After leaving the University he was appointed Scientific Director 

 of the Scottish Fisheries Board and took part in the scientific investiga- 

 tion of the northern seas. In 1872 he was appointed Naturalist to the 

 " Challenger " Expedition, accompanying that ship in her cruise around 

 the world in the years 1872-76, and on his return was appointed First 

 Assistant on the staff and later Editor of the " Results of the Voyage of 

 H.M.S. Challenger." He continued to interest himself in deep sea ex- 

 ploration, taking part in the investigation of the Faroe Channel by the 

 "Triton" and "Knight Eirant" and also extended his investigation to 

 tropical oceanic islands. Later he undertook a bathymetrical survej'^ 

 of the fresh- water lakes of Scotland and in 1910 took part in the inves- 

 tigation of the North Atlantic Ocean, contributing largely to the equip- 

 ment of the " Michael Sars," the vessel employed by the expedition. 

 He is now interested in a proposed bathymetrical and biological survey 

 of the Great Lakes. 



He has l^een the recipient of numerous honours, having received 

 the degiees of LL.D., D.Sc, and Ph.D. and he is also a Fellow of the 

 Royal Society of London, a Knight of the Prussian Order Pour la mérite 

 and has received the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. 

 Olav. Numerous medals and prizes have also been awarded to him 

 for his scientific achievements, among which may be mentioned the 

 Cuvier Piize of the Institut de France; the Humboldt Medal of the 

 ( resellschaft fur Erdkunde, Berlin; the Royal Medal of the Royal 

 Geographical Society; the Neill and Makdougall-Brisbane Medals of 

 the Royal Society of Edinburgh; the Cullum Medal of the American 

 Geographical Society; the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New 

 South Wales; the Lutke Medal of the Imperial Russian Society of 

 Geography and the Livingstone Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographi- 

 cal Society. 



Among liis publications may be mentioned: — "Summary of the 

 Scientific Results of the Challenger Expedition," " Report on the Deep 

 Sea Deposits olitained by H.M.S. Challenger," "Reports on a Bathy- 

 metiical Survey of the Fresh-water Lakes of Scotland," (6 vols.) and 

 numerous shortei- contributions on Geography, Oceanography, Marine 

 Biology and T>imnolo<j,v. 



