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almost unwoiked group ; but froui hira they received close 

 attention for upwards of thirty years. As an authority in 

 their identification and history he was almost unrivalled. 



Dr. Bowerbank was a founder and original Fellow of the 

 Ray, Zoological, and Royal Microscopical Societies ; also a 

 Fellow of the Royal Society, the Linnean, Geological, 

 Paleontographical, Chemical, and several other learned 

 Societies, including the London Clay Club, where he was a 

 bright luminary on the memorable Monday evenings, and from 

 which the Paleontographical Society had its origin. As a 

 microscopist he was eminently successful. The present 

 workers in that science are much indebted to him. Through 

 his influence mainly the use of Canada balsam and other 

 well-known and generally-adopted media for mounting 

 ujicroscopical objects, especially those of insect anatomy, 

 was introduced, even if he did not discover it. Scattered 

 papers upon many biological subjects from his pen may be 

 found in the 'Annals and Magazine of Natural History;' the 

 Proceedings of the several Societies to which he belonged ; 

 the ' Philosophical Magazine ;' the 'Microscopical Journal ;' 

 the 'Zoologist;' the 'Entomologist;' and others. Some 

 of the more important relate to his favourite study of the 

 structural and geological relations of the sponges ; to the 

 Pterodactyles ; and to the structure of shells. 



Dr. Bowerbank died at his residence, at St. Leonard's-ou- 

 Sea, on the 8th of March, 1877, aged eighty years; and his 

 remains were followed to their last resting-place by a 

 number of his old friends and fellow-labourers in science. 



His own published works are a lar more permanent 

 monument than anything that others can write respecting him. 

 Yet because the story of his life may induce others to follow 

 in his footsteps, it is to be hoped that before Time, the 

 inexorable, has called away his few remaining personal 

 friends, some of them may record more fully than can be 

 done in these pages the life and works of so worthy a father 

 in science as the late Dr. Bowerbank. 



Royal Aquarium, AVestminster, 

 June 20, 1«77. 



