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himself. Being unencumbered by either family or business cares, 
he took lodgings at some farm-house near the section he wished 
to work, and when that was exhausted, moved to another locality. 
With these advantages, and the assiduity with which they were 
applied, Mr. Dover obtained a magnificent collection of fossils, 
and largely advanced our knowledge of the fauna of the Skiddaw 
Slates. 
Mr. Dover was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 
1880, and became a Member of the Geologists’ Association in 
1881. He acted as one of the directors of the Long Excursion to 
Keswick and the Lake District in 1881, and was associated with 
Professor Morris, Mr. W. H. Huddleston, and Mr, E. de Rance in 
preparing a report of that excursion; but beyond that, he was not 
a contributor to geological literature. 
In the summer of 1890 Mr. Dover presented his collection of 
Skiddaw Slate fossils to the Woodwardian Museum, where they 
will remain as a monument of his patient and persevering industry 
in the cause of geological science. 
