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predecessor had been famous for his studies in Craniology ; 

 Moseley carried on and extended his work. He was largely 

 instrumental in securing the Pitt-Rivers Collection of anthropo- 

 logical objects for the University ; he exerted himself to have a 

 suitable building erected in which to house it, and once the 

 Collection was at Oxford, he threw a wonderful surplus of energy 

 into its arrangement. He trained one of his pupils, Henry 

 Balfour, to the work, and spared no pains to fill up gaps, some 

 from his own private collection, others by begging or purchasing 

 from various sources. He could be most persuasive when 

 some rare object was to be got from a reluctant owner, and 

 rarely failed to obtain possession of it and carry it off in 

 triumph to the museum. 



Added to all this was much committee work in Oxford and in 

 London. He served twice on the Council of the Royal Society, 

 and was on the Council of the Zoological and Anthropological 

 Societies ; he was President of Section D at the meeting of the 

 British Association at Montreal, and was a founder and member 

 of Council of the Marine Biological Association, in which he 

 took a deep interest, taking a large share in drawing up the 

 plans and specifications for the laboratory at Plymouth. 



This amount and variety of work was clearly more than he 

 could wisely undertake. For several years he had warnings in 

 the shape of headaches, accompanied by depression, which he 

 would cure by taking long walks in the country, and by knock- 

 ing off work after dinner for one or two nights ; but he could 

 not be persuaded to Hmit his energies, and the headache was 

 no sooner over than he was harder at work than ever, making 

 up for lost time. Finally his health broke down in June 1887, 

 and although he rallied sufficiently to be able to get out in the 

 August following, he had another serious relapse directly after- 

 wards, and never again recovered his powers. For more than 

 four years he was devotedly nursed by his wife, but in spite of 

 all care and medical attention there was, from the first, but 

 little hope of a complete recovery. His condition had shown 

 considerable improvement for twelve months previous to his 

 death ; he was without physical suffering, and was able to take 

 considerable enjoyment in his surroundings, but he succumbed 



