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place at Everington, near Newbury, Berks, on the 1st of 

 November last. 



The eldest sou of Mr. Daniel H. Riicker, a C\iy merchant 

 residing at Clapliam, he was born there in 1848. The 

 family is of German origin. He was educated at Clapliam 

 Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford, of 

 which he was subsequently elected a Fellow after taking a 

 first in both the Mathematical and Natural Science Schools, 



After holding various teaching posts, Riicker was ap- 

 pointed in 1886 Professor of Physics at the Royal College 

 of Science, which he only relinquished in 1901 when he 

 became Piincipal of the University of London. Under his 

 guidance the University was transformed, from a mere 

 examining body to a real teaching University. 



His most important work, done in conjunction with 

 Professor Thorpe, was a magnetic survey of the British 

 Islands. It occupied them over fourteen years. 



Sir Arthur Riicker was much interested in ornithology, 

 and was elected a Member of the B. O. U. in 1910. He 

 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889, and 

 received their Royal Medal in 1891. He was President of 

 the British Association in 1901. 



Charles Hugh Tempest Whitehead. 



It is with great regret that we have to chronicle the loss 

 of another of our younger and more energetic Members, 

 who was killed in action on the 26th of September last in 

 France. 



Major Whitehead was the seventh son of the late 

 Mr. George Whitehead and Mrs. Whitehead, of Deighton 

 Grove, Yorkshire, and entered the Army in 1901. He served 

 in the 56th Punjabi Rifles, of which he was Adjutant in 

 1909. He was promoted temporary Major in 1914. He 

 had already fought in the Boer War, receiving the Queen's 

 medal and three clasps. At the time of his death he was 

 attached to the Highland Light Infantry, his old regiment, 

 and it was when leading a company of that regiment in 



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