Biographical Notes 89 



DR. DAVID SHARP was born in 1840, and was Curator of the 

 Museum of Zoology at Cambridge till 1909, of which University he 

 is an Hon. M.A. He was elected F.R.S. in 1890, has especially 

 devoted himself to the study of Coleoptera and other insects, publish- 

 ing important books and papers on these subjects, and now lives at 

 Brockenhurst, Hants. 



It was announced at the meeting on Oct. 27th, 1892, that 

 the Royal Society Club had accepted the above-named scheme 

 for joint-dinners, and on Nov. 24th, 1892, the vacancies 

 made by the resignation ot Mr. W. Thiselton-Dyer and the 

 transference of Sir W. Grove to the honorary supernumerary 

 list could not be filled for want of a quorum. This was 

 done on December 15 th, when only one election was made, 

 that of Mr. W. H. Hudleston. 



MR. WILFRID HUDLESTON HUDLESTON was a doctor's son, born at 

 York on June 2nd, 1820, who changed his surname, originally Simpson, 

 on succeeding to his mother's property. He began ornithology 

 and geology in his school days at Uppingham, graduated from St. 

 John's College, Cambridge, in 1850, and travelled extensively, 

 especially in Northern Europe, besides visiting Algeria, Greece, and 

 Roumania. After studying chemistry, he devoted himself more 

 especially to geology, writing valuable papers, particularly on the 

 Jurassic gastropods, of which he formed a fine collection. Later 

 in life he travelled in North-west India. Elected F.R.S. in 1884, 

 he became President of the Geological Society in 1892, received its 

 Wollaston Medal in 1897, and died suddenly at his country house, 

 West Holme, Dorset, on Jan. 29th, 1909. 



1893. At the anniversary on April 27th, the vacancy 

 left at the November meeting was filled by the election of 

 Professor Vines. 



SYDNEY HOWARD VINES, Professor of Botany in the University 

 of Oxford, was born in London on Dec. 3ist, 1849, obtained a first 

 class in the Natural Science Tripos from Christ's College, Cambridge, 

 in 1876, and is a D.Sc. of both that University and London. He 

 has made valuable contributions to botanical literature, was elected 

 F.R.S. in 1885, and to the Oxford Professorship in 1888. 



There was a vacancy at the November meeting, but it 

 could not be filled for want of a quorum till the anniversary 

 on April igth, 1894, when Mr. Francis Darwin was elected, 

 and it was noted that the average attendance during the past 

 year had been 9, the smallest since the foundation of the Club. 



