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year, Miss Toulmin Smith presented a scrap-book containing figures and 

 diagnoses of the Ventriculitidas of the Chalk, partly from Toulmin 

 Smith's papers, partly in MS. Smith had previously presented a col- 

 lection of Cretaceous sponges to the Manchester Museum. 



Smith (WILLIAM) [1769-1839] 



The "Father of English Geology" made a collection of fossils to 

 illustrate his " Strata Identified " and other works. It was purchased 

 in 1816. 

 Sommerring (SAMUEL THOMAS VON) [1755-1830] 



This eminent anatomist made from the Lithographic Stone of 

 Bavaria a small collection of fossils, which was purchased in 1827. It 

 included the type-specimens of Lacerta gigantea (Geosaurus, Cuvier) and 

 Crocodilus prisons (Aeolodon, Meyer) described by Sommerring himself. 



South Australian Geological Survey 



Presented South Australian fossils, 1886, 1887. 



South Australian Museum 



Presented Marsupial remains from Australia, 1861. 

 Sowerby (JAMES) [1757-1822] 



Well known for his work in many branches of Natural History, 

 Sowerby set an enduring mark on British Palaeontology by the publica- 

 tion of " The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain," which appeared in 

 parts from 1812 to 1846, being carried on after So werby's death by his 

 son and fellow- worker, James de Carle Sowerby, with some assistance 

 from George Brettingham Sowerby the first, and J. W. Salter. James 

 Sowerby himself presented various Secondary fossils from France in 1821, 

 but the " Sowerby Collection " was purchased of J. de C. Sowerby in 

 1860. It consisted of about 5000 fossils from all parts of England and of 

 every geological age, and included the majority of the specimens figured 

 in the "Mineral Conchology." These latter were marked by circular 

 paper tickets of a dull bluish-green tint and 7 2 mm. in diameter. The 

 Sowerby Collection, as then received, contained specimens from many 

 older collections, the most noticeable of which were those of Jas. 

 Parkinson, Wm. Martin, and the Rev. George Cookson (>}q.v.). The 

 remainder of the specimens figured in the "Mineral Conchology" were 

 in various collections and some can no longer be traced. A good pro- 

 portion of them have, however, since found their way to the British 

 Museum in the collections of J. S. Bowerbank, P. B. Brodie, F. Dixon, 

 F. E. Edwards, W. Gilbertson (including that of Alex. Moore), G. A. 

 Mantell, S. V. Wood, and N. T. Wetherell (qq.v.). 

 Sowerby (GEORGE BRETTINGHAM, the First) [1780-1854] 



The second son of James Sowerby (y.v.) assisted his father and 

 brother in the preparation of the " Mineral Conchology," and was one of 

 the conductors of the Zoological Journal, to wi ich he contributed 

 descriptions of Blastoids in the collection of Wm. Gilbertson (q.v.). 

 Sowerby (JAMES DE CARLE. Son of James Sowerby (q.v.) ) 



[1787-1871] 

 Spearing (H.) 



Presented jaws of Rodentia from New South Wales, 1897. 

 Spencer (E.) 



The type-skull of Crocodilus spenceri, purchased 1846. 



