Minerals, 425 



Grewingk (CONSTANTIN CASPAR ANDREAS). [1819-1887] 

 Professor of mineralogy at the University of Dorpat [1857-1887]. 

 Presented, in 1865, a fragment of the Nerft meteorite. 



Grey (Sir GEORGE, K.C.B.). [1812-1898] 



A famous explorer and statesman. 



Presented, iu 1845, a collection (about 300 specimens) of granites, 

 schists, sandstones, limestones, etc., from South Australia ; and, in 1855, 

 a specimen of jade from New Zealand. 



Gunther (ROBERT THEODORE). [1869- ] 



Fellow and tutor of Magdalen College, Oxford. 



Presented, in 1899, a small series of volcanic rocks and limestones, 

 which he had collected in the neighbourhood of Lake Urumia, Persia. 



Guppy (HENRY BROUGHAM). 



Surgeon of H.M.S. Lark. 



Presented, iu 1883, a series of andesites, dacites, basalts, limestones, 

 etc., which he had collected in the Salomon Islands. 



Guthrie (C. S. J. L.). 



Presented, in 1869, a remarkable parallel growth of crystals of 

 rubellite, of a deep colour, from Ava. 



Haddon (ALFRED CORT). [1855- ] 



Lecturer in ethnology at the University of Cambridge. 



Presented, in 1894, a series of basalts, granites, limestones, etc., which 



he had collected at Torres Straits. 



Haidinger (WILHELM KARL VON). [1795-1871] 



Haidinger, born at Vienna, early displayed a bent towards mineralogy, 

 and, in 1812, studied with Prof. Mohs at Graz, accompanying Lim to 

 Freiberg on the latter's transference to that town in 1817. He remained 

 there five years, and, in 1822, travelled to France and England. He 

 made the acquaintance of Thomas Allan (q.v.), an Edinburgh banker, 

 and rendered him great assistance in the formation and arrangement of 

 his fine mineral collection. During the years 1825 and 1826, he accom- 

 panied Allan's son, Robert, on a scientific journey through nearly the 

 whole of Europe. For thirteen years (1827-1840) he was with his brothers 

 at their porcelain factory in Elbogen, and, in 1840, succeeded Mohs at 

 Vienna. Here he founded the union of the " Freunde der Naturwissen- 

 schaften," from which sprang the Academy of Sciences and numerous other 

 scientific societies. In 1849, he was appointed director of the new 

 Geologische Reichsanstalt, a post held till his retirement in 1866. 



Hamilton (Dr. FRANCIS). 



See BUCHANAN, afterwards HAMILTON (Dr. Francis). 



Hamilton (Hi. Hon. Sir WILLIAM, K.B.). [1730-1803] 



British Minister at the Court of Naples. 



Presented specimens of lavas, and a series of large polished sections 

 of volcanic bombs from the dolomitic breccias of Monte Somma, Vesuvius, 

 in the years 1768, 1769, 1772 and 1779. 

 Hamlin (Dr. AUGUSTUS CHOATE). [1828- ] 



Of Maine, U.S.A. 



Presented, in 1871, a fragment of the Searsmont meteorite. 



