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Physicians for two years ; and in July of the same year was elected a 

 Member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, and was at 

 the head of the poll. In 1866 he was appointed Examiner in Surgery 

 to the University of London for a period of five years ; in 1867 

 Professor of Human Anatomy and Surgery to the College of Sur- 

 geons ; in 1868 Hunterian Professor of Surgery and Pathology ; and 

 Examiner at the College in 1870. In 1872 he was appointed Vice- 

 President of the College, and in 1874 President, giving the Hunterian 

 Oration on the 13th February, 1875, the forty-eighth anniversary of 

 his apprenticeship to the college. In 1872 he was elected a Fellow 

 of the Royal Society. In 1873 he retired from the hospital, having 

 retained office for a year or two at the special request of the Gover- 

 nors. In 1877 he gave up practice, and took up his residence per- 

 manently at Sevenoaks ; and in 1879 he retired from the Council of 

 the Royal College of Surgeons. But even after his retirement he 

 remained a busy and active man. He still continued Consulting 

 Surgeon to the South Eastern Railway Company; he was always 

 ready to give professional assistance to his neighbours ; he was 

 Consulting Surgeon to and an active Governor of the Hospital with 

 which he had been so long connected, took great interest in the 

 welfare and progress of the Medical School, attended all anniversary 

 and other important or interesting meetings, taking part in their 

 proceedings ; and he retained his connexion with the Salters Com- 

 pany, of which he had been twice master, at twenty years' interval. 

 It should be added, that in addition to other duties he was for some 

 years Surgeon to the Magdalen Hospital and to the London Female 

 Penitentiary, and Consulting Surgeon to the Surrey County and 

 Great Northern Hospitals. 



Mr. Le Gros Clark was in many respects a remarkable man. In 

 the first place he had striking physical endowments ; he was tall and 

 well made, spare but very muscular, singularly handsome, with dark 

 curly hair and whiskers, dark grey eyes and bushy eyebrows, and well- 

 formed features ; and was remarkably dignified and gentlemanly in 

 appearance and demeanour. As a young man he was a great athlete, 

 excelling especially in rowing, boxing, and riding, and he retained 

 this activity of body to the last. He was hardly what one would 

 term a genial man ; but he was a man of the highest character, he 

 was absolutely unselfish and unself seekiDg ; whatever he undertook 

 to do he did with all his might, he was perfectly truthful and trust- 

 worthy, and always kind and considerate for others, and a warm and 

 appreciative friend. He was a devout Christian, and member of the 

 Church of England. As a surgeon and a teacher he was excellent. 

 He was a thorough anatomist,, and an admirable lecturer on anatomy. 

 He had had a wide experience as a surgeon, and was admirably well 

 up in the subject ; he was conscientiously attentive to his patients, 



