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-ductory account of the Rothamsted experiments, in the Transactions of 

 the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland for 1895. 



In 1884 Dr. Gilbert was elected Sibthorpian Professor of Rural 

 Economy in the University of Oxford, and held this office for six years, 

 the full term allowed by the statute. He delivered during this time 

 over seventy lectures on the results of the Rothamsted investigations ; 

 these lectures he hoped to publish, but the intention has remained 

 unfulfilled. 



In 1885 Dr. Gilbert became an Honorary Professor of the Royal 

 Agricultural College at Cirencester, and delivered an annual lecture 

 during six years ; the lectures were published in the Agricultural 

 Students' Gazette. They treat in a condensed form of some of the 

 subjects previously discussed at Oxford. 



The transfer of the laboratory and experimental fields to the 

 management of a committee appointed under Sir John Lawes' trust 

 deed of 1889 has been already mentioned. After this date the virtual 

 direction of the experiments continued to remain in the hands of Lawes 

 and Gilbert during their joint lives. For the information of the new 

 committee Sir Henry Gilbert drew up a brief report on the investiga- 

 tions hitherto conducted, showing to what extent the results obtained 

 had been ( Iready published, and making suggestions as to future work. 

 This report was printed in 1891 for the use of the committee. 



The celebration of the jubilee of the Rothamsted experiments in 

 1893 has been already described in the notice of Sir John Lawes, with 

 the numerous honours subsequently conferred on both Lawes and 

 Gilbert. Dr. Gilbert received knighthood from the Queen on 

 August 1 1 of that year. 



Sir Henry Gilbert was a member of the committee appointed by the 

 Government in 1896 to take evidence and report on the materials used 

 in the manufacture of beer. The committee presented their report to 

 the Treasury in 1899. 



He received many honorary degrees. The University of Glasgow 

 made him LL.D.in 1883; Oxford, M.A. in 1884; Edinburgh, LL.D. in 

 1890; Cambridge, Sc.D. in 1894. He was a life governor of Univer- 

 sity College, London; a Corresponding Member of the Institute of 

 France ; a Chevalier clu Merite Agricole*; and an honorary member of 

 many agricultural societies at home and abroad. 



With a life so filled with many labours it need hardly be said that 

 Sir Henry Gilbert was possessed of a robust constitution. He, how- 

 ever, suffered at times from over-brain work, and his frequent excursions 

 abroad were really needed to maintain a healthy tone. In later years 

 he suffered much at times from internal pain, the precursor, probably, 

 of his last illness. The death of Sir John Lawes in 1900 was naturally 

 .u great shock to him. He was fairly vigorous, however, during the 



