April 17, 1879] 



NATURE 



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CLIFFOED TESTIMONIAL FUND. 



The friends of PROFESSOR Clifford, who was compelled by ill health to relinquish active work and reside in 

 IMadeira, were anxious to present him with a substantial Testimonial in public recognition of his great scientific and 

 literary attainments. 



At a meeting held at the Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, on Friday, January 31st, William Spottiswoode, 

 Esq., President of the Royal Society, in the Chair, it was resolved that a Fund should be raised for the above-men- 

 tioned purpose, and that the sums received should be placed in the hands of Trustees, for the benefit of Professor 

 Clifford and his family. 



Professor Clifford died at Madeira on March yd. The Executive Committee have now to announce that it 

 is intended to proceed with the raising of the Fund for the benefit 0/ his Widow and Children, who have no other 

 provision. 



Contributions may be paid to the account of the " Clifford Testimonial Fund," with Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, 

 and Co., or to either of the Honorarj- Secretaries. 



GENERAL COMMITTEE. 



'■: WILLL/UI spottiswoode, Esq., President of the Royal Society, Chairman. 



HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G., F.R.S. 



THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF DERBY, F.R.S. THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY. 



THE RT. HON. LORD BELPER, F.R.S. THE RT. HON. LORD RAYLEIGH, F.R.S. 

 THE RT. HON. LORD HOUGHTON, F.R.S. 



THE HON". MR. JUSTICE GROVE, F.R.S. THE HON. MR. JU.STICE .STEPHEN. 



THE HON. C. %V. FREMANTLE. SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. 



SIR FREDERICK POLLOCK, Bart. SIR HENRY J. S. MAINE, K.C.S.I., F.R.S. 



SIR JOSEPH D. HOOKER. K.C.S.I.. F.R.S. SIR THOMAS FREDERICK ELLIOT, K.C.M.G. 



SIR JOHN HAWKSHAW, C.E., F.R.S. SIR HENRY THOMPSON, M.B., F.R.C.S. 



F. A. ABEL. Esq.. C.B.. F.R.S. 



PROFESSOR W. G. ADAMS. F.R.S. 



PROFESSOR F. ALTHAUS, Ph.D. 



REV. CH. ANDERSON, St. John's, Lime- 

 house. 



L. M. ASPLAND, Esq. 



F. L. ATTWOOD. Esq. 



ELIM D'AVIGDOR. Esq. 



F. M. BALFOUR, Esq., F.R.S. 



W. H. B.A.RLOW. Esq.. F.R.S. 



H. CHARLTON B.ASTIAN, Esq., M.D.. F.R.S. 



FLETCHER BEACH, Esq., M.D. 



H. SELFE BENNETT. Esq.. M.B. 



REV. PROFESSOR BONNEY, F.R.S. 



JAMES BOOTH. Esq.. C.B. 



R. H. M. BOSANQUET, Esq., M.A., Oxford. 



REV. R. H. A. BRADLEY, St. Peter's, Regent 

 Square. 



F. J. BRAMWELL, Esq., C.E., F.R.S. 

 JOHN BRETT. Esq. 



W. BRUCE-CLARKE, Esq., M.B. 



T. LAUDER BRUXTON, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. 



G. BUSK. Esq.. F.R.S. 



W. B. CARPENTER. Esq.. C.B., F.R.S. 

 PROFESS R CH. CASSAL. 

 PROFESS )R A. CAYLEY, F.R.S., Cambridge. 

 E. D. CHAPMAN, Esq., Oxford. 

 W. B. CHEADLE. Esq., M.D. 

 ANDREW CLARK, Esq., M.D. 

 PROFESSOR R. B. CLIFTON, F.R.S., O.xford. 

 GERARD F. COBB, Esq., M.A., Trin. Coll., 



Cambridge. 

 W. F. COLLIER, Esq., Plymouth. 

 PROFESSOR SIDNEY COLVIN, Cambridge. 

 MONCURE D. CONWAY, Esq. 

 LEONARD COURTNEY. Esq.. M.P. 

 PROFESSOR JOHN CURNOW. M.D. 

 CHARLES DARWIN, Esq., F.R.S. 

 G. H. DARWIN, Esq., M.A., Cambridge. 

 T. W. RHYS D.AVIDS. Esq. 

 PROFESSOR W. BOYD DAWKINS, F.R.S., 



Manchester. 

 WARREN DE LA RUE, Esq.. F.R.S. 

 PROFESSOR J. DEWAR, F.R.S., Cambridge. 

 W. HENRY DOMVILLE, Esq. 

 H. B. DONKIN. Esq., M.B. 

 EDWARD C. DUNN, Esq. 

 W. T. THISELTON DYER, Esq. 

 TALFOURD ELY. Esq.. M.A. 

 EDWARD ENFIELD, Esq. 

 WILLIAM ESSON, Esq., F.R.S , Oxford. 

 H. W. EVE. Esq.. M.A. 

 T. H. FARRER, Esq. 



D. FERRIER. Esq., M.D., F.R.S. 

 W. W. FISHER, Esq., M.A., Oxford. 

 J. G. FITCH, Esq., M.A. 

 PROFESSOR G. C. FOSTER, F.R.S. 

 PROFESSOR MICHAEL FOSTER, F.R.S., 



Cambridge. 

 PROFESSOR E. FRANKLAND. F.R.S. 

 DOUGLAS W. FRESHFIELD. Esq. 

 CAPTAIN DOUGLAS GALTON, C.B., F.R.S. 

 J. W. L. GLAISHER, Esq., F.R.S., Trin. Coll., 



Cambridge. 

 T. CHISHOLM GOODEN, Esq. 

 PROFESSOR A. GOODWIN, M.A. 

 PROFESSOR CHARLES GRAHAM, D.Sc. 



F. GREENWOOD, Esq. 



A. GROTE, Esq. 

 FREDERIC HARRISON, Esq. 

 PROFESSOR O. HENRICI, F.R.S. 

 W. D. HERTZ, Esq. 



T. ARCHER HIRST, Esq., F.R.S. 

 SHADWORTH H. HODGSON, Esq. 



E. R. HORTON, Esq., M.A. 

 PR'OFESSOR T. McK. HUGHES, Cambridge. 

 PROFESSOR W. A. HUNTER. 

 PROFESS OR T. H. HUXLEY. F.R.S 

 HENRY JACKSON, Esq., M.A., Trin. Coll., 



Cambridge. 

 PROFESSOR R. C. JEBB, Glasgow University. 

 HENRY M.JEFFERY. Esq.. M.A., Cheltenham. 

 PROFESSOR W. STANLEY JEVONS, F.R.S. 

 T. W. CARMALT JONES, Esq. 

 REV. B. JOWETT, Master of Balliol Coll., Oxford. 

 PROFESSOR A. B. W. KENNEDY, C.E. 

 JAMES KNOWLES, Esq. 

 PROFESSOR E. R. LANKESTER, F.R.S. 

 D. C. LATHBURY, Esq. 

 REV. J. D. LA TOUCH E, Stokesay, Salop. 

 ' PROFESSOR M. LAWSON, Oxford. 

 PROFESSOR LEGROS. 



B. J. LEVERSON, Esq. 



J. NORMAN LOCKYER, Esq., F.R.S. 



G. B. LONGSTAFF, Esq., M.D. 

 ALEXANDER MACMILLAN, Esq. 

 REV. PHILIP MAGNUS, B.Sc. 



P. T. MAIN, Esq., M.A., St. John's Coll., Cam. 

 bridge. 



C. W. MANSELL-MOULLIN, Esq. 

 REV. PROFESSOR MARKS. 

 PROFESSOR JOHN MARSHALL. F.R.S. 

 C. W. MERRIFIELD, Esq., F.R.S. 



F. D. MOCATTA. Esq. 

 LE(3NARD MONTEFIORE, Esq. 

 PROFESSOR HENRY MORLEY. 



JOHN MORLEY, Esq. 



H. N. MOSELEY, Esq.. F.R.S., Oxford. 



J. FLETCHER MOULTON, Esq. 



W. DONALD NAPIER, Esq. 



PROFESSOR A. NEWTON, F.R.S., Cambridge. 



PROFESSOR C. NIVEN, Queen's CoU^e, 



Cork. 

 ISAM BARD OWEN, Esq., M.B. 

 PROF. E. H. PALMER, M-A., St. John's ColL, 



Cambridge. 

 C. KEGAN PAUL, Esq. 

 WALTER H. POLLOCK, Esq. 

 W. H. POWER, Esq., H.M. Medical Inspector. 



A. PREVOST, Esq. 



C. PRICE, Esq., M.A., Westward Ho. 

 W. R. S. RALSTON, Esq. 

 PROFESSOR JOHN RHYS, O.xford. 



B. W. RICHARDSON, Esq., M.D., F.R.S. 

 SAMUEL ROBERTS. Esq., F.R.S. 



E. J. L. RIDSDALE, Esq. 

 PROFESSOR G. CROOM ROBERTSON. 

 G. J. ROMANES. Esq. 



PROFESSOR ROSCOE, F.R.S., Manchester. 

 J. F. ROTTON. Esq. 

 W. J. RUSSELL, Esq.. Ph.D., F.R.S. 

 PROFESSOR J. BURDON SANDERSON, 



F.R.S. 

 GEORGE H. SAVAGE, Esq., M.D. 

 PROFESSOR SAYCE, Oxford. 

 H. SHARKEY, Esq., M.B. 

 HENRY SIDGWICK, Esq., Trin. Coll.. Cam. 



bridge. 

 W. SIE.MENS, Esq., F.R.S. 

 PROFESSOR H. J. S. SMITH, F.R.S.. Oxford. 

 JAMES SPEDDING. Esq. 

 HERBERT SPENCER, Esq. 

 W. H. SPENCER, Esq., M.D., Clifton. 

 HERMANN SPRENGEL, Esq., Ph.D., F.R.S. 

 LESLIE STEPHEN. Esq. 

 PROFESSOR G. D. THANE. 

 JOHN M. THOMSON, Esq. 

 R. H. TIDDEMAN, Esq., H.M. GeoL Surrey. 



C. S. TOMES, Esq., F.R.S. 



F. C. TURNER, Esq., M.B. 

 E. B. ITLOR, Esq., F.R.S. 

 PROFESSOR JOHN TYNDALL, F.R.S. 



A. W. VERRALL, Esq., M.A. Trin. ColL, Cam- 

 bridge. 



REV. PROFESSOR WAYTE, M.A. 



SAMUEL WEST, Esq., M.B. 



JOHN WESTLAKE, Esq., Q.C. 



PROFESSOR ALEX. W. WILLIAMSOlf, 

 Ph.D., F.R.S. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



?JlHJ^^^.^/^"'^SWOODE, Esq., Pres. Roy. Soc, Chairman. 

 SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., MP., F.R.S. 



A. T. ATCHISON. Esq. 



FRED. POLLOCK, 



Joint Honorary Treasurers 

 and Trustees. 



JOHN COLLIER, Esq. J. F. PAYNE. Esq., M.B. 



Esq. W. CHANDLER ROBERTS, Esq., F.R.S. 



W. H. CORFIKLD, Esq., M.D., i«. Bolton Row, Mayfair, W. I „ „ ^ - 



ROBERT J. LEE, Esq., M.D., 6, Savile Row, W. / Honorary Secretancs. 



