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teaching, and was elected Professor of Physiology in 1883. Becoming 

 F.R.S. hi 1872, he was Secretary for twenty-two years, was President 

 of the British Association in 1899, and created K.C.B. in the same 

 year. He represented the University of London in Parliament from 

 1900 to 1906, resigned his Professorship at Cambridge in 1903, to 

 make botanical experiments in his garden near Great Shelford, and 

 died rather suddenly during a visit to London on Jan. 28th, 1907. 



1880. At the Anniversary Meeting on April 26th, the 

 death of Dr. Sharpej', honorary supernumerary member, 

 was announced, and Sir W. Grove was thanked for presenting 

 a new Minute Book to the Club. 



On Nov. 25th, Professor Roscoe was elected into the 

 vacancy made by the resignation of Sir W. Armstrong. 



SIR HENRY ENFIELD ROSCOE, a grandson of the well-known 

 historian, was born in London, Jan. 27th, 1833, and took the degree 

 of B.A. from University College, London, and of Ph.D. at Heidelberg. 

 He was Professor of Chemistry at Manchester from 1857 to 1887, 

 where he gave great impulse to that study and carried out important 

 researches. Elected F.R.S. in 1863, he received a Royal Medal 

 in 1874 for his work on the chemical action of light and the metal 

 vanadium, and was President of the British Association in 1887. 

 He sat in Parliament for a division of Manchester from 1885 to 

 1895, and, after leaving that city, resided for some years in London 

 and then near Leatherbead, where he died on Dec. i8th, 1915. He 

 was created a knight in 1884 and a P.C. in 1909, besides receiving 

 several other distinctions for his valuable researches in chemistry 

 and his influence as a teacher. 



As this was the 3Ooth meeting of the Club, the Treasurer 

 (Dr. Allen Thomson) gave some details of the thirty-three 

 years of its existence. In 1847 and 1855 ten meetings 

 were held, in other years nine, except that in 1871 and in 

 1873 the meetings in May were dropped, as was that in 

 June, 1872. 114 Fellow's of the Royal Society had been 

 or then were members. Of this number 58 were dead. 

 Among the others l are 47 ordinary members, besides 

 2 supernumerary members and 7 who have resigned their 

 membership. Of the 47 original members 7 are living, 

 and of these 4 (Mr. Bowman, Sir P. Egerton, Sir W. 

 Grove, and Sir J. D. Hooker) are still members of 

 the Club ; the three who have resigned being Professor 



1 Including Professor Roscoe just elected. 



