Biographical Notes 79 



Club an appreciative notice which is inserted in the 

 Minutes, and was known to have been penned by Lord Justice 

 Bo wen. 



SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, to whom we are indebted for the Annals 

 of the Royal Society Club, is so well known and still so vigorous 

 as to require only a very brief mention. He was born in Edinburgh 

 on Dec. 28th, 1835, and educated at that University. Entering the 

 Geological Survey in 1855, he held the Murchison Professorship 

 of Geology from 1871 to 1882, when he became Director-General 

 of the Geological Survey and removed to London. Elected F.R.S. 

 in 1865, he received a Royal Medal in 1896, with the Murchison 

 and Wollaston Medals of the Geological Society. Of that he has 

 been twice President, as well as President of the British Association 

 and of the Royal Society, besides receiving many honorary degrees 

 and other distinctions both British and foreign. He was knighted 

 hi 1891, created K.C.B. in 1907, and received the O.M. in 1914. 

 It may be said truly of him that, like some of an earlier generation, 

 he has proved the possibility oi serving two mistresses, science and 

 literature. 



On Nov. 22nd, Sir F. Bramwell and Professor G. M. 

 Humphry were elected into the vacancies caused by the 

 withdrawal, from ill-health, of Sir A. Ramsay 1 and the death 

 of Mr. G. A. Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society. 



SIR FREDERICK JOSEPH BRAMWELL was a banker's son, born in 

 London on March 7th, 1818, and trained as a mechanical engineer. 

 At first he paid especial attention to atmospheric railways and road 

 locomotion, but, after beginning business on his own account in 

 1853, he gradually obtained a large practice in consultative work 

 and as a scientific witness, especially in questions of water-supply, 

 where his imperturbable disposition and ready wit stood him in 

 good stead. An active member of many societies, he became F.R.S. 

 in 1873, an d was President of the British Association hi 1888, received 

 honorary degrees from Montreal, Durham, Cambridge, and Oxford, 

 was knighted in 1881, and created a baronet in 1889. His busy 

 life ended in London on Nov. 3Oth, 1903. 



SIR GEORGE MURRAY HUMPHRY was a barrister's son, born at 

 Sudbury, in Suffolk, on July i8th, 1820, and educated as a surgeon, 

 becoming a member of the College in 1841. Next year he obtained 

 an appointment at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, entered 

 that University, and took the degree of M.D. in 1859. Active 

 in teaching and furthering the interests of Natural Science, he was 



1 Strictly speaking, he was transferred by the Club, in consequence of 

 the state of his health, to the list of honorary supernumerary' members. 



