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he was created K.C.B. In the summer of 1912 his health began to 

 fail, and he died on Dec. 7th, leaving the deserved reputation of 

 an inspiring teacher, an accomplished man, and one remarkable 

 for his " simple, sweet, and open nature." 



1889. At the meeting on Nov. 2ist, the death of Mr. 

 John Ball, the Treasurer, was announced, and Professor 

 Judd appointed to that office for the remainder of the 

 session. Three new members, Prof. W. G. Adams, Dr. 

 W. Crookes, and Mr. F. du Cane Godman, were elected to 

 the vacancies caused by the deaths of Mr. J. Ball and 

 Dr. Warren de la Rue, and the retirement of Professor 

 Moseley. Also some alterations of the rules, in view of 

 increasing the attendances, were discussed. 



PROFESSOR WILLIAM GRYLLS ADAMS, brother of Professor John 

 Couch Adams, 1 was born on February i6th, 1836, and took his 

 degree as twelfth wrangler from St. John's College, Cambridge, 

 in 1859, of which he was elected a Fellow in 1865 and F.R.S. in 

 1872. Appointed in the former year Professor of Natural Philosophy 

 at King's College, London, he held that office till 1905, organizing 

 a physical laboratory and carrying out original work in electricity 

 and terrestrial magnetism, besides editing his brother's scientific 

 papers. Removing in 1906 from London to Broadstone, Dorset, 

 he died there on April loth, 1915. 



SIR WILLIAM CROOKES, though born on June i7th, 1832, is happily 

 still able to carry on his researches into the ultimate constitution 

 of matter, the history of radium, the possibilities of electricity, 

 and the discovery of new elements, besides many valuable practical 

 applications of chemistry, so it may suffice to say that he was elected 

 F.R.S. in 1863, was President from 1913 to 1915, has received its 

 Royal, Copley, and Davy Medals, besides six doctorates and many 

 foreign honours. Knighted in 1897, he received the O.M. in 1910. 



DR. FREDERICK DU CANE GODMAN, son of Mr. J. Godman of 

 Park Hatch, Godalming, was born in 1834, and is one of the Trustees 

 of the British Museum, so it will suffice to recall his valuable work 

 in zoology, shown more especially in his Natural History of the 

 Azores, his Monograph of the Petrels, and his contributions to Central 

 American biology. Elected F.R.S. in 1882, he is a D.C.L. of Oxford. 



1890. At the Anniversary Meeting on April 24th, an 

 alteration was made in Rule II., the effect being that any 

 scientific foreigner or resident in the Colonies or India, 



1 See page 46. 



