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temporarily visiting this country, or any Fellow of the Royal 

 Society, might be the guest of a member of the Club, except 

 on the anniversary or any special meeting from which 

 strangers are excluded, but that member might not bring 

 the same guest more than once in a session. 



As Mr. Buckton and Professor Tyndall had desired to 

 be transferred to the list of honorary supernumerary 

 members, Professor Victor Horsley and Dr. Hugo Miiller 

 were elected to the vacancies. 



SIR VICTOR ALEXANDER HADEN HORSLEY, son of J. C. Horsley, 

 R.A., was born in Kensington in 1857, and after medical study at 

 University College, became Professor of Clinical Surgery at its 

 Hospital, attaining a high reputation for skill as an operator and 

 for pathological investigations, especially with regard to the thyroid 

 gland. Elected F.R.S. in 1886, he was awarded a Royal Medal 

 in 1894, and received not a few other distinctions. At the out- 

 break of the present war, he placed himself at the disposal of the 

 Government, and was sent to Mesopotamia, where he fell a victim 

 to the climate on July i6th, 1916. 



DR. HUGO MULLER was bom in Germany in 1834, studied chem- 

 istry and mineralogy at Leipzig under Naumann, retaining always 

 his interest in the latter subject, for he did much to establish its 

 classification on the basis of chemical composition. After settling 

 in London, he obtained high repute, was elected F.R.S. in 1866, 

 was an honorary LL.D. of St. Andrews, and D.Sc. of Victoria. After 

 making many valuable contributions to chemistry and mineralogy, 

 he died at Camberley on May 23rd, 1915. 



At the meeting on Nov. 27th, the vacancy caused by the 

 transference of Dr. P. L. Sclater to the honorary super- 

 numerary list was filled by the election of Professor A. W. 

 Riicker. It was agreed to accept an invitation of the Royal 

 Society Club to hold a joint meeting early in the coming 

 year. 



PRINCIPAL SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM RUCKER, noted for his services 

 to science and to education, was born on October 23rd, 1848, at 

 Clapham Park, and went to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he ob- 

 tained a fellowship, after being highly distinguished in mathematics 

 and natural science. Beginning at the Yorkshire College, Leeds, he 

 became in 1886 Professor of Physics at the Royal College of Science, 

 London, from which post he was appointed in 1901 Principal of the 

 University of London. Elected F.R.S. in 1884, be received a 

 Royal Medal in 1891, with honorary doctorates from about six 



