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in the later months of the year, usually on the invitation 

 of Pringle. The same active host had Dr. Joseph Priestley 

 as his guest on loth December, when Franklin was also 

 present. Priestley was then nine-and-thirty years of age, 

 and had shown himself to be a brilliant and original genius. 

 The Royal Society had recognised his merit by electing him 

 into its body in 1766. 



1773. At the Annual General Meeting held on July 29, 

 1773, there were sixteen members present and one visitor. 

 James Burrow presided. The Treasurer's statement showed 

 that the expenses for the past year had amounted only to 

 2 75. 6d., of which i 75. was incurred by deficiencies in 

 attendance. The unexpended balance was 10 175. 4d. 



The Treasurer intimated the death of Samuel Dyer, and 

 reported that two members had been absentees, the one 

 for one year, the other for two years. The Club decided 

 that there were only two vacancies to be filled, but no 

 direct information is given in the Minutes as to which 

 of the two delinquents was excluded. The vacant places 

 were filled by the election of James Stuart and Daniel 

 Solander. 



Both the new members had for some years been Fellows 

 of the Royal Society. James Stuart, commonly known as 

 " Athenian Stuart," was an architect and painter, who 

 after visiting Rome and Greece published in 1762, in con- 

 junction with his friend and fellow-traveller Revett, their 

 " Antiquities of Athens," a work which introduced Greek 

 architecture into London. 



Daniel Charles Solander, M.D., born in Sweden, came to 

 England in 1760, with recommendations from Linnaeus, 

 as his " much loved pupil," to John Ellis, F.R.S., and Peter 

 Collinson, F.R.S. On the advice of the latter he was asked 

 to catalogue natural history collections in the British Museum, 

 and he was in 1763 appointed an assistant-librarian in that 

 institution. Five years later, when Banks decided to accom- 

 pany Captain Cook in his first circumnavigating voyage, he 

 had influence enough to obtain acceptance for his proposal 

 to make provision for a deputy to fill Solander's place at 



