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a Royal Medal in 1875, the Davy Medal in 1888, and the 

 Copley Medal in 1904, and choosing him into the Council, 

 electing him Foreign Secretary, and lastly placing him in 

 the Chair of President. Nor has the State neglected to 

 honour him. He was knighted in 1897, and the King has 

 further conferred on him the prized distinction of the Order 

 of Merit. In spite of his age he continues his investigations 

 with the same patience, accuracy, and success. 



Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers entered the army 

 as an officer in the Grenadier Guards, served in the Crimea, 

 and became Lieut .-General. He is best remembered as an 

 anthropologist who made with great care an extensive 

 collection in illustration of the progress of invention and 

 civilisation which is now appropriately housed in the Pitt- 

 Rivers Museum at Oxford. He likewise engaged in the 

 exploration of various ancient sites in the south-west of 

 England, of which he published descriptions. His archaeo- 

 logical and antiquarian ability was recognised by his 

 receiving the appointment of the first Inspector of Ancient 

 Monuments. He became F.R.S. in 1876. 



On nth May Professor Odling brought from Oxford to 

 the dinner of the Club the brilliant Rector of Lincoln College, 

 Mark Pattison, and on the same day the Treasurer, Dr. 

 Gwyn Jeffreys, introduced Professor Gigioli from Florence. 

 The " Mr. Murray " who was another of the Treasurer's 

 guests on i6th was probably John Murray of the Challenger 

 Expedition who, on the death of Sir Wyville Thomson, 

 was put in charge of the whole arrangement and distribution 

 of the vast collections made by that Expedition, and who 

 successfully completed the publication of the great series 

 of massive volumes in which the description of the work 

 is comprised. Murray was the most accomplished oceano- 

 grapher of his day, and his sudden death by a deplorable 

 accident in 1914 was a severe blow to British science. 



1883. At the Anniversary Meeting on June 2ist 1883 

 there were present twenty-three members, and in the absence 

 of the President, Warren De la Rue took the chair. The 

 financial statement of the Treasurers reported that the 



