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Hospital, and he added some fresh contributions to medical 

 literature. He was elected into the Royal Society in 1872, 

 and received knighthood from Queen Victoria, who also 

 appointed him Physician-Extraordinary. 



Among the twelve visitors to the Club who appeared for 

 the first time this year were Alfred Bray Kempe, now Sir 

 Alfred, the honoured Treasurer of the Royal Society, Dr. 

 Barlow, now the well-known physician Sir Thomas Barlow, 

 Bart., K.C.V.O. ; Professor Tilden, now Sir William Augustus 

 Tilden, emeritus Professor of Chemistry in the Imperial 

 College of Science and Technology ; and the late Richard 

 Lydekker, the able and prolific writer on mammals, extinct 

 and recent, from all parts of the world, who died in 1915. 



1888. At the Anniversary Meeting in 1888, which took 

 place on 28th June, there were twenty-four members present 

 and Sir William Bowman took the chair. The Treasurers 

 reported that the expenditure had amounted to 67 35. id. 

 and that they had in hand a balance of 76 55. id. The 

 subscription was fixed again at one pound. Twelve dinners 

 had been held during the session, attended by 140 persons, 

 made up of 126 members and 14 visitors. The usual 

 distribution of the twelve dinners for the ensuing session 

 was continued. 



There were no vacancies in the membership. Professor 

 Stokes was re-elected President. Sir George Richards 

 announced his resignation of the Treasurership and proposed 

 J. Whitaker Hulke as his successor. This proposal was 

 unanimously accepted and Mr. R. H. Scott was continued 

 as the senior Treasurer. Five absentee members were 

 reported as having been " reminded." There were no 

 vacancies. 



The visitors this year included Professor George Darwin 

 and Professor Alexander Herschel. 



George Darwin, son of the illustrious naturalist, was born 

 in 1845. His distinguished academic success at Cambridge 

 led to his election to a Fellowship at Trinity College. His 

 first intention was to follow the profession of barrister, 

 but indifferent health eventually led him to abandon that 



