192 SIR GEORGE DARWIN 



The discomfort from which he suffered during 

 the meeting at Cambridge of the International 

 Congress of Mathematicians in August 191 2 was, 

 in fact, the beginning of his last illness. An 

 exploratory operation showed that he was suffering 

 from malignant disease. Happily he was spared 

 the pain that gives its terror to this malady. His 

 nature was, as we have seen, simple and direct, 

 with a pleasant residue of the innocence and eager- 

 ness of childhood. In the manner of his death 

 these qualities were ennobled by an admirable 

 and most unselfish courage. As his vitality ebbed 

 away his affection only showed the stronger. He 

 wished to live, and he felt that his power of work 

 and his enjoyment of life were as strong as ever, but 

 his resignation to the sudden end was complete and 

 beautiful. He died on December 7, 191 2, and was 

 buried at Trumpington. 



Honours, Medals, Degrees, Societies, etc. 

 Order. K.C.B. 1905. 



Medals.^ 



1883. Telford Medal of the Institution of Civil 

 Engineers. 



1884. Royal Medal.2 



1892. Royal Astronomical Society's Medal. 



19 11. Copley Medal of the Royal Society. 



191 2. Royal Geographical Society's Medal. 



1 Sir George's medals are deposited in the Library of Trinity 

 College, Cambridge. 



* Given by the Sovereign on the nomination of the Royal 

 Society. 



