BIOGRAPHICAL INTIJODTI TION wxix 



The transfer of the hiboratory and expiM-inuMital liclds to 

 the management of a committee appointed under Sii- dolm 

 Lawes' trust deed of 1889 has been ah-eady mentionc'd. After 

 this date the virtual direction of the experiments contiiuied Id 

 remain in the hands of Lawes and Gilbert during tlieir joint 

 lives. For the information of the new committee Sir Henry 

 Gilbert drew up a brief report on the investigations hitherto 

 conducted, showing to what extent the results obtained had 

 been already published, and making suggestions as to future 

 work. This report was printed in 1891 foi- the use of tlie 

 committee. 



The celebration of the jubilee of the Kothamsted Exi)eri- 

 ments in 1893 has been already described in the notice 

 of Sir John Lawes, with the numerous honours sul)sequenlly 

 conferred on both Lawes and Gill^ert. Dr Gilbert re- 

 ceived knighthood from the Queen on August 11 of tliat 

 year. 



Sir Henry Gilbert was a memljer of the committee 

 appointed by the Government in 1896 to take evidence 

 and report on the materials used in the manufcicture of beer. 

 The committee presented their report to the Treasury in 

 1899. 



He received many honorary degrees. The University of 

 Glasgow made him LL.D. in 1883; Oxford, M.A. in 1884; 

 Edinburgh, LL.D. in 1890; Cambridge, Sc.D. in 1894. He 

 was a life governor of University College, London; a Corre- 

 sponding Member of the Institute of France; a Chevalier du 

 Merite Agricole ; and an honorary memljer of many auiicul- 

 tural societies at home and aljroad. 



With a life so filled with many lal)ours it need liardly be 

 said that Sir Henry Gilbert was possessed of a robust constitu- 

 tion. He, however, suffered at times from over-braiiiwoik. 

 and his fre(i[uent excursions al)road were really ni-eded to 

 maintain a healthy tone. In later years he suffere<l mueli at 

 times from internal i)ain, the precursor, pr(jl»ably, of hi.-. la>t 

 illness. The death of Sir John Lawes in 1900 was naturally a 



