204 In Memoriam : W. Bay well Turner. 



William West, and published various papers. In The 

 Naturalist for October, 1879, pp. 38-40, appeared ' The Fresh- 

 water Algae of the Leeds District.' A paper on the ' Algae of 

 Strensall Common ' was printed in the same journal for 

 December, 1883, with a plate by himself. In The Naturalist 

 for September and October, 1887, he printed notes on Algae 

 collected at Gormire and Thirkleby, describing a new species. 

 In The Transactions of the Leeds Naturalists' Club, Vol. I., 1886, 

 he published, along with other Leeds microscopists, an Alga- 

 Flora of West Yorkshire. Other algological papers by him 

 were, one on ' Mounting and Staining Desmids (Journ. R. 

 Microsc. Soc, Series 2, Vol. V., 1885, p. 742) ; ' On some New 

 and Rare Desmids,' with two plates (same vol., Dec, 1885) ; 

 ' Notes on Fresh-water Algae, with Description of New Species ' 

 (The Naturalist, Feb., 1886, with a plate) ;' Desmid Notes' 

 (same journal, Nov., 1893). 



The most important publication of his was his monograph 

 of the Indian Desmids (Algae aquae dulcis Indiae Orientalis, the 

 fresh- water algae (principally Desmidieae) of East India). This 

 was, through the influence of his friend, Otto Nordstedt, pub- 

 lished at Stockholm in 1893 by the Royal Swedish Academy of 

 Sciences, and was illustrated by 23 plates by his own hand. 

 Had it not been for the unfortunate breakdown of his health, 

 his algological work would have been continued, to the great 

 benefit of science. 



As it was, he was henceforth restricted to the study of 

 another subject on which he was a leading authority. He 

 was an ardent student of genealogy and heraldry, for which 

 his remarkable skill as a draughtsman, his equally remarkably 

 retentive memory, and his painstaking industry, peculiarly 

 qualified him. A series of heraldic drawings by him was 

 shown to the King when he visited the Leeds University in 

 1915, and much interested His Majesty. 



The man himself was, however, the most interesting. Tall 

 and well built, remarkably handsome in appearance, he was 

 essentially a strong and vigorous personality. Constitutionally 

 and physically strong, in spite of his serious illness — strong in 

 will, strong in his opinions, which were expressed in copious 

 and vigorous language, he combined with it all a delicacy of 

 touch, refinement of feeling and keenness of insight, which 

 peculiarly fitted him for the studies which were his hobbies. 

 His eyesight, too, was remarkably powerful and microscopic. 

 In his youth, although town-born, he was country-bred, with 

 the instincts of a sportsman, as was his father before him. 

 He was an excellent shot, having learnt the art as early as nine 

 years of age, and at seventeen, when at Burton-on-Trent, he 

 joined one of the then recently formed Volunteer Corps. In 

 his intercourse with his friends over a pipe and a cup of tea — 



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