144 Proniiiicn/ Yorkshire Workers —Hctirv Clifton Sorby. 



of the Imperial Miiieralojj^ical Society of St. Petersburii;- in 1862, 

 an honorary member of the Manchester Literary and Philo- 

 sophical Society in 1869, and a Foreij^n member of the Royal 

 Dutch Society of Science in 1872, and he is a member of the 

 Academy of L}nxes of Rome, Foreign member of the Micro- 

 scopical Society of Brussels, and of the American Academy 

 ot Arts and Sciences, honorary member of the Natural History- 

 Society of Torquay, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and 

 of the Zoological and of the Linnean Societies. In 1879 the 

 degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by the University 

 of Cambridg-e. 



The Geological Society awarded to him the VVollaston 

 Medal in 1869 ; in 1872 he received the first large gold Boer- 

 haave medal issued by the Dutch Society of Science ; and in 

 1874 he received a Royal medal from the Royal Society of 

 London. \ 



He has been through the Presidential Chair of several 

 important societies. In 1878-80 he was president of the 

 Geological Societ}' of London. He was the first president of 

 the Mineralogical Society, and president of the Microscopical 

 Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 1875- 1878, and of the 

 Geological Section of the British Association in 1880. He was 

 the first to occup\' the presidential chair of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union, as at present constituted. In 1852, 1870-1-2, 

 1879, 1894, 1897, and 1898 he was elected president of the 

 Literary and Philosophical Society in his native city, Sheffield, a 

 city which has greatly benefitted by his presence therein. A 

 few years ago the Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society 

 presented him with a handsome portrait of himself, in com- 

 memoration of his fifty years connection with the Society. 

 This was painted by Mrs. M. L. Waller, and by the kindness 

 of the publishers of this journal, we are able to give each of 

 our readers an excellent though small copy of this (plate XIII.). 

 In February last a replica of the portrait painted by Mrs. 

 Waller was presented to the Sheffield University, of which Dr. 

 Sorby is one of the founders and has taken such a practical 

 interest in since its foundation. We can only hope that Dr. 

 .Sorby may long be spared to continue his useful work. — T. S. 



(The list of Memoirs, etc., by Dr. Sorby will appear in our 

 next issue). 



Naturalist, 



