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submarine continuations of the river-valleys of Western Europe and 

 "Western Africa. 



In 1910 the retired Professor published a thin autobiographical 

 volume, entitled Reminiscences of a Strenuous Life. His career, like 

 that of many other public servants, was quiet, uneventful, and 

 not unsuccessful. It included sufficient leisure for such work as 

 he chose to undertake, outside the sphere of his official duties, and 

 of this leisure he diligently availed himself in the preparation 

 of his contributions to the scientific literature of the time. Though 

 much of his writing may not be enduring, it must be admitted that 

 he has left his mark on the records of English geology. 



Those who knew Edward Hull best will always remember him as 

 a leal-hearted friend, who through a long life maintained the honour 

 of a gentleman and carried with him cheerfulness and good will 

 wherever he went. 



A. G. 



Note. — On June 1, 1914, Professor Hull was one of those friends 

 who wrote and congratulated the Editor on the completion of fifty 

 years of the Geological Magazine, and was indeed one of the four 

 famous geologists, then surviving, who had contributed to the 1864 

 volume of that journal, viz., the Rev. 0. Fisher, M.A., E.G.S.; 

 Sir Archibald Geikie, O.M., K.C.B., P.Pres.P.S., etc.; Professor W. 

 Boyd Dawkins, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. ; and Professor Hull, M.A., 

 L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., Professor Hull himself having during the fifty 

 years made 119 communications to this Magazine. We had pre- 

 pared a complete list of the titles of Hull's books and papers, 

 amounting in all to over 250. As a selected series had already been 

 published by Professor Hull at the end of his Reminiscences of a 

 Strenuous Life in 1910, and the full list would have occupied more 

 than ten pages, we could not devote so large a space in this number, 

 and the intention had therefore reluctantly to be abandoned. — Editor 

 Geol. Mag. 



GEORGE CHARLES CRICK. 



Born October 9, 1856. Died October 18, 1917. 



Born at Bedford on October 9, 1856, the son of Dr. E. W. Crick of 

 that town, George Charles Crick was educated at the Modern School 

 there. Subsequently he passed through a course of studies at the 

 Poyal School of Mines, South Kensington, from 1875 to 1881. His 

 career there was noteworthy, for he successively passed 1st Class in 

 Physics (1875-6), 1st Class in Biology (1876-7), 2nd Class in 

 Chemistry (1877-8), 1st Class in Geology (1878-9), 1st Class 

 in Mechanics, 2nd Class in Mineralogy, 2nd Class in Palaeontology 

 (1879-80), and 1st Class in Mechanical Drawing (1880-1), thus 

 winning the Associateship. 



For some short time he acted as one of the curators to a notorious 

 private collector, but on January 1, 1881, he entered on duty as 

 Clerk and Assistant Secretary to " H.M. Commission to enquire into 

 Accidents in Mines, etc.", of which Sir Warington W. Smyth was 



