528 Obituary — Henry SJialer Willia^ns. 



in 1900, lie gave this valuable collection to University College, 

 London. For several years Bisliop Mitcliinson was a valued member 

 of council of the Geological and Palseontographical Societies, and he 

 was never happier than when entertaining parties of his colleagues 

 in the Master's Lodge at Pembroke. The memory of these parties 

 will always be cherished by those who shared his hospitality, for he 

 was the most genial of hosts, the most lovable of friends, and full of 

 lively interests. 



A. S. W. 



HENRY SHALER WILLIAMS, 

 Ph.D., F.G.S. 

 BOBN Makch 6, 1847. Died August, 1918. 



American geologj^ loses a distinguished representative by the death 

 of Professor H. S. Williams, of Cornell University. He graduated 

 as Ph.D. at Yale in 1868, and inclined at first towards biological 

 studies, which stood him in good stead when he specialized later in 

 palaeontology. In 1879 he was appointed Assistant Professor of 

 Geology and Palaeontology in Cornell University, and in 1886 he 

 became full Professor. In 1892 he succeeded Dana as Silliman 

 Professor at Yale, and in 1902 he returned to Cornell. In 1912 he 

 retired with a pension under the Carnegie Foundation. Professor 

 Williams devoted himself especially to the study of the Devonian 

 invertebrate faunas and the correlation of the Devonian formations 

 of North America. His results were published chiefly in the 

 Bulletins of the Geological Survey of the United States. He was 

 a pioneer in the modern methods of palaeontological research, and 

 his volume on Geological Biology (1894) is an admirable statement of 

 principles. 



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The Cuviee Prize. 

 The French Academy of Sciences has awarded the Cuvier Prize for 

 1918 to Dr. Arthur Smith Woodward, F.R.S., for his researches in 

 Vertebrate Palaeontology. This is a triennial prize and was first 

 awarded in 1851 to Louis Agassiz. It has already reached Great 

 Britain three times, having been given to Sir Eichard Owen in 1856, 

 to Sir Roderick Murchison in 1863, and to Sir John Murray in 1894. 



H. C. Beasley Geological Collection. 

 The Liverpool Free Public Museums have recently acquired the 

 valuable and unique collection of Triassic fossils, rocks, and minerals 

 formed by Mr. H. C. Beasley, which has been purchased from him by 

 Mr. C. Sydney Jones, M.A,, J. P., and presented to the City. The 

 collection is chiefly a local one, and is especially rich in fine specimens 

 of cheirotheroid, rhynchosauroid, and chelonoid footprints from the 

 Lower Keuper of ' the well-known Storeton Quarries, and from 

 Kuncorn Hill. 



