Correspondence—Marion I. Newbigen. ATT 
THE LATE PROFESSOR JAMES GEIKIE.! 
Sir,—A biography of the late Professor James Geikie is now in 
course of preparation, and the work would be greatly facilitated if 
those who have letters or communications of general interest from him 
would kindly forward these to me at the Royal Scottish Geographical 
Society’s Rooms, Synod Hall, Castle Terrace, Edinburgh. They will 
be carefully preserved and returned after being copied. 
EDINBURGH, ~ Marton i NEWBIGEN. 
September 4, 1916. 
QS Eni ALE ya 
JAMES DALLAS, F.S.A.Scor. 
Born 1853. DIED SEPTEMBER 12, 1916. 
Wr regret to record the death, in his 63rd year, of Mr. James Dallas 
(formerly curator of the Albert Museum, Exeter), which occurred on 
September 12, at Bampton, Oxon. James Dallas, F.S.A.Scot., was 
the son of the late W. 8. Dallas, F.L.S., for so many years Assistant 
Secretary to the Geological Society of London. 
CHARLES DAWSON, F.S.A., F.G.S. 
BORN JULY 11, 1864. DIED AUGUST 10, 1916. 
GroLocists and archeologists alike mourn the early death of 
Mr. Charles Dawson, of the Castle Lodge, Lewes. For thirty years 
he had been one of the most active students of the geology and 
antiquities of Sussex. To a capacity for taking pains, with endless 
patience, he added a sharpness of sight that never overlooked any- 
‘thing of importance; and he was not only in close touch with all 
workmen in his district who might make accidental discoveries, but 
was also in constant friendly communication with a wide circle of 
‘professional scientific men who helped him to make the best use of 
his material. 
Charles Dawson was born at Fulkeith Hall, Lancashire, fifty-two 
years ago, the son of Mr. Hugh Dawson, barrister-at-law. Most of 
his early life was spent at St. Leonards-on-Sea, and he was educated 
at the Royal Academy, Gosport. He began to study law in 1880, 
and from 1890 until the time of his death he practised as a solicitor 
at Uckfield. There he held several public appointments, and won the 
highest esteem of all who were associated with him. His duties were 
many and arduous, and science was the recreation of his leisure hours. 
From early boyhood Mr. Dawson had been interested in natural 
history and antiquities, and he began to collect Wealden fossils from 
the quarries and cliffs round Hastings. He soon attracted the notice 
of Mr. S. H. Beckles, F.R.S., who was then spending his last years 
at St. Leonards. He was thus helped and encouraged to collect 
Dinosaurian remains in a systematic manner; and he met with so 
much success that by 1884 he had made a valuable collection which 
1 For a brief account of Professor James Geikie and his works, see ‘‘ Hminent 
Living Geologists’’ (GEOL. MaG., N.S., Dec. V, Vol. X, No. VI, June, 1913, 
pp. 241-8, with a portrait, Pl. IX); for obituary see op. cit., April, 1915, p. 192. 
