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nearly fifty years on Mesozoic and Tertiary Invertebrata, and especiallj' 

 distinguished for his researches on the Jurassic echinoidea and crinoidea. 

 As eaiiy as 1861 he published "Description des animaux invertebres 

 fossiles contenus dans I'etage neocomien moyen de Mont Saleve". 

 Soon afterwards he was at work with E. Pellat on the Upper Jurassic 

 fossils of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on which they issued a series of joint 

 monographs. He aided Pictet with • his Materiaux pour la 

 PaUontologie Stiisse, and later (1882-9) he described the Jurassic 

 crinoids in the continuation of d'Orbigny's PaUontologie Fra^igaise. 

 He was associated also in joint memoirs with other workers : Cotteau, 

 Choffat, Desor, Ernest Favre, Gillieron, Girardot, Royer, Schardt, and 

 Tombeck. Of independent works may be mentioned his EcMnologie 

 Helvetique, Monograpkie des Crinoides fossiles de la Suisse, aud 

 descriptions of Tertiary echinoids from Egypt and Portugal. He 

 wrote also a monograph on the fossils of the zone of Ammonites 

 tenuilohatus (to which attention was drawn in the Geological 

 Magazine for 1878, p. 354, and 1882, p. 279). Some of these 

 memoirs were contributed to the Physical and Natural History Society 

 of Geneva, the Society of Natural Science of Neuchatel, and the Swiss 

 Zoological Review, while others in later years were published by the 

 Swiss PaliBontological Society. De Loriol was elected a Foreign 

 Correspondent of the Geological Society of London in 1894. 



HUGH LEONARD. 

 Born 1841. Died F%;bkuary 16, 1909. 



The death of Mr. Hugh Leonard, following close upon that of 

 Mr. G. H. Kinahan, removes another link with the Irish Geological 

 Survey as it stood up to the time of its severance from that of Great 

 Britain in 1905. 



Mr. Leonard was appointed Assistant Geologist in August, 1867, 

 and, under the guidance of Mr. Kinahan, surveyed large tracts of 

 the complicated areas of Mayo and Galway in the west of Ireland, 

 subsequently mapping a considerable portion of county Cavan. 

 and finally revising the survey of the interesting district about 

 Enniscorthy, in co. Wexford. His mapping, always careful and 

 accurate, has withstood the brunt of latter-day revisions, while his 

 accompanying memoirs are clear and explicit. Possessed of a first- 

 class knowledge of chemistry, he made good use of this science as 

 an aid to his geological researches. TJnfortunately an accident, 

 sustained in the course of field-duties, deprived the Survey of 

 Mr. Leonard's services in the year 1881, when he retired on a 

 specially granted superannuation. He was for many years a Fellow 

 of the Geological Society, an active Member of the Royal Irish 

 Academy, and, up to the time of its dissolution in 1889, he acted 

 as Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland. 

 Of a kind, helpful, and cheerful disposition, he was greatly esteemed 

 by the many who enjoyed his friendship. He passed away after 

 a brief illness at his residence, Blackrock, co. Dublin. 



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