288 Obituary— Mr. C. E. De Rmice. 



Etude geologique sur le nouyeau projet de tunnel coude au travers du Simplon (en 

 coUab. avec Heim, Lory, Taramelli) (Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sc. Nat., xix, 1SS3). 



Les Fades geologiques (Arch. Sc. phys. et nat. Geneve, xii, 1884). 



Monographie des Hautes Alpes Yaudoises (Mat. Carte geol, Suisse, xvi« lirraison, 

 1890). 



Chronographe geologique (C.E. Congres geol. Int., VI'' session, Zm-ich, 1894). 



CHARLES EUGENE DE RANGE, 



Assoc. M. Inst. C E., F.G.S. 



Born November 22, 1847. Died May 9, 190G. 



We regret to record the death of Mr. C. E. De Eance, which took 

 place at Blackpool on the 9th May from an accident on the 28th 

 April, at the age of 58 years. 



He was the son of Colonel De Ranee of the French National 

 Guard, who was exiled from France at the Revolution in 1848. 

 His mother was also a native of France, her father. Colonel Turquaud, 

 having been likewise a refugee in 1848. 



C. E. De Ranee was educated at King's College School, London, 

 and subsequently trained in the engineering ofSce of R. W. Mylne, 

 F.R.S. He joined the staff of the Geological Survey in 1868, and, 

 as remarked by Professor A. C. Ramsay, then Director for England 

 and Wales, De Ranee during his first year " surveyed a large tract 

 with the skill of an old geologist." The field-work carried out by 

 him was mainly in Lancashire, Cheshire, and Flintshire, and in due 

 course he wrote memoirs on the " Geology of the country between 

 Liverpool and Southport" (1869), "Geology of the country around 

 Southport, Lytham, and South Shore" (1872), "Geology of the 

 country around Blackpool, Poulton, and Fleetwood" (1875), and 

 " Superficial Geology of the country adjoining the coasts of 

 S.W. Lancashire" (1877). To some other memoirs he also con- 

 tributed notes. Practical geology gradually absorbed his chief 

 interest. He acted for many years as Secretary of the British 

 Association Committees on the Circulation of Underground Waters 

 and on Coast Erosion, and in 1882 he published a book on " The 

 Water Supply of England and Wales." As an expert, his advice 

 was sought in many contested cases. In later years his enthusiasm 

 and his ability to carry on scientific work declined, and in 1898 he 

 resigned his appointment on the Geological Survey, but continued 

 to the end in private practice as a consulting mining and water 

 engineer at Blackpool. 



Among his earlier papers, more especially noteworthy are those on 

 the Gault of Folkestone and on the Cretaceous strata in the south- 

 west of England, published in the Geological Magazine (1868 and 

 1874). Other subjects from time to time engaged his attention, such 

 as Glaciation and Cave-deposits. As a man who commenced his 

 career with such marked ability, it is sad to think that he did not 

 live to fulfil the high expectations of his early friends. 



