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of the subsequent changes in the volcanic districts of St. Vincent 

 and Martinique, his report being published in 1908. Dr. Anderson 

 was Tyndall lecturer on volcanoes at the Eoyal Institution. Pro- 

 fessionally he "was a specialist in diseases of the eye. He took a deep 

 interest in the promotion of open spaces and garden cities. He was 

 an extensive traveller, and there were very few places where volcanic 

 eruptions were known to have occurred that Dr. Anderson had not 

 visited. He was a noted Alpine climber and photographer, and 

 had produced some splendid views of places of interest which he 

 visited during his travels. Among the numerous appointments and 

 distinctions which he held were the following : Consulting 

 ophthalmic surgeon to the York County Hospital ; Fellow of 

 University College, London ; member of Council and former Yice- 

 President of the British Association ; President of the Museums 

 Association, 1910; and member of the Council of the Geological 

 and Eoyal Geographical Societies. Dr. Tempest Anderson was one 

 of the five original Trustees^ of the ' Sladen Pund ' established by 

 his sister, Mrs. Walter Percy Sladen, P.L.S., for the advancement of 

 scientific research in Anthropology, Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 

 Dr. Anderson was unmarried.^ 



W:ifLlAIVl HENRY SUTCLIFFE, F.G.S. 



Born Septembee 25, 1855. Deed August 18, 1913. 



W. H. SuTCLiPfE was born at Ashton-under-Lyne, educated at 

 Manchester Grammar School and Owens College (now Manchester 

 University). Trained for the cotton trade, he was for some time 

 manager of a cotton-mill near Eouen. In 1885 he became manager 

 for Messrs. E. Clegg & Sons' cotton-mills at Shore, Littleborough, 

 near Rochdale, Lancashire, and subsequently became one of the 

 managing directors. The firm is one of the largest cotton manu- 

 facturers in the district and employs about 1,500 workpeople. 



Apart from his business Mr. Sutclilfe was best known as a geologist 

 and archseologist and a member of many scientific societies. He early 

 took an interest in the remains of primitive man found on the hills in 

 the neighbourhood of Rochdale, and the fruits of his labours and that 

 of other workers are to be seen in the fine collection of flint implements 

 and other remains in the cases of the museums at Rochdale and 

 Manchester University. 



One of his most interesting contributions was a joint paper with 

 Mr. W. A. Parker, P.G.S., on "Pigmy Flints, their provenance and 

 use ", in which they almost conclusively proved that the use of these 

 minute flints was as skin-scrapers. He also communicated a paper to 

 the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on March 18 

 last, on "A Criticism of some Modern Tendencies in Prehistoric 

 Anthropology". This was an admirable study of recent theories as 



1 Dr. Tempest Anderson, F.L.S., F.G.S. ; Henry Bury, M.A., F.L.S., etc. ; 

 Professor Herdman, F.E.S. ; T. Bailey Saunders, M.A. ; and Dr. Henry 

 Woodward, F.E.S. 



^ For many of the above particulars we are indebted to the Morning Post, 

 August 29, 1913. 



