PROCEEDINGS 



STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION 



OF 



ARTS AND SCIENCES 



Vol. VI February-May 19 i6 Part II, p. 141-191 



Sanderson Smith^ 

 Arthur Hollick 

 (with portrait) 



Sanderson Smith was born in London, England, May 14, 1832, 

 and died at Port Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y., March 28, 1915. 



I was not aware of his death until about two months after it 

 occurred, and subsequently a yet longer period elapsed before I 

 succeeded in getting into communication with members of his 

 family. He was known to but relatively few of the members of 

 the present association; but in this section there are four of the 

 fourteen pioneers who met on November 12, 1881, organized the 

 Natural Science Association of Staten Island, and elected San- 

 derson Smith its first president. It is eminently proper, there- 

 fore, that we who most nearly represent the old association, who 

 remember Mr. Smith personally, and are familiar with his scien- 

 tific activities and writings, should be the ones to place on record 

 a suitable tribute to his memory. 



At the time when the Natural Science Association was organ- 

 ized Sanderson Smith was the oldest and most prominent man of 

 purely scientific attainments on Staten Island, and he was the 

 one whom we naturally selected to be the head of the Association. 



1 Presented at the meeting of the Section of Natural Science April 8, 1916. 



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