LIST OF PRESIDENTS III 



LIST OF PRESIDENTS 

 OF The Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, 



AFTERWARDS Th E NoVA ScOTIAN INSTITUTE OF 



Science, since its foundation in 1862. 



Hon. Philip Carteret Hill, d.c.l 31 Dec. 1862 to 26 Oct. 1863 



John Matthew Jones. F.L.S.. F.R.s.c 26 Oct. 1863" 8 Oct. 1873 



John Bernard Gilpin, M. A.. M.D., M.R.c.s 8 Oct. 1873 " 9 Oct. 1878 



William Gossip 9 Oct. 1878 " 13 Oct. 1880 



John Somers, m.d 13 Oct. 1880 " 26 Oct. 1883 



Robert Morrow 26 Oct. 1883 " 21 Oct. 1885 



John Somers. M.D. 21 Oct. 1885 " 10 Oct. 1888 



Prof. James Gordon MacGregor. M.A., D.sc, F.R.S., F.R.s.c 10 Oct. 1888 " 9 Nov. 1891 



Martin Murphy. C.E.. D.sc, I. s.o 9 Nov. 1891 " 8 Nov. 1893 



Prof. George Lawson. PH.D.. LL.D., F.I. c. F.R.s.c 8 Nov. 1893 " 10 Nov. 1895 



Edwin Gilpin. Jr.. m.a., ll.d., d.sc, f.g.s.. F.R.s.c, i.s.o. 18 Nov. 1895 " 8 Nov. 1899 



Alexander McKay, m.a 8 Nov. 1897 " 20 Nov. 1899 



Alexander Howard MacKay, b.a , B.sc. ll.d., F.R.s.c 20 Nov. 1899 " 24 Nov. 1902 



Henry Skeffington Poole, m.a.. d.sc. a.r.s.m., f.g.s., F.R.s.c. .24 Nov. 1902 " 18 Oct. 1905 



Francis William Whitney Doane, ce 18 Oct. 1905 ' 1 1 Nov. 1907 



Prof. Ebenezer Mackay. ph.d II Nov. 1907 " 12 Dec. 1910 



Watson Lenley Bishop 12 Dec. 1910 " 1 1 Nov. 1912 



Donald MacEachern Fergusson, F.cs II Nov., 1912 " 13 Oct. 1915 



Prof. Dav!d Eraser Harris. M.B., cm., m.d., b.sc, d.sc, (London) 



F.R.S5. E. & c 13 Oct. 1915 ■• 18 Nov 1918 



Prof. Howard Logan Bronson, PH.D., F.R.s.c 18 Nov. 1918 " 8 Nov. 1920 



Prof. John Cameron, m.d., d.sc. f.r.ss.e. 8c c 8 Nov. 1920 " 20 Nov. 1922 



Prof. Carleton Bell Nickerson. m.a 20 Nov. 1922 



Note — Since 1879 the Presidents of the Institute have been ex-officio Fellows of the Royal 

 Microscopical Society. 



The first general meeting of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science was held at 

 Halifax, on 31st December. 1862. On 24th March. 1890. the name of the society was changed 

 to the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, and it was incorporated by an act of the legislature 

 in the same year. 



The foundation of the Halifax Mechanics' Institute on 27th December, 1831, and of the 

 Nova Scotian Literary and Scientific Society about 1859 (the latter published its transaction.-* 

 from 4th January to 3rd December, 1859) had led up to the establshment of the Nova 

 .Scotian. Institute of Natural Science in December, 1862. 



