APPENDIX 201 



LIST OF PRESIDENTS 



OF THE NOVA SCOTIA INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCE 



AFTERWARDS THE NOVA SCOTIAN INSTITUTE OF 



SCIENCE, SINCE ITS FOUNDATION 1862 



Hon. Philip Carteret Hill, d.c.l 31 Dec. 1862to 26 Oct. 186| 



John Matthew Jones, F.L.S., F.R.s.c 26 Oct. 1863" 8 Oct. 187^ 



John Bernard Gilpin, m.a., m.d., m.r.c.s 8 Oct. 1873 " 9 Oct. 187^ 



William Gossip 9 Oct. 1878 " 13 Oct. 188° 



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



Robert Morrow 26 Oct. 1883 " 21 Oct. 188S 



John Somers, m.d 21 Oct. 188S " 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., lld., f.i.c, f.r.s.c 8 Nov. 1893 " 10 Nov. 189S 



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, c.e 18 Oct. 1905 " 11 Nov. 1907 



Prof. Ebenezer Mackay, ph.d 11 Nov. 1907 " 12 Dec. 1910 



Watson Lenley Bishop 12 Dec. 1910 " 11 Nov. 1912 



Donald MacEachern Fergusson f.cs 11 Nov. 1912 " 13 Oct. 1915 



Prof. David Eraser Harris, m.b., cm., m.d., b.sc, d.sc, (London) 



f.r.ss. e. & c 13 Oct. 1915 " 18 Nov. 1918 



Prof. Howard Logan Bronson, ph.d., f.r.s.c 18 Nov. I9l8 " 8 Nov. 1920 



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



Prof. Carleton Bell Nickerson, m.a 20 Nov. 1922 " 12 Nov. 1924 



Stephen Galway Ritchie, b.a., d.m.d 12 Nov. 1924 '• 4 Oct. 1926 



Prof. John Hamilton Lane Johnstone, ph.d., m.b.e 4 Oct. 1926 



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 Scotia 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 Scotia 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 establishment of the Nova Scotian 

 Institute of Natural Science in December, 1862. 



