144 Obituary — Professor H. A. Nicholson. 



Only some of the principal works of Professor Nicholson have 

 been mentioned above ; besides these, a lar^e number of separate 

 papers on geological and pal^ontological subjects were contributed 

 bj him to the journals of scientific societies and to scientifi^c 

 periodicals. So far as can be ascertained, there are of these 138 

 entirely written by Nicholson, and 27 joint papers, his co-workers 

 in the latter having been Mr. E. Etheridge, jun., Dr. A. H. Foord, 

 Professors Harkness, Lapworth, and Marr, and Dr. Murie. 



Professor Nicholson was elected a Fellow of the Geological 

 Society in 1867, of the Linngean Society in 1876, and of the Koyal 

 Society in 1897. In 1879 the Council of the Geological Society'- 

 awarded to him the Lyell Fund and in 1888 the Lyell Medal, " in 

 appreciation of his valuable researches among the older Palaeozoic 

 rocks, both in the Old and New World, and of his continued and 

 patient investigations into the organization of some of the obscurer 

 forms of life which abounded at the period of the deposition of 

 these rocks." 



Even beyond the intellectual ability and high qualifications which 

 characterized Professor Nicholson as a teacher, his geniality and 

 sympathetic disposition won for him the hearty respect and admiration 

 of his students and friends. All those who were brought in contact 

 with him were charmed and attracted by the genuine cordiality and 

 frankness which speedily removed the feeling of restraint and enlisted 

 one's full confidence in him. To fellow-workers in his favourite 

 branches of science he always extended the true spirit of comrade- 

 ship ; there are many of them who, like the writei', can look back 

 with gratitude to the needful initiatory help and advice, given by 

 Professor Nicholson at a critical time, which determined, one's course 

 in the path of science. His kindness and generosity knew no limits ; 

 he was always ready to impart to other workers the particular 

 methods which he had found advantageous by his own experience 

 in wresting the secrets from Nature, and not infrequently he gave 

 them confidence and encouragement by associating them with himself 

 in some original researches. 



Professor Nicholson's capacity for work was enormous ; he devoted 

 himself to, it without stint, and it may be feared that the impaired 

 health of the last few years of his life was due in part to the over- 

 strain produced by too persistent mental exertion. But none of his 

 friends at a distance were aware of his critical condition, for within 

 a week of the end he was able to be at his post at the University, 

 and the news of his death came with startling suddenness, producing 

 a feeling of keen regret as for the loss of a dear friend. 



It is an untimely fate which has snatched Nicholson away whilst 

 in the maturity of his intellectual powers and experience, but his 

 works remain to bear witness to his devotion to science ; and by his 

 students and friends in his own country, in Canada, and in the world 

 beyond, his memory will be kept green as that of a brave, loyal, and 

 sympathetic man. 



G. J. HiNDE. 



