292 Eminent Living Geologists — Sir Andreiv C. Ramsay. 



Professor Ramsay lias published numerous papers, memoirs, etc., 

 in the " Proceedings of the Geological Society," the " Philosophical 

 Magazine," etc. His paper on " The Glacial Origin of Certain 

 Lakes," etc. (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1862), and other memoirs 

 on this and allied subjects, as the erosion of valleys, have attracted 

 much attention, and excited a discussion which is still maintained 

 with animation and interest. Professor Ramsay has published a 

 geological map of the British Isles, and illustrated and explained 

 it by a work '•' On the Physical Geology and Geography of Great 

 Britain." ^ But the maps and sections produced, under his direction, 

 by the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, are the finest 

 evidence of his labours, and of those of the band of young geologists 

 who have been in great part trained by him. Professor Ramsay's 

 latest work in immediate connexion with the National Survey, 

 " The Geology of North "Wales," was declared by the late Sir 

 Roderick Murchison to be " the most important work which 

 has been issued by the Geological Survey during the ten years that 

 have elapsed since I became Director." Few books in the English 

 language contain a greater amount of geological detail, almost 

 entirely the result of actual survey by the writer. To those who 

 desire to master the geological structure of North Wales, this work 

 is an invaluable gift. A new edition has just been issued, embody- 

 ing all the latest researches into this interesting country. 



In 1864-5 Professor Ramsay was President of the Geological 

 Society, and in 1866 the University of Edinburgh bestowed the 

 degree of LL.D. upon this eminent geologist. In the same year he 

 was again elected President of the Geological Section of the British 

 Association, and delivered an Inaugural Address to that body at 

 Nottingham. 



On February 17th, 1871, the Council of the Geological Society of 

 London awarded the Wollaston Gold Medal to Professor Ramsay. 



On the death of Sir Roderick Murchison, which occurred October 

 22, 1871, the general care of the Geological Surveys, which had so 

 long devolved upon Prof. Ramsay, met its due reward, and he was 

 shortly afterwards made Director-General, Prof. E. Hull, M.A., 

 F.R.S., being Director of the Irish Branch, and Prof. A. Geikie, 

 LL.D., F.R.S., Director of the Geological Survey of Scotland. 



On Prof. Ramsay retiring from the office of Lecturer on Geology 

 to the Royal School of Mines, he was succeeded by Prof. J. W. 

 Judd, F.R.S. 



He was a recipient of one of the Royal Medals of the Royal 

 Society on the 30th November, 1879. 



In 1880 Prof. Ramsay was President of the British Association at 

 Swansea, taking as the subject of his address, " The Recurrence of 

 Certain Phenomena in Geological Time." 



As President of Section G, at the Meeting of the Association at 



York, in 1881, Prof Ramsay reviewed '•' The Origin and Progress 



of the Present State of British Geology, especially since the first 



Meeting of the British Association at York in 1831." On December 



1 A work whicli has now arrived at its fifth and wholly re-written edition. 



