Ohitmry—C. B. Rose, F.G.8. 191 



and the coral-reefs, I should think, were merely local, and of limited 

 extent, and do not constitute their mass, which consists, probably, 

 merely of the contents of an Oolitic sea. 



Henbukt, Bristol, March 8, 1872. Sp. GtEORGE PeeCEVAL. 



OSITTJ7VK,"Y", 



CALEB BURRELL ROSE, Esa., F.G.S., F. R. Med. and Chirur. Soc. Lond.i 



We regret to have to record the loss of 0. B. Eose, Esq., M.E.C.S., 

 F.G.S., of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Mr. Eose was born at Eye, in 

 Suffolk, 10th February, 1790, and spent the greater part of his life 

 in the active duties of his profession, as a medical man, at Swafifham, 

 in Norfolk. His leisure hours were, however, devoted from an early 

 period to the study of geology. 



He was a contemporary of, and fellow-labourer with, the late 

 Mr. Samuel Woodward, Author of an " Outline of the Geology of 

 Norfolk," published in 1833, etc., etc. Mr. Eose published a " Sketch 

 of the Geology of West Norfolk " in the " London and Edinburgh 

 Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science," 1835, vol. vii. 

 pp. 171, 274, 370, and 1836, vol. viii. p. 28 (published also in a 

 separate form, Swaffham, 1836) ; a treatise "On the Cretaceous 

 Group in Norfolk," (Geologists' Association, November 8th, 1862) ; 

 besides papers published in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1846, 

 vol. ii. p. 32; the British Association Eeports, Belfast, 1852; 

 Cambridge, 1862 ; Norwich, 1868 ; the Transactions of the Micro- 

 scopical Society; the Geological Magazine, 1864, Yol. L, p. 92, 

 " On Cycloid Eish-scales in the Oolitic Formation ; " 1865, Yol. II., 

 p. 8, " On the Brick-earth of the Nar ; " 1867, Yol. lY., p. 29, " On 

 the Cretaceous Groups of Norfolk and Kent." 



Mr. Eose showed the true position of the Eed Chalk of Hunstan- 

 ton, and that the " Carstone " should be referred to the Cretaceous 

 and not to the Oolitic series. The curious deposit known as the 

 " Nar Yalley Clay," or " Brick-earth," was explored by Mr. Eose, 

 who collected a large series of the shells found in it, which proved 

 it to be one of the latest marine deposits in Norfolk, later than the 

 Crag or even the Boulder-clay series. 



After retiring from practice, he resided at Yarmouth, where he 

 drew the attention of Mr. Prestwich to the remarkable well-section 

 at Sir E. K. Lacon's Brewery, in which the London clay and Wool- 

 wich and Eeading series were passed through. (See Quart. Journ. 

 Geol. Soc, Nov. 1860.) 



Mr. Eose also discovered the interesting fossiliferous bed at 

 Aldeby, which has yielded so large a collection of fine Crag-shells. 



He was most active in promoting the successful reception of the 

 British Association at Norwich, in 1869 ; and it is to be feared he 

 never recovered from the exertions he made at that time. 



He was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London in 

 1839, and died at Yarmouth, on 29th January, 1872, in his 82nd year. 



Previous to his decease, Mr. Eose gave his collection to the Nor- 

 folk and Norwich Museum. 



' For some of these particulars we are indebted to J. Prestwich, Esq., F.R.S., 

 V. P. Geol. Soc, and to T. G. Bayfield, Esq., of Norwich. 



