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Secretaries of the British Association for five years, 

 and presided over Section J) at Bristol in 1875. He was 

 elected a rnember of the Royal Society in 1861 and 

 twice served on the Council, and was a member or fellow 

 of many other learned societies at home and abroad ; but 

 in the midst of all his work he found time for country 

 pursuits (especially hunting), and held the position of an 

 active magistrate at Odiham, where he spent the latter 

 part of his Kfe. 



He leaves a widow, three sons, and a daughter. 



A. H. Evans. 



