Ixvi PEOCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIEXr. [May 1 899, 



worker in the field, and spared himself no trouble in making excur- 

 sions to clear up doubtful points. He was one of the first to grasp 

 the importance of the Graptolites to the geologist as well as to the 

 zoologist, and, shortly before his death, returned with enthusiasm to 

 the study of these forms, which had attracted him in his youth. 

 As a companion in the field he was delightful. His joyous manner 

 was contagious, but it was associated with a very real seriousness. 

 Indefatiga,ble in his search after truth, he hated anything mean, 

 and one could not be with him for a day without profiting by contact 

 with one of so lovable a nature, who was in all ways a good man.' ^ 



Christopher Oakley was a Past President and one of the 

 original members of the Institution of Surveyors. For many years 

 he was Surveyor to the Board of Trade and Consulting Surveyor 

 to the Charity Commissioners. He was elected a Fellow of this 

 Society in 1864, and died on October 4th, 1898. 



Henry Mere Oemerod, who was born on January 10th, 1816, in 

 London, was a Past President, an Honorar}^ Member, and the last 

 surviving founder of the Manchester Geological Society. 



He was elected a Fellow of our own Society in 1874, and died in 

 June 1898. 



Thomas Sopwith, M.Inst.C.E., who was born at Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne on July 2nd, 1838, had long experience in mining work, 

 following in his father's footsteps, firstly at the AUenheads Mines 

 and later on in Spain. He read several papers before the Institution 

 of Civil Engineers, in the Proceedings of which (vol. cxxxiv, 

 pp. 408-412) an account of his life is given. 



He was elected a Fellow of this Society in 1872, and died on 

 July 30th, 1898, from an accident while shooting. 



In Edward Wilson we have lost a man from whom we have had 

 good work and looked forward to have more. He was born at 

 Mansfield on October 30th, 1848, and was the eldest son of 

 Dr. Wilson. At the age of 9 he entered the High School, Notting- 

 ham, to which town his father had gone. When only 14 he wrote 

 his first scientific essay on ' The Coalfields of Derbyshire,' therewith 

 winning the Mayor's prize at Christmas 1862. 



In June 1865 he matriculated at the London University, and 

 soon after entered the ofiice of Mr. E. Enfield,, a well-known 



^ [Since this notice was written an obituary, with portrait, has appeared in 

 Geol. Mag. 1899, pp. 138-144.] 



