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Committee, and from that time until his death was closely 

 connected with the Club, and for a long period was one of the 

 secretaries and editor of the Transactions. 



He was Honorary Curator of the Museum for a long period, 

 and when alterations were made in 1863 he assisted in the re- 

 arrangement of the collections. From that time he did good 

 work at the collections. On the completion of the new build- 

 ing at Barras Bridge he was appointed permanent curator, 

 devoting his entire time to the duties. He was a constant 

 and large contributor to the Transactions ; and in the depart- 

 ments of Natural History which he made his own his work is 

 that of an authority. 



Mr. ^olm Forster Spence 



died on July 22nd, 1901, at the ripe age of 82. He had been 

 a member of the Club for more than 50 years, and ever took 

 a warm interest in its affairs. He was long a member of the 

 Committee, and in 1894 was president. Though devoting 

 himself to no special branch of Natural History, yet the 

 pleasure and delight he took in the general subject, and the 

 enjoyment he obtained from it is well seen in the concluding 

 portion of his presidential address, and the enthusiasm which 

 animated him is well worthy of imitation. Yet though Mr. 

 Spence did not devote himself to any special branch of 

 Natural History, few men were so prominently before their 

 fellows, and every good enterprise found in him an ardent 

 helper. The Life Brigade, of which I believe he was the 

 founder, and the accommodation provided for the lifeboats 

 and their crews will ever be monuments to his memory. The 

 scene on that July afternoon when the lifeboat crews, whom 

 he had so often led and cheered in times of danger, yoked 

 themselves to the hearse, and dragged his remains to their 

 last resting place at Preston Cemetery, will not be soon 

 forgotten. The immense crowd of Life Brigade men and 

 admiring friends from far and near who gathered round his 

 grave fully endorsed the words on his memorial card : — 

 "Write me as one that loves his fellow men," 



