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OBITUARY NbTICE. 



Henry Baker Tristram, D.D., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 F.S.A., Canon of Durham. 



By Commander F. M. Norman, R.TsT. 



By the Rev. Canon Tristram's death, on March Stli 1900, at 

 the lipe age of eiglity-three, iiot only our Club, but the Hterary 

 and scientific world was deprived of a distinguished ornament. 

 He was elected a member in 1S79, but was never President, 

 his sole contribution to the pages of our Proceedings being 

 " Reminiscences of Mr Carr-Ellison," Vol. x. His absorbing 

 occupations elsewhere did not leave him time to do more for 

 us, but we must ever regard it as an honour even to have 

 had his name on our Roll for so many years. 



To few men has it been given to achieve what he did in 

 the domains of religion, literature, travel, and natiu^al history 

 — especially ornithology. 



I will not attempt to particularise any of his publications 

 here, beyond mentioning that his "Natural History of th(> 

 Bible " is a most interesting and useful standard work. 



I must add that his versatility was noteworthy, anfl as a 

 platform speaker he was remarkably effective. No one knew 

 how to address the Northumberland and Durham pitmen 

 better than he, for " he knew their language," although a 

 Southerner, aye, and many a Northerner, would have I'equii'ed 

 an interpreter to unclerstand it, 



