house on the east side of Radnor Park and in this v/ay collected 

 many interesting moths not a few of which represented additions 

 to the local lists. His interesting collection of Alpine 

 butterflies and moths v/as made duidng visits to Switzerland and 

 the Tirol, and it was during a visit to Pontresina in the present 

 year that he died with tragic suddeness on July the 1 8th after 

 climbing a mountain. We shall miss him in our section and we 

 extend our sympathy to his v/idov/ and daughter and son. 



CECIL Mo &ULMSR 



Cecil M, Gummer, of 14 Manor Road, Deal, joined our Society 

 soon after the war and travelled regularly by train to its meetings 

 including those of the Entomological sectiono Keenly interested in 

 Natural History he had a considerable knowledge of butterflies 

 before he began to collect them in 1 942. I^ter on he collected 

 moths as well. In this way he acquired many interesting specimens 

 as well as useful information about the Lepidoptera of his district 

 v/ith v/-hich he was able to assist Messrs Embry and Youden in the 

 preparation of their book "The Butterflies and Moths found in the 

 Dover and Deal District of Kent" published in 1 949, Unfortunately 

 after 1 951 ill health prevented him from playing an active part in 

 the life of the Society but in 1 955 members were delighted v/hen he 

 appeared at the Congress of the South Eastern Union of Scientific 

 SocietieSo He attended the Conversazione of 1956, but in 1957 he 

 was absent and MrSo G-ummer told us, to our regret, that- he vra.s 

 gravely ill. It was not long after this that he died. A quiet 

 and modest man, he was a valued member of our Society, and owe 

 sympathy goes out to his widow. 



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