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death of his wife in July, 1916, came upon him as a heavy blow, 

 and it was followed by a severe illness. From this he rallied for 

 a time ; but, in the summer of 1917, the return of an old malady 

 necessitated an operation which exhausted his strength, and he died 

 on June 9th in his eight} r -fifth year. Of his three sons the eldest 

 was killed ten days ago in France, while the others are still serving 

 in the Army. 



In Edward Hull we have lost another of the older generation 

 ■of geologists. Born in the town of Antrim on May 21st, 1829, he 

 went in due course to Trinity College, Dublin, to be educated for 

 the profession of engineering. By the influence of the Professor. 

 Thomas Oldham, however, he Avas diverted to the study of geolog} r , 

 and in 1850 joined the staff of the Geological Survey under 

 De la Beche. During the forty years which he spent in this 

 service, he was engaged first in Wales, next in England, then in 

 Scotland as District Surveyor, and finally in Ireland as Director 

 from 1869 until his retirement in 1891. With the Directorship he 

 held also the Professorship of Geology in the Roj^al College of 

 Science at Dublin. More than once, too, he undertook special 

 •commissions abroad. In this way he visited Hungary in 1873, and 

 in 1883 took part in investigations for the Palestine Exploration 

 Fund, in association, among others, with Major Kitchener, after- 

 wards Lord Kitchener of Khartum. In 1886 again Hull visited 

 America, to report on some large mineral properties in Tennessee. 



Much of his work was concerned with coal. His principal 

 separate publication, ' The Coalfields of Great Britain,' has passed 

 through five editions, and he was a member of the Coal Commission 

 •of 1901. His original contributions to societies and journals were 

 very numerous, and those dealing with physical geology were often 

 suggestive. 



Until advancing age subdued his energy, Hull was a well-known 

 figure at geological gatherings. With all the good-nature, he had 

 some of the combativeness proverbially attributed to his country- 

 men ; but he is well described by one of his old colleagues as 



' a leal-hearted friend, who through a long life maintained the honour of a 

 gentleman, and carried with him cheerfulness and goodwill wherever he went.' 



He died on October 18th, 1917, in his eighty-ninth year. 



Richard Hill Tiddeman was born on Februaiy 11th, 1842. 

 On leaving Llanrwst Grammar School he entered at Oriel College, 



