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qualifying study at Springhill College, Birmingham, and afterwards 

 at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he took first-class honours 

 in the Natural Science Tripos, specializing in Geology. After- 

 further training at Halle (Germany) and Birmingham, he entered 

 the ministry and held charge successively at Bilston (Staffordshire),, 

 Hopton (Mirfield) and Oxton (Birkenhead). Retiring from this- 

 sphere of duty in 1908, he accepted the post of Lecturer in Geology 

 at the East London College and, later, lectured also on Geology 

 and kindred subjects at other colleges and institutions in London,, 

 continuing this work until struck down b} r apoplexy while lecturing 

 at Queen's College. He lingered only a few days, and died on 

 June 22nd, 1918. It was as an organizer and administrator more 

 than as an investigator that Carter contributed to the advancement 

 of our science. A genial comrade and experienced guide in the 

 field, his services were even more valuable in the stud}^, where his 

 methodical industry, shrewd sense, and literary capability were 

 unobtrusively placed at the disposal of his fellow-workers, and are 

 permanently in evidence in the volumes of the Yorkshire Geological 

 Society published during his long editorship. His chief original 

 work is contained in papers published by the same Society on the 

 Evolution of the Don River- System, and on the Glaciation of the 

 Don and Dearne Valleys. 



James Hexry Howarth, elected a Fellow in 1893, was an 

 esteemed member of the perennial band of busy Yorkshiremen who 

 find in the open-air pursuit of our science their relaxation from the 

 pressure of affairs. Born at Kirby Malham on June 14th, 1854y 

 he was educated at Giggleswick School. At the age of sixteen he 

 entered upon his life-long career in banking, and by virtue of his 

 sterling character and sound judgment advanced step by step to the 

 position of Chairman of Directors & General Manager of one of 

 the big banking institutions of the West Riding, with his head- 

 quarters at Halifax. An active member of the Yorkshire Geological 

 Society, serving for some years as its Treasurer and for a short time 

 as Honorary Secretary, he participated energetically in the investi- 

 gations carried on by its members into the Ice-borne Boulders of 

 the county and into the Underground Waters of North- West York- 

 shire. He was joint author of several reports on these subjects, 

 and prepared an exhaustive summary and review of the ' Boulder ' 

 records, which was published in ' The Naturalist,' 1908. As a 

 prominent citizen and Justice of the Peace, he took a full share in 



