﻿Hi 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  [May 
  1 
  897, 
  

  

  His 
  latest 
  papers 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  relate 
  to 
  the 
  

   Preglacial 
  drifts 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  of 
  England, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  determine 
  

   a 
  base 
  for 
  the 
  Quaternary 
  Series, 
  and 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  

   genesis 
  of 
  the 
  Thames. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  well 
  known 
  that, 
  owing 
  to 
  some 
  

   recent 
  discoveries, 
  he 
  had 
  abandoned 
  his 
  previous 
  views 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   age 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  deposits 
  containing 
  Palaeolithic 
  implements, 
  and 
  

   inclined 
  to 
  the 
  view 
  that 
  man 
  occupied 
  this 
  country 
  in 
  Glacial 
  if 
  

   not 
  Preglacial 
  times. 
  

  

  His 
  marked 
  individuality 
  and 
  stern 
  determination 
  to 
  get 
  at 
  the 
  

   truth 
  necessarily 
  compelled 
  him 
  to 
  enter 
  into 
  some 
  amount 
  of 
  con- 
  

   troversy, 
  but 
  his 
  generous 
  and 
  lovable 
  nature 
  prevented 
  the 
  possi- 
  

   bility 
  of 
  any 
  feeling 
  of 
  bitterness. 
  He 
  was, 
  moreover, 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  

   deep 
  religious 
  reverence, 
  and 
  delighted 
  in 
  the 
  contemplation 
  of 
  all 
  

   that 
  was 
  beautiful 
  and 
  wonderful 
  in 
  nature. 
  

  

  After 
  his 
  retirement 
  from 
  Oxford 
  he 
  resided 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  at 
  

   his 
  delightful 
  country 
  house, 
  Darent 
  Hulme, 
  Shoreham, 
  Kent, 
  which 
  

   he 
  built 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  his 
  own 
  tastes 
  some 
  28 
  years 
  ago, 
  

   and 
  every 
  room 
  and 
  wall 
  of 
  which 
  brought 
  to 
  mind 
  some 
  subject 
  of 
  

   geological 
  interest 
  either 
  in 
  material 
  or 
  decoration. 
  There 
  he 
  

   actively 
  continued 
  his 
  scientific 
  labours, 
  efficiently 
  aided 
  and 
  cared 
  

   for 
  by 
  a 
  loving 
  wife, 
  the 
  niece 
  of 
  his 
  old 
  friend 
  Dr. 
  Hugh 
  Falconer. 
  

   In 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  last 
  year 
  the 
  honour 
  of 
  knighthood 
  was 
  con- 
  

   ferred 
  upon 
  him 
  by 
  Her 
  Majesty, 
  but 
  he 
  was 
  too 
  feeble 
  in 
  health 
  

   to 
  accept 
  it 
  in 
  person. 
  He 
  died 
  on 
  June 
  23rd, 
  and 
  was 
  buried 
  in 
  

   the 
  churchyard 
  of 
  Shoreham, 
  near 
  Sevenoaks. 
  The 
  funeral 
  was 
  

   attended 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  representative 
  men 
  of 
  science, 
  who 
  

   had 
  enjoyed 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  his 
  friendship. 
  

  

  His 
  almost 
  life-long 
  friend, 
  Sir 
  John 
  Evans, 
  to 
  whose 
  sympa- 
  

   thetic 
  notice 
  in 
  the 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Eoyal 
  Society 
  I 
  am 
  

   indebted 
  for 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  statements, 
  closes 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  

   following 
  remarks 
  : 
  — 
  ' 
  Of 
  his 
  personal 
  amiability, 
  his 
  devoted 
  

   friendship, 
  and 
  his 
  charm 
  of 
  manner 
  this 
  is 
  hardly 
  the 
  place 
  to 
  

   speak 
  ; 
  but 
  all 
  those 
  with 
  whom 
  he 
  was 
  brought 
  into 
  contact 
  will 
  

   agree 
  that 
  in 
  Sir 
  Joseph 
  Prestwich 
  we 
  have 
  lost 
  not 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   great 
  pillars 
  of 
  geological 
  science, 
  but 
  a 
  geologist 
  whose 
  mind 
  was 
  

   as 
  fully 
  stored 
  with 
  accumulated 
  knowledge 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  his 
  

   contemporaries, 
  and 
  one 
  who 
  was 
  always 
  ready 
  to 
  place 
  those 
  stores 
  

   generously 
  and 
  freely 
  at 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  others.' 
  

  

  The 
  death 
  of 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Green 
  on 
  August 
  19th, 
  1896, 
  removed 
  

   from 
  among 
  us 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  respected 
  and 
  accomplished 
  Eellows 
  

  

  