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  ANNIVERSARY 
  ADDRESS 
  OF 
  THE 
  PRESIDENT. 
  lv 
  

  

  Society 
  in 
  1867, 
  and 
  to 
  him 
  was 
  awarded 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Gold 
  Medal 
  

   in 
  1880. 
  He 
  was 
  greatly 
  esteemed 
  and 
  honoured 
  by 
  his 
  fellow- 
  

   workers 
  in 
  science 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  his 
  

   acquaintance. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Heinrich 
  Ernst 
  Beyrich, 
  who 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Foreign 
  Member 
  

   of 
  this 
  Society 
  in 
  1876, 
  died 
  on 
  July 
  9th, 
  1896. 
  He 
  was 
  born 
  

   on 
  August 
  31st, 
  1815, 
  at 
  Berlin, 
  and 
  received 
  his 
  education 
  at 
  the 
  

   Greyfriars 
  Gymnasium. 
  He 
  entered 
  the 
  University 
  at 
  the 
  early 
  

   age 
  of 
  16, 
  and 
  there 
  he 
  commenced 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  various 
  branches 
  

   of 
  physical 
  science, 
  and 
  was 
  especially 
  trained 
  by 
  Ch. 
  S. 
  "Weiss 
  

   in 
  mineralogy 
  and 
  geognosy. 
  Already 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  led 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  

   essential 
  value 
  of 
  palaeontology 
  in 
  stratigraphical 
  investigations, 
  he 
  

   gave 
  himself 
  up 
  to 
  a 
  course 
  of 
  study 
  at 
  Bonn, 
  where, 
  under 
  Goldfuss 
  

   and 
  Noggerath, 
  his 
  knowledge 
  was 
  much 
  extended. 
  With 
  the 
  same 
  

   laudable 
  object 
  in 
  view 
  he 
  undertook 
  during 
  two 
  years 
  long 
  journeys 
  

   through 
  Germany 
  and 
  France, 
  and 
  in 
  1837 
  he 
  obtained 
  his 
  degree 
  

   of 
  Doctor 
  at 
  Berlin. 
  

  

  Soon 
  after 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  his 
  studies, 
  Beyrich 
  obtained 
  

   practical 
  employment 
  in 
  the 
  Mineralogical 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  Berlin 
  

   University, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Weiss 
  in 
  1857 
  he 
  was 
  entrusted 
  

   with 
  the 
  same 
  position 
  as 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Palaeontological 
  Collec- 
  

   tion. 
  On 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Rose 
  in 
  1875 
  he 
  became 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  Museums, 
  and 
  continued 
  until 
  towards 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  his 
  80th 
  

   year 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  lead*, 
  of 
  this 
  new 
  organization. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Beyrich 
  also 
  obtained 
  in 
  1865 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  Professor 
  of 
  

   Geology 
  and 
  Palaeontology 
  after 
  having 
  already, 
  in 
  1853, 
  been 
  

   elected 
  a 
  Member 
  of 
  the 
  Berlin 
  Academy. 
  The 
  particular 
  branches 
  

   of 
  science 
  dealt 
  with 
  in 
  Dr. 
  Beyrich's 
  works 
  relate 
  principally 
  to 
  

   palaeontology 
  and 
  stratigraphy. 
  His 
  comprehensive 
  knowledge, 
  

   and 
  especially 
  his 
  intimate 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  the 
  neighbourhoods 
  

   of 
  the 
  Rhenish 
  mountains, 
  of 
  the 
  Harz 
  mountains, 
  and 
  the 
  Flotz 
  

   mountains 
  in 
  Silesia, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  his 
  innumerable 
  studies 
  in 
  Alpine 
  

   districts, 
  make 
  Dr. 
  Beyrich's 
  opinions 
  in 
  these 
  branches 
  of 
  science 
  

   most 
  valuable. 
  His 
  great 
  success 
  as 
  a 
  teacher, 
  his 
  wide 
  knowledge 
  y 
  

   and 
  his 
  power 
  of 
  organization 
  placed 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  foremost 
  rank 
  of 
  

   German 
  geologists. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Josiah 
  Dwight 
  Whitney, 
  the 
  well-known 
  American 
  

   geologist 
  and 
  a 
  Foreign 
  Member 
  of 
  this 
  Society, 
  was 
  born 
  at 
  North- 
  

   ampton, 
  Massachusetts, 
  on 
  November 
  23rd, 
  1819. 
  He 
  graduated 
  

  

  vol. 
  liii. 
  e 
  

  

  