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

  

  Engineers. 
  Upright 
  and 
  honourable 
  in 
  all 
  his 
  dealings, 
  he 
  was 
  

   deservedly 
  esteemed 
  both 
  professionally 
  and 
  privately. 
  Mr. 
  Church 
  

   ed 
  at 
  his 
  residence 
  in 
  Kensington, 
  on 
  March 
  20th, 
  1896. 
  

  

  Marshall 
  Hall, 
  late 
  Captain 
  in 
  the 
  Royal 
  East 
  Middlesex 
  

   Militia, 
  J.P. 
  for 
  Wilts, 
  E.C.S., 
  etc., 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  London 
  on 
  

   February 
  6th, 
  1831, 
  and 
  died 
  at 
  Parkstone, 
  Dorset, 
  April 
  14th, 
  1896. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  only 
  child 
  of 
  an 
  eminent 
  physician 
  and 
  physiologist, 
  he 
  

   was 
  brought 
  up 
  in 
  an 
  atmosphere 
  of 
  science 
  from 
  early 
  days, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  to 
  this 
  circumstance 
  that 
  his 
  penchant 
  for 
  things 
  scientific 
  was 
  

   in 
  a 
  great 
  measure 
  due. 
  Thus, 
  he 
  was 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  very 
  handy 
  

   with 
  his 
  microscope, 
  which 
  he 
  found 
  useful 
  both 
  in 
  his 
  chemical 
  

   and 
  mineralogical 
  investigations. 
  Besides 
  his 
  interest 
  in 
  science, 
  

   mountaineering 
  and 
  yachting 
  had 
  strong 
  attractions 
  for 
  him, 
  and 
  it 
  

   was 
  these 
  three 
  factors 
  which 
  largely 
  influenced 
  his 
  career. 
  

  

  No 
  one 
  science 
  could 
  claim 
  his 
  exclusive 
  allegiance 
  ; 
  but 
  he 
  

   evinced 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  geology 
  when 
  he 
  became 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  

   Geological 
  Society 
  in 
  1866, 
  most 
  probably 
  at 
  the 
  suggestion 
  of 
  his 
  

   intimate 
  friend, 
  Morris. 
  Shortly 
  after 
  taking 
  this 
  step 
  a 
  brief 
  

   notice 
  from 
  his 
  pen, 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Geological 
  Magazine,' 
  showed 
  that 
  he 
  

   had 
  already 
  begun 
  to 
  interest 
  himself 
  in 
  the 
  glaciers 
  of 
  Norway, 
  

   as 
  he 
  claimed 
  to 
  have 
  made 
  a 
  rough 
  survey 
  of 
  ice-tracts 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  fiords 
  where 
  no 
  yacht 
  had 
  ever 
  been 
  seen 
  before. 
  

  

  Probably 
  the 
  best 
  thing 
  that 
  Marshall 
  Hall 
  ever 
  did 
  for 
  scientific 
  

   investigation 
  was 
  by 
  organizing 
  the 
  cruise 
  of 
  the 
  'Norna' 
  in 
  1870. 
  

   It 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  on 
  this 
  occasion 
  he 
  was 
  ably 
  seconded 
  by 
  two 
  re- 
  

   markable 
  men, 
  Saville 
  Kent 
  and 
  Edward 
  Eielding, 
  to 
  the 
  former 
  of 
  

   whom 
  especially 
  the 
  scientific 
  credit 
  of 
  this 
  most 
  successful 
  essay 
  

   in 
  marine 
  zoology 
  was 
  due. 
  Still, 
  it 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  initiation, 
  and 
  

   mainly 
  at 
  the 
  expense, 
  of 
  Marshall 
  Hall 
  that 
  these 
  results 
  were 
  

   obtained 
  ; 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  all 
  the 
  more 
  striking 
  when 
  we 
  remember 
  

   that 
  this 
  expedition 
  took 
  place 
  three 
  years 
  before 
  the 
  Challenger 
  

   started 
  on 
  her 
  memorable 
  voyage. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  years 
  afterwards 
  (1874) 
  we 
  find 
  Marshall 
  Hall, 
  still 
  full 
  

   of 
  enthusiasm, 
  making 
  a 
  proposal 
  in 
  the 
  Geological 
  Magazine 
  for 
  

   a 
  * 
  Swiss 
  Geological 
  Ramble 
  ' 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  asks 
  the 
  then 
  President 
  of 
  

   the 
  Geologists' 
  Association 
  (Dr. 
  Woodward) 
  what 
  he 
  would 
  think 
  

   of 
  this 
  extended 
  excursion. 
  Two 
  years 
  subsequently 
  he 
  was 
  busily 
  

   engaged, 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  Sorby, 
  Haughton, 
  Heddle, 
  and 
  others, 
  

   in 
  founding 
  the 
  Mineralogical 
  Society. 
  The 
  first 
  contribution 
  to 
  

   the 
  Journal 
  of 
  that 
  Society 
  (August, 
  1876) 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  note 
  written 
  

  

  