﻿Vol. 
  53.] 
  ANNIVERSARY 
  ADDRESS 
  OF 
  THE 
  PRESIDENT. 
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  Christi 
  College, 
  Cambridge, 
  and 
  took 
  his 
  B.A. 
  degree 
  in 
  1841, 
  pro- 
  

   ceeding 
  M.A. 
  in 
  1845. 
  He 
  was 
  ordained, 
  in 
  the 
  diocese 
  of 
  

   Worcester, 
  deacon 
  in 
  1843 
  and 
  priest 
  in 
  1844. 
  He 
  held 
  cnracies 
  

   in 
  Birmingham, 
  at 
  St. 
  Andrew's, 
  Holborn, 
  and 
  at 
  St. 
  Pancras, 
  and 
  

   was 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  chaplain 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  Lord 
  Annesley. 
  In 
  1852 
  he 
  

   became 
  Principal 
  of 
  the 
  Worcester, 
  Lichfield, 
  and 
  Hereford 
  Training 
  

   College 
  at 
  Saltley, 
  a 
  post 
  which 
  he 
  held 
  tiU 
  1871. 
  In 
  1867 
  he 
  

   was 
  appointed 
  honorary 
  canon 
  of 
  Worcester 
  Cathedral. 
  

  

  He 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  this 
  Society 
  in 
  1866, 
  and 
  though 
  he 
  

   does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  written 
  much 
  on 
  geology, 
  those 
  who 
  were 
  

   acquainted 
  with 
  him 
  know 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  keenly 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  

   science. 
  

  

  William 
  Farnworth 
  died 
  at 
  his 
  residence, 
  the 
  Manor 
  House, 
  

   Sedgley, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  January 
  1897. 
  He 
  had 
  been 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  

   connected 
  with 
  the 
  coal 
  and 
  iron 
  trades 
  of 
  the 
  Midland 
  district, 
  

   where 
  he 
  was 
  widely 
  known. 
  He 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Pellow 
  of 
  this 
  

   Society 
  in 
  1885. 
  

  

  On 
  some 
  Recent 
  Evidence 
  bearing 
  on 
  the 
  Geological 
  and 
  

   Biological 
  History 
  of 
  early 
  Cambrian 
  and 
  Pre- 
  Cambrian 
  

   Times. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  now 
  fully 
  admitted 
  that 
  a 
  very 
  great 
  and 
  important 
  advance 
  

   in 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  conditions 
  prevailing 
  in 
  early 
  Cambrian 
  and 
  

   pre-Cambrian 
  times 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  during 
  comparatively 
  recent 
  

   years. 
  Therefore 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  well 
  occasionally, 
  not 
  only 
  to 
  summarize 
  

   the 
  results 
  arrived 
  at, 
  but 
  also 
  to 
  call 
  to 
  mind 
  how 
  and 
  by 
  what 
  

   means 
  these 
  additions 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  have 
  been 
  obtained. 
  In 
  

   doing 
  so, 
  also, 
  we 
  may 
  hope 
  to 
  awaken 
  a 
  desire 
  to 
  attack 
  those 
  

   problems 
  which 
  still 
  remain 
  unsolved 
  and 
  to 
  stimulate 
  the 
  desire 
  for 
  

   further 
  discoveries. 
  I 
  have 
  limited 
  the 
  period 
  for 
  consideration 
  to 
  

   the 
  past 
  30 
  years, 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  fourth 
  edition 
  of 
  ' 
  Siluria/ 
  

   published 
  in 
  1867, 
  p. 
  22, 
  a 
  very 
  clear 
  statement 
  of 
  our 
  knowledge 
  

   and 
  the 
  prevailing 
  views 
  held 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  concerning 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   Cambrian 
  and 
  Cambrian 
  rocks 
  and 
  the 
  early 
  life-history 
  of 
  our 
  

   globe. 
  

  

  Summaries 
  of 
  special 
  work 
  done 
  amongst 
  the 
  early 
  Cambrian 
  

   and 
  pre-Cambrian 
  rocks 
  have 
  appeared 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  

   addresses 
  delivered 
  from 
  this 
  chair 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  occurred 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  

  

  