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was practically a contemporary of Baiierman, the Blanfords, Drew, 

 and Eobert Hunt, and he obtained the Associateship of the College 

 in Mining in 1855, being, with one possible exception, the Senior 

 surviving Associate of the School. He proceeded to the mines at 

 Preiberg for a year, so as to gain practical experience. His interest 

 in pure geology was, however, greater than that in its applications ; 

 and, meeting with Sir Roderick Murchison, he accepted from him an 

 appointment to direct the Geological Survey of Trinidad. In this 

 work he was associated with Mr. J. G. Sawkins, and they jointly 

 published a memoir on the geology of this island in 1860 under 

 the auspices of the Geological Survey of Britain. He returned 

 to Europe and, after spending a year in Italy snd Sicily, he went 

 out to Jamaica and started the Survey of that Island, which, 

 however, he was unable to complete, although he made notable 

 contributions to Mr. Sawkins's memoir published also by the 

 Geological Survey of Britain in 1869. 



At this stage he was compelled to return to England and give 

 up his profession of a mining engineer, in order to embark upon 

 the manufacture of steel and steel wire. In spite of the pre- 

 occupation thus caused, he retained his interest in geological science, 

 kept himself up-to-date in its literature, and acquired a considerable 

 library on the subject. He attended and spoke on the occasion 

 of the reading of Mr. Guppy's recent paper before the Society, 

 and also at several of the meetings of Section C of the Sheffield 

 Meeting of the British Association in 1910 ; and his beautiful 

 house was thrown open to Members of the Section, with whom 

 he delighted to talk on his favourite subject. He had a wonderful 

 memory for his age, and was able to tell of many phenomena 

 observed by himself during the experiences of his earlier years. 

 He had an intimate knowledge of art matters, and made a 

 large collection of paintings, especially water-colours, which 

 he delighted to show to his visitors. This included several fine 

 examples of Turner's work, which, with others, he for some time 

 placed on view at the Mappin Art Gallery. He had made his 

 arrangements for attending this Anniversary Meeting, but, to the 

 regret of those who knew him, passed away a few days ago. 



Ekbdekick Beaby, E.g. I., of Bushey Lodge, Teddington, was 

 head of the great iron firm of Frederick Braby & Co., which 

 vas founded by him in 1839, and has now a head office in the 

 Euston Koad, as also branch works at Deptford, Glasgow, Liverpool, 



