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Transactions of the Devonshire Association. After his retirement 

 from the Geological Survey his active geological work came to 

 an end ; but he retained his interest in Geolog}^ and his connexion 

 vvdth the Society up to the time of his death on March 19th, 1920. 

 He had been elected a Fellow of this Societv in 1868, and in 1894 

 received the Murchison Medal. 



Joiiisr Alehed Codd, by profession a consulting phj^'sician in 

 Wolverhampton, devoted much of his leisure-time to Geolog}^ 

 He took great interest in the geological collections of the Frazer 

 Museum, was President of the South Staffordshire Naturalists' 

 Field-Club, and a member of the Geologists' Association, taking 

 part in its excursions. While on one of these he was suddenly 

 taken ill, and died on April 3rd, 1920, after an operation, regretted 

 by all who knew him. He had been elected a Fellow of our Society 

 in 1919. 



Wynne Edw^in Baxter was born at Lewes in 1844, and in 

 1867 established himself as solicitor in that town. In 1877 he 

 was appointed High Constable of Lewes, and subsequently held 

 public office in various capacities, for the last 40 3"ears as Coroner 

 for East London. Of equable and judicial temperament, orderly 

 and earnest in his methods of work, he accomplished much, not 

 merely in his public offices and private profession, but also in the 

 varied subjects to which he devoted himself. An enthusiastic 

 collector and student of Milton, and an Eg^^ptologist of some 

 accomplishment, his special interest lay in the study of the 

 Diatomacea3, of which he amassed an extensive collection. In- 

 terested also in Biljliography and Palasography, he produced several 

 works, some legal, but mostly literary, or dealing with the subjects 

 in which he was interested. He was elected a Fellow of our Society 

 in 1879, and died on October 1st, 1920, regretted by numerous 

 friends to whom he had endeared himself by his quiet unassuming 

 manner, sound judgment, and imperturbable demeanour. 



John Gereaed, whose death took place at Warley, Manchester, 

 on September 28th, 1920, at the age of 70, was by profession a 

 inining engineer. Appointed Inspector of Mines in 1874, and 

 Chief Inspector of Mines for Manchester and Ireland in 1892, he 

 continued to hold that position until his retirement in 1914. 

 Apart from his purely professional duties, he took a keen interest 



