58 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



interesting sketch of the geology of Norfolk, which appeared in 1864 

 in White's " History and Directory of the County." This essay, 

 reprinted for private circulation, reached a fourth edition in 1883, 

 and its author's last labour was bestowed on the revision and 

 extension of the work, with a view to publication. Geologists will 

 be glad to learn that the task which he did not live to complete ha& 

 been undertaken, as a tribute to his memory, under the able editor- 

 ship of Mr. H. B. Woodward, whose personal friendship for th& 

 author, and intimate knowledge of Norfolk geology, admirably 

 qualify him for giving us a fitting memorial of John Gunn. 



Thomas Pielb Gibson, who died at the close of last year, though 

 not a professed geologist, was a Pellow of our Society for 43 

 years, and maintained a friendly intercourse with many of the more 

 ])rominent geologists of his day. Born as far back as 1803, before 

 the Society had been instituted, he was an eyewitness of the infancy 

 and early youth of geology in this country, and his death breaks 

 one of the few remaining living links that connect us with the 

 heroic time of our science. Joining his father's business, that of 

 a silk manufacturer in London, he soon showed his breadth of culture 

 by taking an active part in the establishment of the London Insti- 

 tution in Finsbury Circus and of the School of Design. His know- 

 ledge and capacity were recognized by his being selected as one of 

 the Royal Commissioners for the first Great Exhibition in 1851, and 

 he continued to retain his place on the Commission until his death. 

 During the prime of his life, the house which he had at Sandown 

 in the Isle of Wight was a frequent meeting-place of geologists — 

 Pitton, De la Beche, Edward Forbes, and others. For the last 

 twenty years he lived at Tunbridge Wells, maintaining his interest 

 in our doings until the infirmities of age prevented him from attend- 

 ing our meetings. He served on the Council of the Society in 

 the years 1855-58. 



Thomas Geainge Huest was born in London in 1824, and at an 

 early age moved into the north of England, where he received the 

 education of a mining engineer. Throughout his life he was prac- 

 tically connected with collieries, and took an active share in their 

 management. His professional pursuits brought him into personal 

 contact with the structure of the northern coal-fields, and he took 

 advantage of his opportunities to study the variations of the coal- 

 seams. A paper by him communicated to the North of England 



