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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  year 
  1833 
  furnish 
  a 
  sufficient 
  indication 
  of 
  the 
  wide 
  range 
  of 
  

   Sir 
  Philip's 
  observations 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  light 
  thrown 
  by 
  him 
  on 
  the 
  

   structure 
  and 
  affinities 
  of 
  fossil 
  fishes 
  and 
  reptiles 
  has 
  been 
  of 
  the 
  

   highest 
  value, 
  and 
  his 
  writings 
  form 
  in 
  the 
  aggregate 
  a 
  most 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  contribution 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  organic 
  life. 
  

   Sir 
  Philip 
  Egerton 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  

   in 
  the 
  year 
  1829, 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society 
  in 
  1831, 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Anti- 
  

   quaries 
  and 
  Royal 
  Archaeological 
  Institute 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain 
  in 
  1876. 
  

   He 
  was 
  an 
  active 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Councils 
  of 
  both 
  the 
  Eoyal 
  and 
  

   Geological 
  Societies, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  the 
  Palasontographical, 
  at 
  all 
  of 
  

   which 
  he 
  was 
  a 
  constant 
  attendant. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  presidency 
  of 
  the 
  Duke 
  of 
  Argyll 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  

   Geological 
  Society 
  in 
  1873 
  awarded 
  to 
  Sir 
  Philip 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  

   Medal, 
  its 
  highest 
  recognition 
  for 
  distinguished 
  services 
  in 
  geolo- 
  

   gical 
  and 
  palaeontological 
  science. 
  His 
  Grace, 
  on 
  presenting 
  the 
  

   medal 
  to 
  Sir 
  Philip 
  Egerton, 
  said, 
  " 
  Your 
  services 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  

   great 
  and 
  so 
  universally 
  recognized, 
  that 
  the 
  only 
  difficulty 
  I 
  now 
  

   have 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  assigning 
  grounds 
  for 
  the 
  vote 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  

   pleasure 
  of 
  announcing, 
  but 
  in 
  explaining 
  why 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  long 
  

   delayed. 
  That 
  delay 
  has 
  been 
  occasioned 
  solely 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  you 
  

   have 
  yourself 
  been 
  so 
  long 
  an 
  honoured 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Council 
  

   whose 
  duty 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  consider 
  the 
  claims 
  of 
  geologists 
  for 
  the 
  honours 
  

   of 
  this 
  Society 
  ; 
  and 
  whatever 
  influence 
  you 
  have 
  had 
  in 
  that 
  body 
  

   has 
  doubtless 
  been 
  exerted 
  in 
  favour 
  of 
  others 
  to 
  the 
  exclusion 
  of 
  

   yourself." 
  

  

  In 
  1879 
  the 
  Chester 
  Society 
  of 
  Natural 
  Science 
  presented 
  to 
  Sir 
  

   Philip 
  Egerton 
  the 
  first 
  Kingsley 
  Medal, 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  his 
  valu- 
  

   able 
  services 
  in 
  promoting 
  the 
  objects 
  of 
  that 
  Society, 
  and 
  the 
  

   interest 
  he 
  took 
  in 
  all 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  literature 
  and 
  history 
  of 
  

   the 
  county. 
  

  

  Sir 
  Philip 
  Egerton 
  represented 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  Chester 
  in 
  1830, 
  and 
  

   continuously 
  represented 
  the 
  southern 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  until 
  

   1868, 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  returned 
  for 
  Western 
  Cheshire. 
  He 
  was 
  for 
  

   nearly 
  half 
  a 
  century 
  in 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  Commons, 
  being 
  the 
  oldest 
  

   member 
  but 
  one 
  in 
  that 
  assembly. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  James 
  Tenn 
  ant, 
  born 
  in 
  1808, 
  came 
  to 
  London 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  age, 
  

   and 
  entered 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Mawe, 
  the 
  well-known 
  mineralogist, 
  

   whose 
  shop 
  in 
  the 
  Strand 
  was 
  a 
  centre 
  of 
  resort 
  for 
  men 
  of 
  science. 
  

   Mr. 
  Mawe's 
  stock 
  consisted 
  of 
  shells, 
  minerals, 
  marbles, 
  &c, 
  &c, 
  

   many 
  of 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Mawe 
  obtained 
  during 
  his 
  frequent 
  travels. 
  

   Here 
  Tennant 
  gained 
  his 
  first 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  minerals. 
  The 
  

   classes 
  of 
  the 
  Mechanics' 
  Institution 
  which 
  he 
  joined, 
  and 
  attendance 
  

   on 
  Paraday's 
  Lectures 
  at 
  the 
  Royal 
  Institution, 
  improved 
  his 
  edu- 
  

   cation 
  and 
  enlarged 
  his 
  scientific 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  in 
  

   which 
  Mr. 
  Mawe 
  dealt. 
  At 
  Mr. 
  Mawe's 
  death 
  the 
  management 
  of 
  

   the 
  business 
  devolved 
  upon 
  Tennant, 
  who 
  shortly 
  after 
  succeeded 
  to 
  

   it 
  as 
  proprietor. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Tennant 
  derived 
  much 
  advantage 
  from 
  the 
  friendship 
  of 
  Sir 
  

  

  