﻿ANNIVERSARY 
  ADDRESS 
  OF 
  THE 
  PRESIDENT. 
  53 
  

  

  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  his 
  son, 
  Thomas 
  Austin, 
  jun., 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  

   a 
  ' 
  Monograph 
  on 
  Recent 
  and 
  Fossil 
  Crinoidea,' 
  which 
  was 
  originally 
  

   intended 
  to 
  extend 
  to 
  20 
  numbers, 
  with 
  40 
  quarto 
  plates, 
  but 
  of 
  

   which 
  only 
  8 
  parts 
  actually 
  appeared. 
  The 
  last 
  number 
  was 
  published 
  

   in 
  1847. 
  This 
  work 
  contains 
  careful 
  descriptions 
  and 
  good 
  litho- 
  

   graphed 
  figures 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  fossil 
  Crinoids, 
  many 
  

   of 
  them 
  new, 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  families 
  Platycrinidae 
  and 
  Penta- 
  

   crinidae. 
  It 
  also 
  includes 
  a 
  description 
  and 
  plate 
  of 
  the 
  recent 
  

   Pentacrinus 
  caput- 
  Medusae. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Maclauchlan. 
  The 
  Society 
  has 
  lost 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  veteran 
  

   Fellows 
  in 
  the 
  person 
  of 
  Henry 
  Maclauchlan, 
  who 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  

   1791, 
  and 
  died 
  January 
  4th, 
  1881, 
  in 
  his 
  90th 
  year. 
  Maclauchlan 
  

   was 
  elected 
  a 
  Fellow 
  in 
  1832 
  ; 
  consequently 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  connected 
  

   with 
  our 
  Society 
  for 
  fifty 
  years. 
  In 
  the 
  year 
  1830 
  he 
  was 
  employed 
  

   on 
  the 
  Ordnance 
  Trigonometrical 
  Survey 
  ; 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  Survey 
  of 
  

   the 
  Forest 
  of 
  Dean 
  in 
  1833 
  he 
  wrote 
  a 
  very 
  able 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  

   geology 
  of 
  that 
  intricate 
  area, 
  entitled 
  " 
  Notes 
  to 
  accompany 
  a 
  

   Geological 
  Map 
  of 
  the 
  Forest 
  of 
  Dean 
  Coalfield." 
  This 
  communica- 
  

   tion 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  ' 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society, 
  vol. 
  v. 
  

   part 
  1 
  (2nd 
  series), 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  most 
  valuable 
  geological 
  

   map, 
  probably 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  ever 
  constructed 
  of 
  the 
  Forest 
  

   Maclauchlan 
  was 
  associated 
  with 
  Buckland 
  and 
  Conybeare, 
  Mr. 
  David 
  

   Mushet, 
  and 
  Charles 
  Bathurst, 
  Esq., 
  of 
  Sydney 
  Park. 
  

  

  The 
  Old 
  Red 
  Sandstone 
  and 
  succeeding 
  strata 
  are 
  carefully 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  in 
  this 
  memoir. 
  Besides 
  the 
  above 
  he 
  contributed 
  notes 
  on 
  

   some 
  fossils 
  collected 
  by 
  himself 
  and 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Still, 
  F.G.S., 
  during 
  

   the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  Ordnance 
  Survey 
  in 
  Pembrokesbire 
  in 
  1841, 
  

   which 
  were 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  ' 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  vol. 
  vi. 
  

   1842, 
  pp. 
  557-560. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Maclauchlan 
  has 
  lived 
  a 
  very 
  retired 
  life 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  ; 
  he 
  

   was 
  a 
  most 
  able 
  and 
  efficient 
  officer 
  in 
  the 
  service 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  

   attached. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Samuel 
  Sharp, 
  was 
  born 
  at 
  Romsey, 
  in 
  Hampshire, 
  on 
  July 
  

   18th, 
  1814. 
  He 
  received 
  his 
  early 
  education 
  at 
  a 
  private 
  school 
  in 
  

   Southsea 
  ; 
  but, 
  owing 
  to 
  his 
  father's 
  death 
  while 
  he 
  was 
  still 
  a 
  

   boy, 
  he 
  removed 
  with 
  his 
  family 
  to 
  Stamford 
  in 
  Lincolnshire. 
  Mr. 
  

   Sharp's 
  stepfather 
  was 
  the 
  proprietor 
  and 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Stamford 
  

   Mercury, 
  the 
  oldest 
  and 
  most 
  widely 
  circulated 
  newspaper 
  in 
  the 
  

   Midland 
  counties 
  ; 
  and 
  for 
  some 
  years 
  Mr. 
  Sharp 
  assisted 
  him 
  in 
  

   managing 
  and 
  editing 
  this 
  journal. 
  From 
  a 
  very 
  early 
  age 
  he 
  had 
  

   shown 
  a 
  taste 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  science, 
  astronomy 
  and 
  chemistry 
  

   being 
  his 
  favourite 
  subjects 
  ; 
  and 
  his 
  attention 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   directed 
  to 
  geology 
  by 
  a 
  lecture 
  delivered 
  at 
  Stamford 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  F. 
  

   Richardson. 
  Subsequently 
  he 
  had 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  studying 
  the 
  

   Oolitic 
  districts 
  around 
  his 
  home 
  with 
  Professor 
  Morris 
  and 
  other 
  

   geologists, 
  and 
  gradually 
  accumulated 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  valuable 
  collection 
  

   of 
  fossils. 
  In 
  1857 
  Mr. 
  Sharp 
  removed 
  from 
  Stamford 
  and 
  went 
  to 
  

   live 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Northampton. 
  There 
  he 
  continued 
  to 
  

  

  