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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  numerous, 
  were 
  chiefly 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  paleontology 
  of 
  the 
  Tertiary 
  

   beds 
  of 
  Sicily, 
  and, 
  to 
  assist 
  him 
  in 
  this 
  work, 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Fund 
  was 
  

   awarded 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  our 
  Council 
  in 
  1876. 
  He 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Foreign 
  

   Correspondent 
  in 
  1874. 
  

  

  John 
  Brown, 
  M.Inst.C.E., 
  was 
  born 
  at 
  Stafford 
  in 
  1823, 
  and 
  

   became 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  this 
  Society 
  in 
  1857. 
  He 
  was 
  engineer 
  to 
  

   several 
  different 
  collieries 
  in 
  succession, 
  that 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  in 
  

   charge 
  the 
  longest 
  being 
  the 
  Cannock 
  Chase 
  Colliery, 
  from 
  which 
  

   he 
  retired 
  in 
  1873. 
  He 
  became 
  well 
  known 
  at 
  this 
  and 
  at 
  other 
  

   collieries 
  by 
  the 
  improvements 
  which 
  he 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  method 
  

   of 
  working, 
  especially 
  in 
  winding-gear. 
  Mr. 
  Brown 
  was 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  

   a 
  partner 
  in 
  a 
  firm 
  of 
  engineers, 
  Brown 
  and 
  Jeffcock 
  of 
  Sheffield 
  and 
  

   Barnsley, 
  but 
  during 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  life 
  he 
  occupied 
  the 
  position 
  

   of 
  consulting 
  engineer, 
  his 
  advice 
  being 
  widely 
  sought 
  by 
  colliery 
  

   owners 
  in 
  the 
  midland 
  counties. 
  He 
  was 
  at 
  different 
  times 
  President 
  

   of 
  both 
  the 
  South 
  Staffordshire 
  and 
  the 
  North 
  Staffordshire 
  Mining 
  

   Institutes, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  honorary 
  Professor 
  of 
  Mining 
  at 
  the 
  

   Mason 
  Science 
  College, 
  Birmingham. 
  His 
  death 
  took 
  place 
  in 
  

   November 
  last. 
  

  

  Amongst 
  the 
  Fellows 
  whose 
  names 
  have 
  only 
  been 
  removed 
  from 
  

   our 
  list 
  within 
  the 
  past 
  twelvemonth, 
  their 
  deaths 
  having 
  been 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  overlooked, 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  whose 
  loss 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  passed 
  

   over 
  without 
  notice. 
  William 
  Ogilby, 
  M.A., 
  F.Z.S., 
  F.L.S., 
  

   F.R.A.S., 
  died 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  September, 
  1873, 
  in 
  the 
  65th 
  year 
  of 
  

   his 
  age. 
  He 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Ireland, 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  son 
  

   of 
  Leslie 
  Ogilby, 
  of 
  Liscleen, 
  county 
  Tyrone. 
  He 
  was 
  a 
  student 
  of 
  

   Trinity 
  College, 
  Cambridge, 
  and 
  graduated 
  in 
  1829. 
  He 
  was 
  called 
  

   to 
  the 
  Bar 
  on 
  November 
  20th, 
  1832 
  ; 
  and 
  practised 
  as 
  a 
  barrister 
  

   in 
  London 
  until 
  1846, 
  when 
  he 
  returned 
  to 
  Ireland, 
  and 
  resided 
  for 
  

   the 
  remainder 
  of 
  his 
  life 
  at 
  Altnachree 
  Castle, 
  Tyrone. 
  He 
  was 
  

   a 
  Magistrate 
  and 
  Deputy-Lieutenant 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  and 
  served 
  the 
  

   office 
  of 
  High 
  Sheriff 
  in 
  1853. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ogilby 
  was 
  Hon. 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  from 
  

   1839 
  to 
  1846, 
  and 
  contributed 
  numerous 
  papers, 
  chiefly 
  on 
  Mammalia, 
  

   to 
  that 
  Society's 
  ' 
  Proceedings.' 
  He 
  also 
  wrote 
  the 
  treatise 
  on 
  the 
  

   " 
  Mammalogy 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  Appendix 
  to 
  Koyle's 
  

   ' 
  Himalayan 
  Botany.' 
  He 
  became 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  this 
  Society 
  in 
  1832 
  ; 
  

   but 
  his 
  only 
  contribution 
  to 
  its 
  publications 
  was 
  a 
  paper 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  

   Structure 
  and 
  Kelations 
  of 
  the 
  presumed 
  Marsupial 
  remains 
  from 
  the 
  

   Stonesfield 
  Slate," 
  which 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Proceedings 
  ' 
  for 
  1838. 
  

  

  