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James Mansergh, the eminent engineer, was born at Lancaster 

 in 1834. His native town, small when compared with most of the 

 manufacturing towns of the county, may well be proud that in 

 the course of a single century it produced four men like Dr. Whewell, 

 Sir Richard Owen, Sir William Turner, and Mr. Mansergh. 



Though his early work was largely connected with railways, 

 Mr. Mansergh subsequently devoted his attention chiefly to water- 

 supply and the disposal of sewage, and was a leading authority upon 

 both. He communicated no paper to our Society, but was one of the 

 many eminent engineers whose work proves the practical value of 

 geological knowledge. This was especially shown by his Elan Yalley 

 Water-Scheme for the supply of Birmingham, the idea for which 

 occurred to him many years before it was carried to its successful 

 issue, he having studied while still a young man the natural con- 

 ditions of the district in which the reservoir was constructed. 



Mr. Mansergh's services to his profession are recorded elsewhere. 

 He was elected a Fellow of our Society in 1876, and of the Royal 

 Society in 1901. In 1900 he became President of the Institution of 

 Civil Engineers, and three years later received the honorary freedom 

 of his native town. It is written of him that his ' unfailing 

 courtesy and kindness of heart and his devotion to duty endeared 

 him to all who knew him, and won for him the respect and 

 admiration of all who came even into brief contact with him.' 

 He died at his residence in Fitzjohn's Avenue on June 6th of 

 last year. 



Sir John Pheae, late Chief Justice of Ceylon, was sixth wrangler 

 at Cambridge in 1847, and was afterwards called to the Bar. 

 While at Cambridge he wrote two elementary mathematical text- 

 books, and in later life wrote a work on ' The Aryan Village in 

 India & Ceylon,' and subsequently published works on economics. 

 He died on the 8th of April, 1905, in his eighty-first year; he 

 had been elected a Fellow of this Society as long ago as 1852. 

 His brother, the late Master of Emmanuel College, is yet on our 

 list of Fellows. 



J. Woodall Woodall was for many years resident in Scarborough, 

 of which town he was at one time mayor. He took great interest 

 in geology and zoology, and was always ready to give help to others. 

 His was a familiar figure at meetings of the British Association, 

 and other scientific gatherings. He had been a Fellow of this 

 Society since 1857. 



