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On the 4th of last month occurred the death of William Henry 

 Goss, of Stoke-upon-Trent. Mr. Goss, who was born in London in 

 1833, spent his early days in study. Through the influence of a 

 former Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Alderman Copeland, he became 

 interested in the potter's art, and began the manufacture of pottery 

 in 1858. His success was due to his high scientific attainments, 

 in addition to his artistic faculty and his business-capacity. He 

 is best known for his heraldic pottery, which has so extensive a 

 sale. He not only originated this ware but invented the body, 

 and also the variously-coloured enamels used in its manufacture. 

 Mr. Goss was a man of wide learning, who wrote on many topics, 

 including various antiquarian subjects. He was elected a Fellow 

 of this Society in 1881. 



Thomas Barron died of enteric fever at Port Sudan on the Red 

 Sea coast on January 30th last, after a few days'" illness, and was 

 interred in that locality. He was born on July 13th, 1865, near 

 Greenlaw (Berwickshire), his family having been long established 

 on the Border. In 1887 he entered the Boyal College of Science, 

 and remained there first as student, afterwards as Demonstrator in 

 Geology, for about eight years. He took the Associateship both 

 in Zoology and Geology, gaining first-class honours in the latter 

 subject. About the end of 1895 he was appointed to the newly- 

 established Geological Survey of Egypt, and remained in that 

 service until about two years ago, when he took the position of 

 Government Geologist in the Sudan, a post which he occupied at 

 the time of his death. Some of his most important contributions to 

 geological science are ' The Topography & Geology of the Eastern 

 Desert of Egypt ' (written in conjunction with Dr. W. E. Hume) 

 1903 ; ' The Phosphatic Beds of Qift in Qena Mudiria ' 1900 ; and 

 a ' Note on the Occurrence of Lower Miocene Beds between Cairo & 

 Suez' 1904. He accompanied an expedition to Abyssinia about 

 three years ago, but the results do not seem to have been yet 

 published. 



Mr. Barron was a man of sound common- sense and cool judgment. 

 The writer of this note had the privilege of accompanying him on 

 the long and harassing desert-march from the Eayum to Moghara, 

 and, even under the most trying circumstances, always found him 

 even-tempered and resourceful. His death leaves a serious gap in 

 the little band of workers who are gradually clearing up the geology 

 of Egypt and the Sudan. [C. W. A.] 



