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of the Nestor of Swiss geologists. In spite of the insufficient space 

 available for the exhibition of his constantly increasing collection, 

 he had succeeded in making the museum an admirable educational 

 institution. The same love of logical order and symmetry which 

 impelled him to seek the unification of geological nomenclature 

 reigned over all the cases and galleries of his museum. Had he 

 lived a little longer, he would have had the joy of seeing his 

 collections moved into the more spacious quarters designed for them 

 in the University buildings. 



With every department of scientific enterprise in Switzerland 

 Renevier s}-mpathized, and where possible he took his share of the 

 active work. He was the founder of the Swiss Geological Society, 

 and continued to be its President up to the end of his life. He 

 was a member of the Geological Commission, member of the ' Com- 

 mission des Memoires ' of the Societe Helvetique, and President of 

 the Geological Commission of the Simplon Tunnel. His influence 

 was thus strong and wide in his own country, but his powers were 

 not less appreciated abroad. His constant and active participation 

 in the meetings of the International Geological Congress made him 

 personally well-known to many geologists all over the world. It 

 was, therefore, a fitting recognition of his personal charm and 

 scientific achievements when they chose him as their President for 

 the Congress which met at Zurich in 1894. He was elected a 

 Poreign Correspondent of the Geological Society of London in 1877, 

 and a Foreign Member in 1888. 



This notice of our departed friend would be inexcusably incom- 

 plete, if it made no allusion to the religious side of his nature. 

 He was a sincere and active Christian, who carried his faith into 

 the details of life, and who delighted in every opportunity of doing 

 good. In his religion he showed some of the same marked indi- 

 viduality as in his science, but while simple, reverent, and firm in 

 his own convictions, he was always tolerant towards the opinions 

 of others. 



Those who were privileged with Renevier's friendship mourn in 

 him the breaking of one of the last links that connect them with 

 the early leaders of geological science, but still more do they grieve 

 for the loss of one for whom they had the strongest regard and 

 affection, and for whose scientific achievements they had a sincere 

 admiration. Their sorrow is aggravated by the reflection that he 

 retained up to the last so much of his characteristic energy and 

 vivacity, that but for a tragic accident they might have enjoyed 



