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' A.E.C. of Gothic Architecture,' and of the ' Introduction to Gothic 

 Architecture.' In geology he did much useful work in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Oxford, collecting fossils from the Oolitic rocks, and 

 among them some saurian remains which are described in Phillips's 

 * Geology of Oxford.' He had assisted also in the exploration of 

 caves in Somerset. He was elected a Fellow of the Geological 

 Society in 1867. 



John Morison, who died on April 1st, 1912, was a distinguished 

 medical man. After passing through Guy's and University 

 College Hospitals, he took the degree of M.D. at Edinburgh 

 University in 1865, and in the same year became a member of 

 the Royal College of Surgeons of England. While holding many 

 medical posts, including that of Medical Officer of Health of St. 

 Albans, he found time to contribute several papers to the Hertford- 

 shire Natural History Society, and to occupy the presidential chair 

 of that society in the years 1905-1907. His attention was drawn 

 chiefly to the outcrops of Chalk and especially of the Chalk Eock in 

 the neighbourhood, and in the course of years he had collected a 

 large number of fossils, which he presented to the Hertfordshire 

 County Museum. He was elected a Fellow of the Geological 

 Society in 1887. 



William Henry Pickering was born on October 1st, 1858, and 

 was educated at St. Peter's School, York. In 1881 he obtained his 

 certificate as a colliery-manager, and in 1883 was appointed an 

 Inspector of Mines, serving as assistant-inspector in South 

 Staffordshire, as chief inspector in the Yorkshire & Lincolnshire 

 District, and eventually as divisional inspector for the Yorkshire 

 & North Midland Division. In 1904, having been lent by the 

 Imperial Government to the Government of India for three years 

 as inspector of mines, he continued the work begun by Mr. James 

 Grundy, the first inspector of mines in India, and introduced 

 into practice the Indian Mines Act of 1901. Mr. Pickering was 

 prominent in the establishment of the Mining & Geological 

 Institute of India, acting as the first secretary. At the time of his 

 death he was President of the Indian Mining & Geological Club, 

 London, of which he was the founder. After his return he held 

 office in various mining and engineering societies, and was the 

 author of several papers on mining questions. In 1910 he was 

 awarded an Edward Medal of the first class for gallantry in 



