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of Secretary to this learned body when his quite unexpected death 

 occurred at Paris, on the 4th of last May. 



De Lapparent was naturally endowed with a most pleasing and 

 attractive manner, and none of those who came within the circle of 

 his acquaintance could fail to respond to the charm of his personality 

 and conversation. Those who were thus privileged will feel his 

 loss as that of a personal friend. Our Society elected him a Foreign 

 Correspondent in 1887 and a Foreign Member in 1897: he was 

 one of the favourite guests at our Centenary Celebration, when we 

 welcomed him as one of the Delegates of the Geological Society of 

 France. His sympathetic and eloquent speeches contributed greatly 

 to the good fellowship which united all geologists on that occasion. 

 The speech which he delivered at the dinner given in St. John's 

 College, after the University of Cambridge had conferred upon him 

 the honorary degree of Sc.D., is perfect of its kind. It abounds in 

 friendly feeling towards this country, most gracefully, expressed, 

 and is especially marked by a deep and true appreciation of the 

 wholesome influences which attend our University life. 



Harry Govier Seeley (1839-1909). — Harry Govier Seeley, son 

 of Richard Hovill Seeley, was born in London on February 18th, 

 1839. A course of lectures which he attended, on Terrestrial 

 Magnetism, first aroused his interest in Geology. This was 

 deepened by a study of Lyell's ' Principles.' After attending 

 lectures at the Royal School of Mines, he was admitted to Sidney 

 Sussex College, Cambridge ; and, shortly after entering into resi- 

 dence, he was invited by Prof. Sedgwick to act as Assistant in the 

 Woodwardian Museum. There he found awaiting determination 

 the rich fauna which had been obtained from the ' coprolite- 

 pits' of the Cambridge Greensand. He entered enthusiastically 

 into the work, and prepared a descriptive account, which was 

 published by the University Press in 1869, as a 'Catalogue 

 of the Fossil Reptilia in the AVoodwardian Museum.' He paid 

 great attention to the fragmentary remains of the flying reptiles ; 

 and his account of these was given in a volume entitled ' Ornitho- 

 sauria,' which was published by the University Press in 1871. He 

 occasionally lectured in the Museum, sometimes as a substitute for 

 Prof. Sedgwick, sometimes independently, as when he gave popular 

 courses to young people, which were always greatly appreciated 

 owing to the simplicity and originality of their style. 



