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but the greater part of his life was passed at Birkenhead, where he 

 practised as a physician. 



He was elected a Fellow of our Society in 1867, and contributed a 

 paper on ' Some Erratics in the Boulder-Clay of Cheshire, etc., & the 

 Conditions of Climate they denote ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol xli 

 (1885) pp. 591-98. His principal contributions to our science are, 

 however, contained in the ' Geological Magazine,' and in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society. He occupied the 

 Presidential Chair of that Society in 1871-72, and at the time of 

 his death was an Honorary Member. 



Dr. Bicketts wrote papers on a great variety of subjects, including 

 the Carboniferous strata and Glacial accumulations, but his best- 

 known paper is that bearing on earth-movements, entitled ' On some 

 Physical Changes in the Earth's Crust ' (Geol. Mag. 1889, pp. 49, 

 115, & 165), where he refers to his geological models, copies of 

 which are preserved in various museums. 



A careful observer, an acute thinker, and a kindly companion, he 

 was a typical example of the many busy professional men who are 

 so often the leading spirits of local scientific societies. 1 



By the death of Thomas William Shoee at Balham, on January 

 15th of the present year, our science loses one who did much 

 towards the encouragement of its study, and many of us mourn the 

 loss of a valued friend. 



Mr. Shore was for 23 years connected with the Hartley Institution 

 (now Hartley University College) at Southampton, acting at various 

 times as Secretary, Curator of the Museum, and Director. He also 

 managed, and largely extended, the local Geological Museum. 



In 1855 he founded the Hampshire Field-Club & Archaeological 

 Society, and was Honorary Secretary of that Society up to the time 

 of his death. In 1896 he removed to London, and founded the 

 Balham Antiquarian Society, of which he was the leading spirit. 

 He also became Honorary Secretary of the London & Middlesex 

 Archaeological Society. 



Though chiefly interested in Archaeology, he did much for 

 Geology. In 1882 he was Secretary of the Geological Section of 

 tho British Association at Southampton. He was a frequent 

 attendant at the excursions of the Geologists' Association. 



Most of his geological writings appeared in the Papers of the 

 Hampshire Field-Club, including ' Ancient Hampshire Forests & 



1 Compiled chiefly from a notice by T. M. K., in Geol. Mag. 1904, p. 240. 



