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undertaking occupied them for the rest of their lives. Salvin died 

 in 1898, and for the last twenty years Godman edited the work 

 alone, eventually completing it in 63 quarto volumes. It forms 

 the largest personal contribution to natural history that has ever 

 been made. Godman also examined the fauna and flora of the 

 Azores, which he described in 1870, and made some noteworthy 

 contributions to our knowledge of the Canaries and Madeira. As 

 a Trustee of the British Museum, he stimulated research in many 

 directions, and he was especially interested in the modern 

 discoveries of remains of extinct vertebrate animals in various 

 parts of the world. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 

 in 1882, and the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society was awarded 

 to him in 1918. [A. S. W.] 



Sir Boverton Redwood, Bart., D.Sc, F.C.S., Assoc. Inst.C.E., 

 who was elected a Fellow of our Society in 1894, was famous as an 

 authority on petroleum. Born in London on April 26th, 1816, lie 

 completed his education at University College School, and entered 

 the laboratoiy of his father, who was Professor of Chemistry to 

 the Pharmaceutical Society. In 1869 he was appointed Secretary 

 to the Petroleum Association, and thenceforward devoted all his 

 energies to the study of petroleum in all its aspects, which neces- 

 sarily led him to consider the geological conditions under which it 

 occurred, During his professional career as an expert, he visited 

 the principal oil-fields of the world, and compiled from all sources 

 a mass of information on the subject, which he embodied in his 

 well-known 'Treatise on Petroleum,' first published in 1896, with 

 later editions, greatly enlarged, in 1906 and 1913. He took a 

 leading part in the foundation of the Institution of Petroleum 

 Technologists, and served as its first President in 1914-16. He 

 was knighted in 1905, and created a Baronet in 1911. He died 

 at his London residence on June 4th, 1919, at the age of 73 years. 



Sir Frank Crtsp, Bart., the senior partner in the well-known 

 firm of solicitors, Ashurst, Morris, Crisp, & Co., was born on 

 October 25th, 1843. Early in life he acquired an interest in 

 the microscope. He made a large collection of instruments, a 

 remarkably complete library of works dealing with the subject, 

 and was for many years Honorary Secretary of the Royal Micro- 

 scopical Society. Another of his interests was Botany. His 

 Alpine garden at Henle3 r -on-Thames is celebrated, and he was 



