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continued to attend the subsequent gatherings in European 

 capitals until the war put a stop to them. He spoke French 

 fluently, but with a strong Italian accent. His courtesy and 

 kindliness made him welcome everywhere. His services to science 

 were recognized by various Governments and Academies in the 

 bestowal of decorations. These he used to wear at the Congress 

 meetings, where he was always a conspicuous figure from the 

 number of ribbons and crosses that hung on his breast. [A. G.] 



Hans Henhxk Beusch was born at Bergen in 1852. His 

 devotion to Geology dates from his student days. After gradua- 

 ting in 1875 he became Assistant to the Norwegian Geological 

 Survey, but retained his connexion with the University until 

 1888. Upon the death of Prof. Kjerulf in that year, Beusch was 

 appointed Chief of the Survey, and entered upon the career which 

 was his life-work. His personal contributions to the geology of 

 his country were numerous and important. At an early date he 

 detected fossil remains in some of the schistose rocks of the 

 Bergen district. This discovery, announced in 1880, still has its 

 interest in connexion with the possible Caledonian age of the 

 regional metamorphism in extensive tracts of Norway. In 1888 

 appeared a valuable monograph on the Bommel and Karm Islands. 

 In the prosecution of his researches Beusch travelled widely over 

 the length and breadth of Norwajr. The staff of the Norwegian 

 Geological Survey has at no time been large, and at first con- 

 sisted of the Chief and one permanent Assistant : consequently 

 the maps, memoirs, and year-books issued in the name of the 

 Survey represent in many instances the single-handed labours of 

 the Chief. 



In addition to his own contributions to Geology, both pure and 

 applied, Beusch took part in geological activities of every kind, 

 and had a keen interest in the promotion of scientific knowledge. 

 He was instrumental in starting in 1877 the popular journal 

 - Naturen,' which has done much towards spreading an interest 

 in science in the Scandinavian countries. He was also one of the 

 founders, in 1905, of the Norwegian Geological Society. His 

 modest and amiable disposition made many friends, and his 

 eminent services to Geology brought him some well-merited 

 honours. He was elected a Foreign Correspondent of our Society 

 in 1889 and a Foreign Member in 1897, and in 1895 he was the 

 recipient of the Lyell Medal. In 1907, as a delegate to our 



