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After a voyage to New Zealand, where he made some botanical 

 observations, he returned to teaching-work in London, mainly in 

 connection with the Birkbeck Insiitution. Several of the students 

 who here came under his influence have since become known for 

 their researches in zoology and palaeontology. Mr. Jennings also 

 played a conspicuous part in the organization of the Museums at 

 Eton College and in Whitechapel. In 1895 he joined his former 

 colleagues, Profs. Cole and Johnson, at the Royal College of Science, 

 Dublin, and acted as Demonstrator in Botany & Geology until 

 1898. He had meanwhile become a Fellow of this Society in 1891. 



Mr. Jennings's first geological paper was on the ' Orbitoidal Lime- 

 stone of Northern Borneo,' published in the Geological Magazine for 

 1888. In the following year he worked with Prof. Cole on Cader 

 Idris, and in 1890 with Mr. G. J. Williams in the Moelwyn area. 

 The results of these observations appeared in our Quarterly Journal, 

 where they were followed by two papers, in 1898 and 1899, on the 

 Davos district of Switzerland. The latter of these dealt in some 

 detail with the structural features of that region of the Alps. 

 Mr. Jennings also contributed papers on river-courses near Davos, 

 and on Bad Na.uheim, to the Geological Magazine ; and in 1900 the 

 Council of this Society awarded to him the balance of the proceeds 

 of the Murchison Geological Pund. He was also a Pellow of the 

 Linnean Society, and author of papers on both botany and zoology. 



Mr. Jennings travelled frequently in various countries of Europe, 

 and made scientific friends in every centre where he stayed. He 

 died at Christiania (Norway) on January 11th, 1903, and the 

 Geological Club of Christiania, in laying a wreath upon his coffin, 

 paid a graceful and kindly tribute to a deceased fellow-worker. 

 The memory of his skill as a teacher, and of his absolute precision 

 in all the details of his work, will long remain with his colleagues. 



[G. A. J. C] 



Joseph Lakdon was born at Draycote (Warwickshire). At the 

 age of 10 he came with his parents to live at Birmingham, and 

 eventually became a pupil-teacher. In 1865 he entered Saltley 

 College as a first-class Queen's Scholar. On the completion of his 

 training he served as second master in the Central School of Stoke- 

 upon-Trent, and was subsequently made Master of Method at 

 Saltley Training College. In this capacity he was very successful, 

 and was sent on a visit to the various Training Colleges of Great 

 Britain, to report on the systems of teaching then in vogue. He 



