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Address of the President, Sir Archibald Geikie, K.C_B., at 
the Anniversary Meeting on November 30, 1910. 
The year which has passed since our last Anniversary will be memorable 
in our annals for the losses which death has brought upon the Royal Society. 
First and most conspicuous is the decease of our Patron, His revered 
Majesty, King Edward VII. During his brief but eminently beneficent 
reign, His Majesty continued to manifest the same interest in the advance- 
ment of science which he had always shown before his accession to the 
Throne. We mourn that a life so devoted to the cause of peace and progress 
should have been cut off so soon. King George V has honoured us by 
stepping at once into his father’s place as Patron of the Royal Society, and 
has subscribed his name in our Charter-book. His Majesty as Prince of 
Wales found many occasions to show his appreciation of science, and his 
interest in its progress. We feel confident that under his enlightened rule 
the advancement of Natural Knowledge will continue to receive his support 
and encouragement. 
The deceased Fellows are: 
Dr. Ludwig Mond, died December 11, 1909. 
Dr. Shelford Bidwell, died December 18; 1909. 
Sir Charles Todd, died January 28, 1910. 
Edward Saunders, died February 6, 1910. 
Sir Robert Giffen, died April 12, 1910. 
Sir William Huggins, died May 12, 1910. 
John B. N. Hennessey, died May 23, 1910. 
©. Greville Williams, died June 15, 1910. 
The Rev. Robert Harley, died July 26, 1910. 
Dr. Sydney Ringer, died October 14, 1910. 
The deceased Foreign Members are: 
Prof. Friedrich Kohlrausch, died January 17, 1910. 
Prof. Eduard F. W. Pfltiger, died March 17, 1910. 
Prof. Alexander Agassiz, died March 28, 1910. 
Prof. Stanislao Cannizzaro, died May 10, 1910. 
Prof. Robert Koch, died May 27, 1910. 
Prof. Giovanni Schiaparelli, died July 4, 1910. 
Dr. Melchior Treub, died October 3, 1910. 
On the list of Foreign Members of the Society we have thus to mourn the loss 
of no fewer than seven illustrious names. Of these there is none which we 
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