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  EDWAED 
  SAUNDEBS, 
  1848—1910. 
  

  

  Edward 
  Saunders, 
  who 
  died 
  February 
  6, 
  1910, 
  at 
  Bognor, 
  was 
  born 
  

   March 
  22, 
  1848, 
  at 
  East 
  Hill, 
  Wandsworth 
  — 
  the 
  youngest 
  of 
  the 
  seven 
  

   children 
  of 
  William 
  Wilson 
  Saunders, 
  F.E.S., 
  for 
  eleven 
  years 
  Treasurer 
  of 
  

   the 
  Linnean 
  Society, 
  and 
  well 
  known 
  for 
  his 
  immense 
  Entomological 
  and 
  

   Horticultural 
  Collections 
  and 
  for 
  his 
  wide 
  interest 
  in 
  science. 
  His 
  house, 
  

   Hillfield, 
  Keigate, 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  moved 
  from 
  Wandsworth 
  in 
  1857, 
  formed 
  a 
  

   great 
  centre 
  where 
  scientific 
  friends 
  used 
  to 
  gather 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  collections 
  

   and 
  to 
  meet 
  one 
  another. 
  Nor 
  was 
  the 
  convivial 
  side 
  by 
  any 
  means 
  wanting, 
  

   as 
  may 
  be 
  inferred 
  from 
  a 
  memory 
  of 
  my 
  friend 
  Prof. 
  Clifton 
  who 
  happened 
  

   to 
  meet 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  guests 
  on 
  Eeigate 
  platform. 
  " 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  great 
  honour 
  last 
  

   night," 
  said 
  he 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  half-sly, 
  half-affected, 
  " 
  I 
  was 
  put 
  to 
  bed 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Westwood." 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  primarily 
  for 
  the 
  Wilson 
  Saunders 
  collections 
  that 
  Alfred 
  Bussel 
  

   Wallace 
  set 
  out 
  on 
  his 
  famous 
  expedition 
  to 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  Educated 
  at 
  home, 
  although 
  he 
  went 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  to 
  a 
  day 
  school 
  at 
  Eeigate, 
  

   constantly 
  in 
  touch 
  with 
  the 
  great 
  collections, 
  and 
  meeting 
  those 
  who 
  came 
  to 
  

   see 
  them, 
  always 
  encouraged 
  by 
  his 
  father 
  and 
  stimulated 
  by 
  his 
  brother 
  

   George, 
  his 
  sister, 
  and 
  his 
  half-brother 
  William 
  Frederick, 
  the 
  naturalist 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  family, 
  Edward 
  Saunders 
  grew 
  up 
  in 
  conditions 
  certain 
  to 
  

   bring 
  out 
  and 
  develop 
  to 
  the 
  full 
  any 
  taste 
  for 
  natural 
  history 
  that 
  he 
  

   possessed. 
  But 
  after 
  all 
  the 
  essential 
  thing 
  was 
  the 
  innate 
  possession, 
  

   together 
  with 
  the 
  critical 
  faculty 
  which 
  made 
  it 
  of 
  value. 
  Conditions 
  may 
  

   evoke 
  but 
  they 
  certainly 
  do 
  not 
  create 
  the 
  qualities 
  which 
  made 
  him, 
  not 
  yet 
  

   thirteen, 
  the 
  predominant 
  partner 
  in 
  preparing, 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  his 
  

   brother 
  George, 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  Mollusca 
  of 
  the 
  Eeigate 
  District, 
  published 
  in 
  

   February, 
  1861 
  (3). 
  

  

  His 
  sister, 
  Mrs. 
  T. 
  E. 
  E. 
  Stebbing, 
  recalls 
  memories 
  of 
  his 
  early 
  interests 
  : 
  

  

  "We 
  spent 
  happy, 
  busy, 
  sheltered 
  lives, 
  without 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  style 
  of 
  

   education 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  day, 
  but 
  with 
  much 
  to 
  turn 
  our 
  thoughts 
  towards 
  

   science. 
  My 
  father 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  busy 
  man, 
  engaged 
  at 
  Lloyd's 
  as 
  an 
  under- 
  

   writer 
  all 
  day, 
  and 
  full 
  of 
  his 
  Natural 
  History 
  work 
  and 
  his 
  garden 
  when 
  at. 
  

   home, 
  but 
  always 
  ready 
  to 
  encourage 
  his 
  children 
  in 
  collecting. 
  

  

  " 
  My 
  youngest 
  brother 
  Edward 
  and 
  I, 
  were 
  always 
  keenly 
  fond 
  of 
  plants, 
  

   and 
  when 
  we 
  were 
  quite 
  little, 
  father 
  would 
  give 
  us 
  a 
  penny 
  a 
  dozen 
  for 
  

   pressed 
  plants, 
  and 
  three 
  pence 
  a 
  dozen 
  if 
  we 
  wrote 
  in 
  their 
  Latin 
  names, 
  

   which 
  he 
  would 
  tell 
  us. 
  We 
  used 
  to 
  collect 
  them 
  on 
  Wandsworth 
  Common, 
  

   and 
  we 
  left 
  Wandsworth 
  for 
  Eeigate 
  in 
  1857, 
  when 
  Edward 
  was 
  nine 
  

   years 
  old. 
  

  

  " 
  At 
  Eeigate 
  he 
  soon 
  got 
  interested 
  in 
  English 
  land- 
  and 
  fresh- 
  water 
  shells, 
  

   and 
  in 
  birds 
  and 
  birds' 
  eggs. 
  I 
  remember 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  times 
  that 
  we 
  were 
  

   allowed 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  walk 
  by 
  ourselves, 
  going 
  to 
  a 
  chemist 
  at 
  Eedhill 
  for 
  

  

  