PROCEEDINGS OF 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



Section B. — Biological Sciences. 



Address of the President, Lord Rayleigh, O.M., D. C.L., at the 

 Anniversary Meeting on November 30, 1908. 



Since the last Anniversary the Society has sustained the loss of eighteen 

 Fellows and four Foreign Members. 



The deceased Fellows are : — 



The Right Hon. Lord Kelvin, died December 17, 1907. 



Sir Alfred Baring Garrod, died December 28, 1907. 



Eobert Lewis John Ellery, died January 14, 1908. 



Prof. James Bell Pettigrew, died January 31, 1908. 



William Ashwell Shenstone, died February 3, 1908. 



Sir John Denis Macdonald, died February 7, 1908. 



Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Strachey, died February 12, 1908. 



Dr. William Edward Wilson, died March 6, 1908. 



Dr. Henry Clifton Sorby, died March 9, 1908. 



Sir John Eliot, died March 17, 1908. 



The Duke of Devonshire, died March 24, 1908. 



Dr. James Bell, died March 31, 1908. 



Colonel Andrew Wilson Baird, died April 2, 1908. 



Sir John Evans, died May 31, 1908. 



Lord Blythswood, died July 8, 1908. 



Arthur Lister, died July 20, 1908. 



The Earl of Rosse, died August 29, 1908. 



Prof. William Edward Ayrton, died November 8, 1908. 



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