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Obituary Notices of Fellows deceased. 



Belgium and Italy in order to compare the deposits of those countries with 

 their equivalents in England. Though essentially a stratigraphical geologist 

 and palaeontologist he contributed to all branches of geology, and, whatever 

 might be his topic, he displayed his great originality. 



He paid little attention to the popularisation of his subject, though 

 eminently capable of the work, as witnessed by his delightful little book on 

 ' Submerged Forests,' written for the Cambridge Series of Manuals of 

 Literature and Science. 



Keid was naturally of a retiring disposition, and may have appeared to 

 some difficult of approach, and perhaps too determined in controversy. But 

 those most intimately associated with him knew that this determination was 

 due to his keenness for arriving at the truth. His opinions were ever 

 formed from his own observations, where this was possible, and were not 

 infrequently eminently original, and held with characteristic tenacity. It 

 was not easy to be admitted into his circle of friends, but to those so 

 admitted he gave of his best. They beheld one devoted to his science, 

 giving his whole energy to it, and determined above all things to arrive at 

 the truth. Nor was he so wrapped up in his science that he cared for 

 naught else ; an excursion in the field with him was not only an education 

 but also a delight. His kindliness was constantly shown by the ever-ready 

 help given to other workers. 



"When Eeid retired from the Geological Survey in 1913, he made himself a 

 home at Milford-on-Sea, in Hampshire, looking forward to a period in 

 which he could follow his bent, free from official duties. He had already 

 done much work in this retreat, and there, among other things, had begun, 

 in co-operation with Mr. J. Groves, a research upon fossil Charse, of which 

 the first results were recently published. The period of retirement, however, 

 was all too short, and he passed away quietly in the new home on 

 December 10, 1916. 



J. E. M. and E. T. N. 



