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lessor of Zoology at the Imperial Institute, London, 

 and since his retirement, about a couple of years ago, 

 he has devoted himself to his favourite study — water 

 beetles. 



George Donaldson was one of the first members 

 of the Club to take a scientific interest in the study of 

 land and fresh-water mollusca. He afterwards became 

 an authority on local lepidoptera. He died on 6th 

 March, 1925, the last survivor of the original members 

 of the Club. 



Miss Sydney Mary Thompson (afterwards 

 Madame Christen), a niece of William Thompson, 

 whose "Natural History of Ireland" I have mentioned, 

 became a member in 1891. She has been described as 

 "an accomplished artist, a keen botanist, and a still 

 keener geologist, and never so happy as when sur- 

 rounded by workers whom she could help and 

 encourage." She died in Scotland in 1923. 



Nathaniel Carrothers, who was awarded the Club 

 Medal in 1925, had been a member from 1892. He 

 became a member of Committee in 1906, and served on 

 it almost continuously for nearly twenty years. His 

 work was chiefly in connection with the Botanical 

 Section, of which he was several times Secretary, and 

 to which he contributed many Papers and Notes. In 

 botanical matters his decision was regarded as final. 

 He was always ready to place his profound knowledge 

 of his subject and his ripe experience at the service of 

 his fellow-members. 



W. J. C. Tomlinson joined the Club in 1901. He 

 served on the Committee frequently, and was Joint- 

 Secretary, with W. H. Gallway, in 1906-7. His papers, 

 read to the Club, included 'The Evolution of the 

 Mourne Mountains," "Some Recent Records of our 

 Local Flora," "Connemara Plants," "Geological Aspects 

 of Coast Erosion," "Local Plant Gleanings," "Plant 

 Communities." He died on 29th June, 1921. I think 

 he was employed in the engineering department of the 

 Northern Counties Railway. 



Sylvanus Weir, a corn-miller by trade, was a most 

 proficient botanist. He had only one effective eye, but 

 in practical field work he was far more efficient than 

 most people with normal sight. For many years he acted 

 as Club Librarian, and in connection with the Second 

 Supplement to the "Flora," published in 1923, the 



