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to felicitate the Council of the Geological Society of France on its 

 prosperous condition on attaining its fiftieth Anniversary. 



Mr. Davidson was member or honorary member of most of the dis- 

 tinguished societies of Europe and America. He was elected Fellow 

 of the Royal Society in 1857, was Fellow of the Linnean Society, 

 the Geological Societies of London, France, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, 

 Vice-President of the Palasontographical Society, Member Stranger 

 de l'lnstitute des Provinces, France, and Linnean Society of Nor- 

 mandy, the Imperial Society of Naturalists of Moscow, Imperial 

 Mineralogical Society of St. Petersburg!), Member of the Royal 

 Academics of Belgium and Bavaria, Societe Royale Hollandaise des 

 Sciences, Haarlem, Royal Society of Liege, Academy of St. Louis, 

 the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Palaaontological 

 Societies of Belgium and Switzerland, the Zoological Society of 

 Vienna, and many of the local societies of Britain. 



In December, 1870, he was awarded one of the Royal medals in 

 recognition of his valuable contributions to palaeontology. 



In July, 1865, he received from the Council of the Geological 

 Society the Wollaston medal, its highest award for distinguished 

 merit. 



In 1882 the University of St. Andrews conferred on him the 

 honorary degree of LL.D. 



The Free Library and Museum at Brighton chiefly owed its founda- 

 tion and success to Mr. Davidson's energy and perseverance. He 

 was permanent chairman of the Museum Committee at the time of 

 his death. Mr. Davidson has generously bequeathed to the nation 

 his magnificent and unique collection of recent and fossil Brachiopoda 

 largely enriched with types, together with his fine collection of books 

 and original drawings. These will all be preserved in the Depart- 

 ment of Palaeontology in the British Museum of Natural History, 

 Cromwell Road, South Kensington. R. E. 



