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Knight of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazaro of Italy, and 

 of the Order of Leopold of Belgium. He was also an honorary 

 member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of numerous 

 foreign societies. 



Three characteristics especially distinguished Professor Miller. 

 One was the remarkable extent, depth, and accuracy of his know- 

 ledge, not only on those questions which he had made peculiarly 

 his own, but also on all branches of physical science, only 

 equalled by the liberality with which he opened his rich stores 

 of learning to others, and especially to younger students. Another 

 was the simplicity of his disposition. This, combined with a re- 

 markable inventiveness of mind, was shown even in his laboratory, 

 where the most homely odds and ends were utilized in the con- 

 struction of instruments capable of performing delicate measure- 

 ments. The third characteristic was the remarkable combination 

 which he exhibited of independence of thought and freedom of 

 opinion with gentleness of temper and speech, with forbearance, 

 courtesy, and respect for the opinion of others. 



Blessed with much domestic happiness, and beloved by all who 

 knew him, he lived a tranquil and blameless life, devoted to earnest 

 work and the faithful performance of every duty, and passed away 

 lamented by a large circle of friends and admirers in this and other 

 countries. 



Hexey Lttdlam. We have to record the loss of Mr. Henry 

 Ludlam, E.Gr.S., who died on the 23rd of June, 1880, at the age 

 of 58. 



Early a student of the uatural sciences, Mineralogy became his fa- 

 vourite subject, in the cultivation of which he was greatly assisted by 

 the study of chemistry, which occupied many of the leisure evening 

 hours which the care of an important business allowed him. 

 Aided by an unusually critical judgment, he gathered together a 

 large and valuable collection of minerals, in which some of the 

 specimens were conspicuous for their perfection of crystalline form. 

 To these he subsequently added the well-known and important 

 collection which belonged to the late Mr. Charles Ham den Turner, 

 of Eooksnest, Surrey, and also that made by the late Mr. William 

 Kevill, E.Gr.S., of G-odalming. The whole forms certainly the most 

 complete and probably the finest collection of minerals ever made 

 by a private collector. 



But Mr. Ludlam was not a mere collector. He had long had 

 in view the desirability of preparing a complete descriptive and 

 crystallographic catalogue of that which it had been his good 

 fortune to accumulate. This great work, to which he looked 

 forward as to a labour of love, was actually commenced by him 

 shortly before the illness which ended in his premature death. 



Although Mr. Ludlam never contributed a paper to the 6 Journal 

 of the Geological Society,' he nevertheless took much interest in 

 its proceedings. His great liberality in the support of every thing 

 bearing upon the kindred sciences to geology, and his munificence 



