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W. JEROME HARRISON, F.G.S., 

 1 845- 1 908. 



(plate XXXVI.) 



Quite recently we had occasion to deplore the loss of many 

 prominent scientific men. And now we regret to have to add a 

 further name to the list. As in each of the other instances, 

 also, it will be exceeding-ly difficult to find anyone to carry on 

 his work. We refer to Mr. VV. Jerome Harrison, F.G.S. , who, 

 on the 6th of June, died at Birming-ham, his home for the last 

 twenty-eight years. His death was quite sudden and unexpected. 



The last time I saw him was at the Leicester meeting of the 

 British Association, a year ago, when 1 spent two or three 

 pleasant days in his company, and had the privileg'e of being 

 conducted round the Leicester Museum, where between 1872 

 and 1880 he was the Curator. At the Leicester meeting he 

 opened a discussion at the Conference of Delegates from the 

 Corresponding Societies, as to the advisability of forming a 

 National Photographic Survey of objects of natural history, 

 geological and archaeological interest — a subject upon which his 

 wide experience entitled him to speak with some authority. A 

 Committee is considering the suggestions he made, and doubt- 

 less much good will result ; the pity is that his valuable 

 knowledge will no longer be at the Committee's service. 



Whilst Mr. Jerome Harrison's tastes were very varied, and 

 the work he accomplished in so man}^ directions was of a most 

 substantial character, he will probably best be remembered for 

 the extraordinarily complete compilations which he prepared for 

 the benefit of geological and archceological students. He had a 

 perfect mania for bibliography — a necessary and exceedingly 

 useful work, but one which very few care to undertake. Havmg 

 had some little experience in this kind of work, I can speak, as 

 few can, of the enormous labour that Mr. Harrison undertook 

 in preparing his lists. And though I have probabl}^ made as 

 much use of them as has anyone else, I must say that on the 

 many occasions upon which I checked his list for a rare item, 

 (which, I must admit I almost hoped he had overlooked), I 

 found it duly included. Perhaps the most important of these 

 lists are ' A Bibliography of Midland Glaciology,' published in 

 1895, which contained references to over 250 items, with 



1908 September i. 



