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3tt lltcmoriam. 
The Rev. W. Lower Carter, M.A., F.G.S. 
1855—1918. 
On June 22nd, 1918, was laid to rest, at Bushey, in Hertfordshire, 
the body of the Eev. William Lower Carter, M.A., F.G.S. , who had 
for twenty years been a prominent member and official of the Yorkshire 
Geological Society, and it is but fitting that a brief notice of his career 
and of his devoted services should be put on its records. 
Mr. Carter was born on August 9th, 1855, at Stafford, and was 
educated at Derby School. Later he was a student at Springhill 
College, Birmingham ; and then, having gained an exhibition at 
Emmanuel College, he proceeded to Cambridge. After a course of 
four years' study in Natural Science, he passed the Tripos with first 
class honours, specialising in Geology. For a time, he studied at the 
University of Halle, Germany, and then he returned to Springhill 
College in order to complete his theological training. He was suc- 
cessively minister of the Congregational Churches at Bilston, in Stafford- 
shire, at Hopton in Mirfield, and at Oxton in Biikenhead. In all of 
these charges he was a faithful pastor, revered by his people. 
In 1884, Mr. Carter was elected F.G.S. of the Geological Society, 
London. In 1892 he became a Member of the Yorkshire Geological 
and Polytechnic Society, and in 1893 he was elected Hon. Secretary. 
From 1894 till 1904 Mr. Carter was associated with the late Mr. William 
Cash as Joint Editors of the Proceedings — which position he continued 
to hold — for a time in conjunction with Dr. Dwerryhouse — till 1909. 
His own original researches were not very numerous, but include 
two important papers on " The Evolution of the Don River System," 
and on " The Glaciation of the Don and Dearne Valleys," which he 
contributed to the fifteenth volume of the Proceedings of the Yorkshire 
Geological Society. But his reports as Secretary of the field work of 
the Society are very full and often contain summaries of papers and 
records of observations that have never been published in any other 
form. No one writing on topics connected with the Geology of York- 
shire can afford to neglect them, and the Classified Index to 64 years 
of our Proceedings is a piece of work of more use in promoting the 
progress of Geology than many papers. The abstract of Professor 
Kendall's paper on " The Glacial Lakes of Cleveland," which appeared 
in the Proceedings for 1903, was entirely his work, and he contributed 
