Vol. XVI.] 
[Part III. 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
YORKSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Editki) bv ARTHUR R. DWERRYHOUSE, D.Sc, F.G.S. 
1908. 
Ju /IDemortam. 
HEJsRY CLIFTOX SORBY. 
1826-1908. 
During the past year the Society has had to deplore the 
loss of one of its oldest members and Yorkshire perhaps the most 
brilliant original genius to wliich the county has given birth. 
The son of a well-to-do tool manufacturer and colliery 
proprietor, Sorby received a liberal education, first in a private 
school and at the Grammar School of his native town, Sheffield ; 
while later, by a most fortunate choice, he was placed under 
the tuition of the Rev. Walter iVIitchell, a man whose wide 
attainments in mathematics, physical science, and anatomy 
fitted him in eminent degree to give such an insight into different 
aspects of natural science as would arouse and stimulate Sorby's 
inherent tastes and aptitudes. 
The sympathetic biographical notices by Mr. Thomas 
Sheppard* and Professor J. W. Juddf render it unnecessary 
* "Naturalist," 1906, pp. 137-144, 194-197, and 225-230. 
t Geol. Mag., May, 1908. Mineralogical Mag., Nov., 1908. Jo urn. 
B. Micr. Soc, 1908, pp. 431-5. 
