MEMORIAL 
TO 
DR. THOMAS BIDDLE. 
Elected a Director of the Society, December 8th, 1898. 
Appointed to Executive Committee, February 9th, 1899. 
Chairman Executive Committee, from May 2d, 1906. 
Dr. Thomas Biddle, a Director of the Zoological 
Society, died of pneumonia on the night of Friday, 
February 19th, of this year. Dr. Biddle was elected a 
director of the Society in 1898. For many years he had 
been Chairman of the Executive Committee. His 
interest in the Zoological Garden was unflagging. His 
time and energy were devoted to its welfare. He con- 
tinually presented many interesting and valuable ani- 
mals to the collection. The present prosperity of the 
Garden is largely the result of his labors. His sterling 
virile qualities, his generosity, his unselfish efforts, and 
his kindliness, endeared him to the keepers and to all 
others working at the Garden. 
The Directors of the Zoological Society have suffered 
an irreparable loss in the death of their friend and 
colleague. 
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