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One striking feature of Dr Traquair’s work was his artistic restora- 
tions of the fossil forms, which have been largely reproduced in scientific 
text-books. 
Honours fell to him in recognition of his work. At an early age he was 
elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, largely through the influ- 
ence of Professor Huxley, who fully appreciated the value of his earliest 
researches. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University 
of Edinburgh. He was awarded the Neill Medal and Makdougall-Brisbane 
Medal by this Society, the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society, and, 
lastly, the honour which he prized most of all, a Royal Medal by the 
Royal Society. 
Dr Traquair was not a man who carried his heart upon his sleeve. He 
had certain idiosyncrasies which tended to repel rather than attract. But 
those who knew him intimately, and who were in a position to discuss 
with him the bearing of his work, realised that underneath this veneer 
there was much kindliness of heart. Above all, he was a genuine lover of 
truth, whose great aim was to avoid reckless generalisation and to promote 
the study of fossil ichthyology by thorough and rigidly accurate methods. 
