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W. S. Boulton, the present occupant of the Chair of Geology 
at the University of Birmingham. He also attended courses 
in geology under the late Professor J. W. Judd at the Royal 
College of Science. While at University College, Cardiff, 
Dr. Gilligan took an active part in the athletic and social 
life of the College, gaining his colours in cricket, football 
and tennis, and also acting as President of the Students' 
Representative Council. After graduating in the University 
of Wales he was for a short time on the staff of the Glossop 
Technical School before being appointed as demonstrator and 
assistant lecturer in the Geological Department of the Leeds 
University in 1907. Dr. Gilligan ’s subsequent career is well 
known to our readers, and we have frequently referred to his 
work on the Millstone Grit. In congratulating Dr. Gilligan 
upon his appointment, we sympathise with him in following 
a man of the type of Prof. Kendall, whose shoes will take 
a lot of filling ! 
TRIBUTE TO PROF. KENDALL. 
The Council of the University passed the following resolu- 
tion in appreciation of Professor Kendall’s services : — The 
Council record their appreciation of the distinguished service 
which has been rendered to the science of geology, and to the 
University of Leeds, by Professor Kendall, who now retires 
from his Chair on reaching the age limit of his academic 
duties. As a member of the staff of the Yorkshire College 
and of the University of Leeds for more than thirty years. 
Professor Kendall has advanced the study of geology in the 
University by his gifts as a teacher, and by his powers of 
interpretative research. He has taken an active part in the 
corporate life of the University, and has placed the resources 
of the Department of Geology at the service of students of 
mining, agriculture and geography.’ 
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The Rev. J. B. McGovern writes on the old theme of ‘ The Battle of 
Brunanburgh ’ in the Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Anti- 
quarian Society, Vol. XXXVIII. 
The Annual Report of the Spalding Gentlemen’ s Society for 1921 con- 
tains a good list of useful additions to the Society’s library and museum. 
The Society was founded in 1710, and is thus one of the oldest of its kind 
in the country. 
The Proceedings of the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society 
(Vol. IX., Part 2) contain an elaborate report of the Meteorological 
Committee by F. C. Bayard. Other items are ‘ The Saxon Settlement 
of North-East Surrey,’ by A. F. Major ; and. * Circular Churchyards,’ by 
A. H. Allcroft. 
No. 309 of The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 
contains an account of its annual meeting, including R. D. Oldham's 
Presidential Address on ‘ The Cause and Character of Earthquakes,’ 
and a paper by G. W. Lamplugh ‘ On the Junction of Gault and Lower 
Greensand near Leighton Buzzard.’ 
1922 June 1 
