HA. NAT.. 
\UL. XVIIT., No. a. UlilTUARY . 
MR. W. J. KIMBER. 
On July lltly 1937, Mr. W. J. Kimber, Secretary of the 
Fruit Glowers and Market (lardeners Association, died in his 
76th year, and his death removes from our midst a notable and 
inspiring personality. 
His interests were wide and his activities in the Fruitgrowing 
and Natural History world were appreciated and admired by all. 
Conchology was Mr. Kimber’s principal hobby, and he accum- 
ulated a large representative collection of both Australian and 
foreign shells, which was neatly displayed in his private Con- 
chological room. His collection of South Australian Tertiary 
Mollusca was one of the best private collections outside an in- 
stitution and contained particularly well-preserved specimens 
painstakingl)' extracted from the rocks. Aldinga was Ins “happy 
hunting ground,” but he collected at many places in South Aus- 
tralia and made one trip to the Capricorne Group. 
Although Mr. Kimber did not venture to publish anvthing 
in connection with this hobby, his name will be perpetuaf_ed in 
conchological literature, for three species and one genus have 
been named after him. They are here listed. 
Adeorbis kirnberi \ erco 1907. A minute shell taken at Al- 
dinga, South Australia. 
Kimberia kimberi \erco 1908. A genus of small Turitellid 
shells named after the discoverer by Cotton and Woods, 
in 1935, the genotype being the species kimberi \'erco. 
Emarginula kimberi Cotton 1930. A keyhole limpet taken In- 
Mr. Kimber at North West Islet, Capricorn Group. 
From the same locality he also took a remarkable cuttle- 
bone, Tenuisepia mira Cotton 1932. 
It was Mr. Kimber who discovered the first three specimens 
of fossil Chitons taken in South Australia in the Upper Pliocene, 
from a bore at Torrcnsville. These were described by Ashby 
and Cotton in 1936. 
In 1918 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of 
South Australia and frequently exhibited interesting specimens 
at the meetings. 
'Fhe Field Naturalists Section also valued Mr. Kimber as an 
active member and listened appreciati\'el\- to his numerous popular 
lectures. The Shell Collectors' Club, of which he was a founda- 
tion member, elected him as Chairman on several successive oc- 
casions. Incidentally, Mr. Kimber was also a prominent mem- 
ber of the Malachological Society of South Australia, founded in 
1896, and continued his membership until 1917. 
His wife and two daughters survive him. 
