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of the science which was thus thrust upon him, and with such' 
success that he ’was enabled, in 1820, to publish the results of 
some original observations on the physical structure of Devon 
and Cornwall. During the remainder of his days he devoted 
himself to the science which he thus took up, and continued as 
long as strength permitted, to spend his leisure time in original 
field-work. By his researches among the old rocks of Cumber- 
land and North Wales he was enabled to establish his “ Cambrian 
System.” As a lecturer he exerted peculiar influence, and many 
of his pupils, fascinated by his enthusiasm, have become geologists 
of the first rank. In 1833 Sedgwick presided over the meeting 
of the British Association at Cambridge, and the following year 
he was made a canon of Norwich Cathedral. The Woodwardian 
Museum at Cambridge was founded by Sedgwick in 1842, and 
to such an extent has this magnificent collection of organic 
remains since grown that new buildings are about to be erected 
for its accommodation. Professor Sedgwick died on January 
27th, 1873, and was succeeded by Mr. T. McK. Hughes, formerly 
of the Geological Survey. 
Sedgwick’s life has been written, in two volumes, by Mr. J. W. 
Clark and Professor Hughes. 
The bust is appropriately mounted on a pedestal of encrinital 
limestone (No. 203) from the Yoredaie series of carboniferous rocks 
at Dent, in Yorkshire — Sedgwick’s birthplace. 
George Bellas Greenough, F.R.S . — An original bust by 
Neville Barnard, 1859. Presented^ by the late Miss E. M» 
Smedley. No. 206. 
George Bellas Greenough, the founder of the Geological 
Society, was born in 1778, and died at Naples in 1855. Intending 
to follow the legal profession, Mr. Greenough, after studying at 
Cambridge, proceeded to the University of Gottingen, where the 
attractions of Blumenbach’s lectures on natural history induced 
him to abandon the law, and devote his energies to the pursuit 
of natural science. With this view he subsequently studied 
at the mining school of Freiberg, under the distinguished 
Werner, whose views he warmly espoused during the unhappy 
controversy between the Neptunists and Vulcanists. In the 
formation of the Geological Society of London, Mr. Greenough 
took a mpst active part, and. in spite of the opposition offered 
by the Royal Society, his exertions were rewarded by its com- 
plete organisation. As an appropriate honour to one who had 
steadfastly supported its foundation, Greenough was elected 
the first president, a position which he continued to hold for 
several years. 
Although possessing rich stores of information, accumulated 
during a long and zealous life, Mr. Greenough was not a great 
writer; but his profound acquaintance with the sciences of 
geology and geography is sufficiently attested by his valuable 
