Sketch of Dr. A. R. C. Schvyn.—Auii. 15 
Selwyn received many honors in his day. Besides occupy- 
ing- various official and responsible positions appertaining to 
his office as head of the Geological Survey of Canada in the 
different international exhibitions which entailed a great deal 
of executive ability and work, he was created a C. M. G. (com- 
panion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) by Her 
Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, who conferred the 
honor upon him in person, Selwyn having been summoned to 
appear at Windsor Castle during the summer of 1886. He 
was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of England, was 
one of the original fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, 
founded by the marquis of Lome, now the duke of Argyle, 
and was elected to the presidency of that society in 1896. 
He also received the medal of the "Acclimatization So- 
cietv" of Melbourne, Australia, in 1881. He received the de- 
gree of doctor of laws (LL.D.) for his distinguished services 
in the field of geology and was president of the Natural His- 
tory Society of Montreal in the days when the Canadian Sur- 
vey was located in that city. 
In preparing this account of the life and work of our late 
lamented "chief", the writer desires to acknowledge his in- 
debtedness to Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., etc. for his able 
article on Dr. Selwyn published in the February number of 
the Geological Magazine for 1899 as one of a series of or- 
iginal articles on "Eminent living Geologists." He quoted 
largely from this source; also from the list of publications is- 
sued by the Royal Societies of England and Canada, and from 
N. H. Darton's valuable "Index" of publications on the geol- 
ogy' of North America, and to Monsieur Michel Mourlon's 
''Bibliographia Geologica." 
In the office Selwtyn was a strict disciplinarian. He loved 
order and system as well as courtesy and deference due to su- 
perior officers, such as is the custom in the old world. Neat- 
ness seemed to be one of his leading characteristics, and in the 
reports and work that he received from the staff he expected 
the same. The more stern and severe official side of his nature 
was in marked contrast with the sociable, amiable and chival- 
rous which characterized him in his own home ; in private 
and in public gatherings he always strove and appeared to 
advantage. 
