REV. H. W. CROSSKEY, LL.D., F.G.S. 
At a meeting of the Council of the Birmingham Natural 
History and Microscopical Society, held at the Mason College, on 
Tuesday, 3rd October, 1893, it was moved by the President, 
Mr. W. H. Wilkinson, seconded by Mr. W. R. Hughes, and 
resolved unanimously— 
“ That this Council desire to place on record their deep sense of 
the loss which the Society has sustained by the passing away of the 
Reverend H. W. Crosskey, LL.D., F.G.S., a former President and 
active member, who, at an early period of its existence, rendered 
invaluable services which helped to place the Society on its present 
sound basis. Dr. Crosskey’s scientific abilities and attainments 
are well and widely known and appreciated, but in addition to their 
permanent value and to the aid he has rendered to education in 
this city, the Council wish to acknowledge the graceful courtesy and 
the kind and genial manner of their friend, whose stores of know¬ 
ledge were always placed at the service of his fellow-members. The 
Council cordially sympathise with Mrs. Crosskey and family in 
their sorrowful bereavement.” 
At the annual meeting of the Birmingham Philosophical Society, 
held at Mason College, on Thursday, October 19th, the following 
resolution was proposed by the President, Professor Poynting, 
F.R.S., seconded by Professor Hillhouse, F.L.S., and unanimously 
agreed to :— 
“ That the members of the Birmingham Philosophical Society 
desire to place on record their sense of the loss which they, in 
common with other scientific and educational societies in the city, 
have sustained in the death of Dr. Crosskey, who was one of the 
founders of the society, for many years secretary, and later its 
president. To his untiring activity the success of the society is 
largely due. The members beg respectfully to offer to Mrs. Crosskey 
and her family this expression of sympathy with them in their 
great loss.” 
November, 1893. 
