Obituary

Abstract

During the last few years the Society has lost through death no fewer than six of its most active and distinguished members, Professor C. H. Oldham who died in 1926, Sir William Thompson and Dr. Ninian Falkiner who died in 1929, and Messrs. Thomas Barrington, John Hooper, and Sparkhall Brown whose deaths occurred in tragic succession within an interval of little more than a year (1930-1931). All these gentlemen had occupied high office in the Society, contributed notably to its proceedings, and had worked indefatigably to further its objects. The following memoirs record briefly some of the principal facts of their careers and of their connection with the Society.