Obituary notices of fellows deceased
By the death of Sir George Howard Darwin, which took place on December 7 last, the Society has lost an investigator of rare skill and untiring patience, whose work has done much to add lustre to a name already pre-eminent in the annals of British science. Sir George, the second son of Charles Darwin, was born at Down, Kent, in the year 1845. Brought up amidst scientifc surroundings from the start, he received his early education privately at the hands of Rev. Charles Pritchard, who afterwards became Savilian Professor of Astronomy in the University of Oxford. Among Pritchard’s pupils at the time were numbered the sons of many of England’s leading scientists, and many of these in turn have since won for themselves distinguished careers, no fewer than three having officiated in after years as presidents of the British Association.