The origin, development and aims of our scientific societies / [Sir John Evans].

  • John Evans
Date:
1900
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    with regard to some of the losses by death that the Society has sustained during the course of the last twelve months. The sad and unexpected decease of H.R.H. Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, but even better known in this country as Duke of Edinburgh, cast a gloom over the whole empire. The Council have tendered to the President, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and through him to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, the assur¬ ance of their dutiful and loyal sympathy. The late Duke had since 1872 been one of the Vice-Presidents of this Society, and always took a warm interest in its welfare. In Sir John Bennet Lawes we have lost not only a distinguished member, but one of the greatest benefactors to agriculture that this century has seen. The son of a country gentle¬ man, he took possession of the family estate at Rothamsted, near St. Albans, in 1834, and from that time constantly inaugurated and carried on experiments in practical and scientific farming. In 1843, he called to his aid Dr. (now Sir) Joseph Henry Gilbert, who became his lifelong friend and coadjutor, and the Rothamsted experiments, carried on through their joint labours, have a world-wide reputation. With the view of continuing these experiments, and when thought desirable of extending their scope, Sir John Lawes, with almost unparalleled liberality, founded, in 1889, the Lawes Agricultural Trust, and while