Address of the President, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, at the anniversary meeting, November 30, 1934

Death has this year exacted a toll on our Fellowship which is heavier than usual. We have lost one distinguished Foreign Member and twenty-two Fellows. In the list are the names of two who did fine service for the Society on its Council and in office. Sir Arthur Schuster was a Secretary for seven years and Foreign Secretary for four. Sir William Hardy was Secretary during the difficult War years and after, serving from 1915-25. Each of these while in office gave loyal service to the internal affairs of the Society and by their enterprise made for it national and international contacts from which it gained in prestige and influence. Arthur Schuster, while a most able and successful investigator, displayed great capacity and foresight in the conduct of affairs. He foresaw the future which was so abundantly to justify the foundation of Manchester University as an independent institution, and he took a leading part in the movement which resulted in that foundation.