Index

To

The President’s Address

Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.  XX, (1888), pp. 25-33.

by

The Very Rev. B. Cowie, D.D.

Prepared by Michael Steer

The Devonshire Association’s Presidential Address was presented at its July 1888 Exeter meeting. Dean Cowie’s address is a considered and optimistic retrospective on progress to date of the contemporary Sciences. The author, Benjamin Morgan Cowie was appointed Dean of Exeter Cathedral in 1883. The Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 Supplement, provides much detailed information about Dean Cowie’s life and his many remarkable contributions. He died in London on 3 May 1900. His extensive obituary is available in GENUKI. The Dean’s Presidential Address, from a copy of a rare journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.