contact with Divers. The contribution of Divers to education was recognised by the Japanese government, which, in 1886, conferred upon him the Order of the Rising Sun of the Third Class, in 1898, the Order of the Sacred Treasure of the Second Class. He was further an Honorary Member of the Tokyo Chemical Society, the Society of Chemical Industry of Japan, and the Engineering Society, the last of which was established by students of Divers at the Engineering College. On leaving Japan in 1899, Tokyo Imperial University conferred upon him the title of Professor Emeritus. A memorial bust of Divers was erected in the university grounds on 17 November 1900. Divers was survived by his two daughters, both of whom were married in Japan. The elder, Edith, being married to Count Labry, a military attache to the French Legation in Tokyo, and the younger, Ella, to E. W. Tilden, a resident of Kobe. References Further reading The Times, Wednesday, 10 April 1912; page 9; Issue 39869; col B. 1837 births 1912 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society British chemists Foreign advisors to the government in Meiji-period Japan People educated at the City of London School Academics of the University of Birmingham Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class Academic staff of the University of Tokyo