In 1901, for the trustees of the Natural History Museum, he made excavations of fossil bones from Pikermi (near Athens). His contribution to palaeoichthyology resulted in him receiving many awards, including a Royal Medal from the Royal Society in 1917, the Lyell and Wollaston Medals of the Geological Society, the Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society and the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1914.
In 1901, he conducted excavations of fossil bones from Pikermi (near Athens) for the trustees of the Natural History Museum. His contributions to palaeoichthyology earned him numerous awards, including a Royal Medal from the Royal Society in 1917, the Lyell and Wollaston Medals of the Geological Society, the Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society, and the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1914.