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 excavated fossil bones from Pikermi (near Athens) for the Natural History Museum trustees, which led to him receiving numerous awards for his work on palaeoichthyology, 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.