GOMME, SIR GEORGE LAURENCE knighted 1911, English archaeologist, was born in London on Dec. 17, 1853, and educated at the City of London school. As a boy he entered tire service of the Metropolitan Board of Works; but in 1891 he was appointed statistical officer to the London County Council, becoming in 1900 clerk to the council. Few men have possessed a more profound knowledge of the past and present his tory of London, and his book The Making of London is a classic on the subject. He died at Long Crendon, Bucks., on Feb. 25, 1916.