BARNABY, SIR NATHANIEL English naval architect, was born at Chatham on Feb. 25, 1829, and died at Lewisham on June 15, 1915. From 18S4 to 1885 Barnaby was employed in the constructive department of the Admiralty, during which time he took an active part in the great changes in naval construction, iron taking the place of wood, and steel of iron, as the material for shipbuilding, in his time. In 1864 he was ap pointed Assistant Naval Constructor, and in 1870, on the resig nation of Sir Edward Reed, chief Constructor, Barnaby was made President of a Council of Construction, and in 1872 defi nitely received the title of Chief Naval Architect, afterwards changed to that of Director of Naval Construction. In 1885 he was made a K.C.B., but in that year he was obliged to retire from public service, on account of ill health. Barnaby contrib uted articles on the Navy and Shipbuilding to the 9th edition of the Encyclo peedia Britannica. He was one of the founders of the Institution of Naval Architects, and contributed to its Transac tions, besides writing, among other works, Abridgments of fications Relating to Shipbuilding, etc., from 1618 to the Present Time (1862), and Naval Development in the igth Century (1902) .