me fa, James THOMSON.
me bro, William THOMSON, Lord Kelvin, F.R.S.
me bro, James THOMSON, F.R.S.
See THOMSON for the above.
Sir Dietrich #BRANDIS# (b. 1824), K.C.I.E., F.R.S.,
Superintendent
of Forests, British Burmah,
1856-1864; Inspector-General of
Forests to the Government
of India, 1864-1883.—["Who’s Who.”]
fa fa, Joachim Dietrich BRANDIS, born at Hildesheim, where his ancestors had governed the town as Burgemeister for centuries; practised medicine at Brunswick, Driburg, and Pyrmont; Professor of Pathology at Kiel; ultimately physician to the Queen of Denmark.
fa, Christian August BRANDIS, secretary of the Prussian Legation in Rome, 1818; afterwards Professor of Philosophy at Bonn; went to Athens, 1837-1839, as confidential adviser to King Otho, partly with regard to the organization of schools and colleges in Greece; author of a “History of Greek Philosophy.”
me bro, Friedrich HAUSMANN, Professor of Mineralogy and Geology at Goettingen; author of a “Handbook of Mineralogy.”
bro, Johannes BRANDIS, for many years Kabinetsrath of H.M. Empress Augusta, Queen of Prussia.
me si son, Julius VON HARTMANN, commanded a cavalry division in the Franco-German War; after the war was Governor of Strasburg.
Alexander Crum #BROWN# (b. 1838), M.D., D.Sc., LL.D.,
F.R.S.,
Professor of Chemistry at
Edinburgh University since 1869;
president of the Chemical
Soc., London, 1892-1893.—["Who’s
Who.”]
fa fa fa, John BROWN (1722-1787), of Haddington, Biblical commentator; as a herd boy taught himself Latin, Greek, and learned Hebrew with the aid of a teacher, at one time a pedlar; served as a soldier in the Edinburgh garrison, 1745; minister to the Burgher congregation at Haddington, 1750-1787; acted as Professor of Divinity to Burgher students after 1767.—["Dict. N. Biog.”]
fa fa, John BROWN (1754-1832), Scottish divine; minister of Burgher church at Whitburn, 1776-1832; wrote memoirs of James Hervey, 1806, and many religious treatises.—["Dict. N. Biog.”]
fa, John BROWN (1784-1858), minister of Burgher church at Biggor, 1806; of Secession Church at Edinburgh, 1822; D.D., 1830; Professor of Exegetics Secession Coll., 1834, and in United Presbyterian Coll. 1847; author of many exegetical commentaries.—["Dict. N. Biog.”]
me bro, Walter CRUM, F.R.S., manufacturer at Thornliebank, near Glasgow; a successful man of business and a very able chemist.
fa son, John BROWN (1810-1882), M.D., practised in Edinburgh with success; author of “Horae Subsecivae,” “Rab and his Friends.”—["Dict. N. Biog.”]
fa si son, Robert JOHNSTONE (b.1832), D.D., LL.B., Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis in the United Free Church Coll., Aberdeen; has published works on the New Testament.—["Who’s Who.”]