si son, Major Nevill Maskelyne SMYTH, obtained V.C. at Battle of Khartoum.—["Who’s Who.”]
wife, nee Dillwyn LLEWELYN.
wi fa fa, Lewis Weston
DILLWYN (1778-1855), F.R.S., well known
as a botanist; established
Cambrian Pottery Works at Swansea;
M.P. for Glamorganshire, 1832-1841.—["Dict.
N. Biog.”]
wi fa, John Dillwyn
LLEWELYN, F.R.S., early experimenter in
photography.
wi fa si son, Traherne
MOGGRIDGE, author of “Flora of Mentone,”
“Harvesting Ants,”
and “Trapdoor Spiders.”
wi me bro, Christopher
Rice Mansel TALBOT, first-class
mathematics, Oxford, 1823;
Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire,
M.P., “Father of the
House of Commons.”—["Oxf. Reg.”]
wi me me si son, William Henry Fox TALBOT (1800-1877), F.R.S., independent inventor of photography, his (wet) processes, talbotype, etc., being those which have survived in various forms. He also discovered the direct method of printing by the autotype process. A distinguished mathematician, he furthermore was one of the earliest interpreters of cuneiform writing; M.P. for Chippenham, 1833-1834.—["Dict. N. Biog.”]
Raphael #MELDOLA# (b. 1849), F.R.S., Professor of
Chemistry in
Finsbury Technical Coll.;
discoverer of many new products and
processes in the manufacture
of coal-tar dyes; also well known as
a naturalist; has been President
of the Entomological Soc. and of
the Essex Field Club.—["Who’s
Who.”]
fa fa, Raphael MELDOLA (1754-1828), invited to London, in 1805, on account of his fame as a theologian, to preside as High Rabbi over the London congregation of British Jews belonging to the Spanish and Portuguese community; author of many theological works.—["Dict. N. Biog.”]
fa bro, David MELDOLA, succeeded his father as chief of the community, though not given the same high rank; author of theological works.
me bro, Joseph ABRAHAM, founded a large and successful firm in Bristol; took a prominent part in municipal affairs, and became the first Jewish mayor of Bristol.
fa si son, Abram DE SOLA, Professor of Oriental literature in McGill Coll., Montreal; the only Jewish divine ever invited to open Congress by the U.S. Government; erudite scholar, and author of theological works.
me bro son, Harry ABRAHAM, a man of business, and councillor and Mayor of Southampton.
Louis C. #MIALL# (b. 1842), F.R.S., Professor of Biology,
University, Leeds; Fullerian
Professor of Physiology, Royal
Inst.; President Zool.
Sec. British Assoc., 1897; author of
memoirs and books on natural
history.—["Who’s Who.”]
fa, James Goodeve MIALL (Rev.), Chairman of Congregational Union.
fa bro, Edward MIALL (1809-1881), Independent minister at Leicester, 1834; established and edited the “Nonconformist,” 1841; M.P., Rochdale, 1852-1857, Bradford, 1869-1874; strove for Disestablishment of Church.—["Dict. N. Biog.”]