Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 108 pages of information about Noteworthy Families (Modern Science).

Noteworthy Families (Modern Science) eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 108 pages of information about Noteworthy Families (Modern Science).

si, Mary Evelyn DE MORGAN artist.

si, Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina STIRLING, author of novels and tales under the name of Percival PICKERING.

Sir William #RAMSAY# (b. 1852), K.C.B., LL.D., D.Sc., Ph.D.,
    F.R.S., F.C.S.; Professor of Chemistry, University Coll., London,
    since 1887; sometime Professor of Chemistry and Principal of
    University Coll., Bristol; has published numerous important
    scientific papers.—­["Who’s Who.”]

fa fa, William RAMSAY, manufacturing chemist; first made acetic acid from wood; discovered bi-chrome; President of the first Chemical Society, Glasgow, 1796, which was merged in the Glasgow Philosophical Society, 1802.

fa bro, Sir Andrew Crombie RAMSAY (1814-1891), F.R.S., Professor of Geology, University Coll., London, 1847; Director-General of the Geological Survey, 1871.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

mo bro, Robert ROBERTSON, editor of a daily London paper (about 1835).

#RAYLEIGH#, Lord.—­See STRUTT.

Clement #REID#, F.R.S., District Geologist on Survey of England and
    Wales; author of many works on Geology.—­["Who’s Who.”]

si, Margery Anna REID, B.Sc., London; science mistress at Ladies’ Coll., Cheltenham; very successful as a teacher.

me bro son, Harold Leslie BARNARD, surgeon, and inventor of apparatus for testing blood-pressure.

me me bro, Michael FARADAY (1791-1867), F.R.S., Fullerian Professor Royal Institution; famous chemist and electrician; started his scientific career as assistant to Sir Humphry Davy.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

me fa bro, George BARNARD, landscape artist and author of many books on drawing and painting.

me fa bro son, Frederick BARNARD (1846-1896), artist and caricaturist; illustrator of Dickens, contributor to “Punch,” etc.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

Sir Henry Enfield #ROSCOE#, Ph.D., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., Professor
    of Chemistry Owens College, Manchester, 1857-1887; President
    Society of Chemical Industry, 1881; of Chemical Society, 1882;
    knighted, 1884; M.P. for S. division of Manchester, 1885-1895;
    President of Brit.  Assoc., 1887; Vice-Chancellor of the
    University of London, 1896-1902; author of many memoirs and works
    on chemistry.—­["Who’s Who.”]

fa fa, William ROSCOE (1753-1831), historian, poet, and philanthropist; author of “Lives of Lorenzo de’ Medici,” of “Leo X.,” and of several volumes of verse; M.P. for Liverpool, 1806-1807; promoter and first President of its Royal Institution.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

fa, Henry ROSCOE (1800-1836), biographer, including Life of his father.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

fa bro, Thomas ROSCOE (1791-1871), miscellaneous writer and translator.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

fa bro, William Stanley ROSCOE, poet.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

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