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).

fa bro, Robert ROSCOE, poet, wrote “King Alfred.”

me, Maria, nee FLETCHER, artist and authoress, wrote “Life of Vittoria Colonna.”

me si, Harriet FLETCHER, authoress of “Tales for Children.”

fa bro son, William Caldwell ROSCOE (1822-1859), poet and essayist.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

fa si son, William Stanley JEVONS (1835-1882), F.R.S., economist and logician; Professor of Logic and Political Economy at Owens Coll., 1866-1879; at University Coll., London, 1876-1880; influential writer.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

me si son, Rt.  Hon. Charles BOOTH, P.C., F.R.S. (q.v.).

me si son, Charles CROMPTON.—­See BOOTH.

me si son, Henry CROMPTON.—­See BOOTH.

#ROSSE#, fourth Earl of.—­See PARSONS.

Edward John #ROUTH# (b. 1831), Sc.D., Camb., Sc.D. (hon.), Dublin,
    LL.D. (hon.) Glasgow, F.R.S., Senior Wrangler and Smith’s prize,
    1854; Adams prize, 1877; has had twenty-seven Senior Wranglers
    and more than forty Smith’s Prizemen for pupils.  Author of
    several books on theoretical dynamics and of many mathematical
    papers.—­["Who’s Who.”]

fa, Sir Randolph Isham ROUTH (1782-1858), K.C.B., 1848; Commissary-General; saw much foreign service, and was senior commissariat officer at Waterloo.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

me bro, Hon. Jean Thos.  TASCHEREAU, Judge of King’s Bench in Canada.

me bro, His Eminence Elzear Alexandre TASCHEREAU (b. 1820), son of the above; Cardinal-Priest of the Roman Catholic Church, and Archbishop of Quebec.

me bro son, Hon. Sir Henri Thomas TASCHEREAU (b. 1841), Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.

me bro son, Hon. Henri Elzear TASCHEREAU (b. 1836), Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada; author of many works on law. (For the Taschereau family see “Canadian Men and Women of the Time.”)

fa son 1/2 bro, C.H.F.  ROUTH, eminent London physician.

fa son son, Amand J. McC.  ROUTH, M.D., F.R.C.P., obstetric physician to Charing Cross Hospital, consulting obstetric physician to three other hospitals; author of numerous papers and articles on Midwifery and Gynaecology.—­["Who’s Who.”]

wife’s fa, Sir George B. AIRY (1801-1892), K.C.B., F.R.S., eminent mathematician and astronomer; Senior Wrangler, 1823; Astronomer Royal, 1835-1881.

Dukinfield Henry #SCOTT# (b. 1854), F.R.S., Hon. Keeper Jodrell
    Lab., Royal Gardens, Kew; Botanical Sec. of the Linnaean Soc.;
    President of the Royal Microscopical Soc.; author of “An
    Introduction to Structural Botany,” “Studies in Fossil Botany,”
    and various papers in “Phil.  Trans.,” etc.—­["Who’s Who.”]

fa fa fa, Thomas SCOTT (1747-1821), Chaplain of Lock Hosp., London, afterwards Rector of Aston Sandford; produced a commentary on the Bible in weekly parts from 1788-1792; author of many religious writings.—­["Dict.  N. Biog.”]

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