Noteworthy families (modern science) : $b An index to kinships in near degrees between persons whose achievements are honourable, and have been publicly recordedGalton, Francis
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Noteworthy families (modern science) : $b An index to kinships in near degrees between persons whose achievements are honourable, and have been publicly recorded
Galton, Francis
Eugenics
_me si son_, Sir Henry Enfield ROSCOE, F.R.S. (q.v.)
Robert Holford Macdowall #BOSANQUET#, F.R.S. (b. 1841). Fellow of
St. John's Coll., Oxford; author of many mathematical and
physical memoirs, chiefly in the "Philosophical Magazine."
_fa fa bro_, Sir John Bernard BOSANQUET (1773-1847), Judge of Common
Pleas, 1830; Lord Commissioner of Great Seal, 1835-1836.--["Dict. N.
Biog."]
_bro_, Bernard BOSANQUET (b. 1848), Prof. of Moral Philosophy, St.
Andrews, since 1903; formerly Fellow of University Coll., Oxford;
worked in connection with Charity Organization Society; author of
many books on philosophy.--["Who's Who."]
_bro_, Vice-Admiral Day Hort BOSANQUET (b. 1843),
Commander-in-Chief West Indian Station since 1904; previously
Commander-in-Chief East Indian.--["Who's Who."]
_fa son_, Charles Bertie Pulleine BOSANQUET (b. 1834), a founder
and the first secretary of the Charity Organization Society.
_me fa bro_, Hay MACDOWALL (d. 1806), Commander-in-Chief of Madras
Presidency.
_fa son son_, Robert Carr BOSANQUET (b. 1871), archaeologist,
director of British School of Archaeology at Athens.
_me si son_, Ralph DUNDAS, head of large and influential firm of
Dundas and Wilson, Writers to the Signet, Edinburgh. His relatives on
his father's side include his--
_fa_, John DUNDAS, worked up the business of Dundas and Wilson
into its present position.
_fa fa son_, Sir David DUNDAS (1799-1877), Judge-Advocate-General
and Privy Councillor, 1849.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
_fa fa son_, George DUNDAS, Judge in Scotch Courts under the
title of Lord MANOR.
_fa fa son son_, David DUNDAS, K.C. (b. 1854), Judge in Scotch
Courts under the title of Lord DUNDAS; Solicitor-General for
Scotland, 1903.--["Who's Who."]
James Thomson #BOTTOMLEY# (Hon. LL.D., Glasgow), D.Sc., F.R.S.,
electrical engineer (1870-1899); Arnott and Thomson, Demonstrator
in the University of Glasgow.--["Who's Who."]
_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."
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