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
_fa bro son_, Lieutenant-Colonel James Aylmer Lowthorpe HALDANE (b.
1862), D.S.O., served with distinction in Chitral, Tirah, and South
Africa, and has won rapid promotion; author of "How we Escaped from
Pretoria."--["Who's Who."]
_me fa me bro_, John SCOTT, first Earl of ELDON (1751-1838), famous
Lord Chancellor of England.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
_me fa me bro_, William SCOTT, first Baron STOWELL (1745-1836), Judge
of High Court of Admiralty.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
_fa fa me bro_, Adam DUNCAN (1731-1804), cr. Viscount DUNCAN of
CAMPERDOWN 1797, after the Battle of Camperdown, in which he defeated
the Dutch Admiral, De Winter.--["Dict. N. Biog.," and "Life," by his
great-grandson, the present Earl of Camperdown.]
_fa me me bro_, Sir Ralph ABERCROMBY (1734-1801), General; served
with distinction in Flanders, 1795; commanded expedition against
French in West Indies, 1795; commanded troops in Mediterranean, 1800;
defeated French at Alexandria, where he died of his wounds.--["Dict.
N. Biog."]
_fa me me bro_, Sir Robert ABERCROMBY (1740-1827), General; Governor
and Commander-in-Chief, Bombay, 1790; reduced Tippoo Sultan, 1792;
conducted second Rohilla War.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
William Abbott #HERDMAN# (b. 1858), D.Sc., F.R.S., P.L.S., General
Secretary of British Association, Professor of Natural History,
University of Liverpool, since 1881; has worked particularly at
marine biology; was one of the founders of the Port Erin
Biological Station, and of the seafish hatchery at Piel; was sent
to Ceylon 1901-1902 to investigate the pearl oyster fishery for
the Government (results published by the Royal Society,
1903-1905); author of numerous zoological works.--["Who's Who."]
_fa me_, Sophia HERDMAN, great ability and strength of character
shown by the way she brought up her four sons, after having been left
a widow early in life.
_fa_, Robert HERDMAN (1829-1888), R.S.A., well known in Scotland as a
portrait and historical painter; also a good Greek scholar, an
antiquary, and student of Shakespearian literature.--["Dict. N.
Biog."]
_fa bro_, William HERDMAN, Presbyterian minister at Rattray; an
antiquary, good botanist, and geologist.
_fa bro_, James Chalmers HERDMAN, D.D. (hon.), Presbyterian minister
of Melrose; a popular preacher and convener of foreign missions.
_fa bro son_, James Chalmers HERDMAN, D.D. (hon.), occupies a leading
position in the Scottish Church in Canada.
Sydney John #HICKSON# (b. 1859), F.R.S., D.Sc., Professor of
Zoology, Owens Coll., Manchester, since 1894; author of "A
Naturalist in North Celebes," "The Fauna of the Deep Sea," "The
Story of Life in the Seas," and many scientific memoirs.--["Who's
Who."]
_fa bro_, William Edward HICKSON (1803-1870), educational writer;
author of "Time and Faith," etc.; editor of "Westminster Review,"
1840-1852.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
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