_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."] _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."]