James William Helenus #TRAIL# (b. 1851), F.R.S., Regius Professor of Botany, University of Aberdeen, since 1877; naturalist of an exploring expedition in N. Brazil, 1873-1875; has been largely occupied in the administrative work of the University and of other educational bodies in N. Scotland; has published numerous botanical and zoological papers in scientific journals.--["Who's Who."] _fa_, Samuel TRAIL, LL.D., D.D. (both hon.), obtained Hutton Scholarship in Aberdeen as the most distinguished graduate of his year, 1825; Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1867; Moderator of Church of Scotland, 1874. _me bro_, Hercules SCOTT, LL.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy in the King's Coll. and University, Old Aberdeen, 1820-1860; said to have taken a large part in the administration of the University. _bro_, John Arbuthnot TRAIL, LL.D., Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh; prominent in administration connected with the University of Edinburgh, the Church of Scotland, and other public bodies. _me si son_, David BROWN, General; formerly Commissioner of Lower Burmah. John #VENN# (b. 1834), D.Sc., F.R.S., Fellow of Caius Coll., Cambridge; President, 1903; for many years lecturer on Moral Philosophy at Cambridge; author of many works on logic, and of "A Biographical History of Gonville and Caius Coll."--["Who's Who."] _fa fa_, John VENN (1759-1813), scientific and mechanical interests; one of the first to adopt vaccination, applying it to his own children, and recommending it in the parish of Clapham, where he was rector in 1800; the principal founder of the Church Missionary Soc., 1798, the rules of which he sketched out much as they are still retained.--["Dict. N. Biog."] _fa_, Henry VENN (1796-1873), Wrangler and Fellow of Queens' Coll., Cambridge; for many years secretary and practically manager of the Church Missionary Soc., the income of which increased under his guidance to over L100,000 per annum; vicar of Drypool, 1827, and of St. John's, Holloway, London, 1834-1846.--["Dict. N. Biog."] _fa bro_, John VENN (1802-1890), Wrangler and Fellow of Queens' Coll., Cambridge; much practical skill and success in philanthropic schemes in his parish of St. Peter's at Hereford; he started a steam corn-mill, which was so successful that it led to many other developments in the way of aiding the industrious--e.g., a loan department, which, by 1848, had advanced some L18,000 to various poor and struggling persons, and an extensive experimental garden for teaching garden allotment and small farm work, etc. _fa si son_, Sir James Fitzjames STEPHEN (1829-1894), distinguished judge; in earlier life journalist, essayist, and reviewer; then Legal Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India; author of legal works.--["Dict. N. Biog."]