100. MEMOIR OF THE LATE DR. HENRY. 
he stood in the nearest human relation, and 
whose sacred image must ever dwell on his me- 
mory as a noble impersonation of all that was 
pure, generous, and elevated. Yet he is also 
sensible, that this near affinity and the unre- 
served communion of thought and of feeling, 
which it permitted, lay open the sources of more 
accurate knowledge of character, and kindle a 
more intense perception of excellence, as re- 
spects both the gifts of the understanding and 
the virtues of the heart. The gratifying kindness, 
moreover, with which the society were pleased 
to invite him to prepare such memorial, encour- 
ages him to believe, that they will receive it in 
the same spirit of affection, which they have, in 
various ways, so strongly manifested towards 
the memory of their lamented associate and 
friend. 
Tue late Dr. Henry was born in Manchester, 
on the 12th of December, 1774. His early years 
were passed amid influences, propitious to the 
nurture of those tastes, for which he was after- 
wards distinguished. His father, Mr. Thomas 
Henry, F.R.S. formerly president of this socie- 
ty, was a zealous cultivator of chemical science, 
to which he devoted all the leisure moments 
of a life actively engaged in medical practice, 
