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ADARE : see DUNRAVEN. 



ADDERLEY, Sir Charles Bowyer [Lord Norton] (1814- 

 1905), P.O., 1858 ; K.C.M.G., 1869 ; created Baron Norton, 

 1878 ; M.P. for N. Staffordshire, 1841-78 ; vice-president 

 of Education Committee, Privy Council, and president of 

 Board of Health, 1858-59 ; under-secretary for Colonies, 

 1866-68; president of Board of Trade, 1874-78. Social 

 reform, education and Colonial affairs. 



AGARDH, Carl Adolf (1785-1859), professor of botany and 

 rural economy, Lund, Sweden, 1812 ; ordained, 1816, and 

 bishop of Karlstad, Sweden, 1834. Leading member of Diet. 



AGASSIZ, Louis Jean Eodolphe (1807-73), professor of 

 natural history, Neuchatel, 1832-46 ; professor of natural 

 history, Harvard Univ., 1848-73. 



ARAGO, Dominique Francois Jean (1786-1853), professor 

 of analytical geometry and geodesy, Ecole Polytechnique, 

 1809 ; director of the observatory, Paris, 1830 ; member of 

 Chamber of Deputies, 1830-48 ; member of Provisional 

 Government, 1848 ; minister of War and Navy. Discoveries 

 in polarisation of light and electro-magnetism. 



AYRTON, William Edward (1847-1908), F.E.S. ; pro- 

 fessor of physics and telegraphy, Imperial Engineering Coll., 

 Tokio, 1873-78 ; professor of applied physics and electrical 

 engineering, Central Technical Coll., S. Kensington, 1884- 

 1908. 



BABBAGE, Charles (1792-1871), F.E.S. ; took part in 

 foundation of Astronomical Soc., 1820 ; principal founder 

 of Statistical Soc., 1834 ; Lucasian professor of mathematics, 

 Cambridge Univ., 1828-39; trustee, B.A., 1832-39. In- 

 vented calculating machine. 



BABINGTON, Charles Cardale (1808-95), F.K.S. ; botanist 

 and archaeologist ; a founder of the Entomological Soc., 

 1833 ; professor of botany, Cambridge, 1861-95. 



BACHE, Alexander Dallas (1806-67), professor of 

 natural philosophy and chemistry, Pennsylvania Univ., 

 1828-41 ; president, American Association. 



BAILY, Francis (1774-1844), F.R.S. ; after early work 

 as stockbroker, etc., became interested in astronomy, 1820; 



