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THOMSON, Thomas (1817-78), F.E.S., curator, Asiatic 

 Society's Museum, Calcutta, 1840 ; saw active service in 

 Sutlej campaign ; botanical researches in India ; general 

 secretary, B.A., 1868-72. 



TIEDEMANN, Friedrich (1781-1861), professor of anatomy 

 and zoology, Landshut, 1806 ; Heidelberg, 1816. 



TYLOR, Edward Burnett (1832-1917), F.E.S., keeper of 

 Univ. Museum, Oxford, 1883 ; first professor of anthropology, 

 Oxford Univ., 1896. 



WALLACE, Alfred Eussel (1823-1913), O.M., F.E.S., 

 visited Amazon with Bates, 1848-52 ; Malay Archipelago, 

 1854-62 ; researches in zoology (notably zoogeography), 

 botany, etc. ; also on origin of species on parallel lines and 

 contemporaneously with Darwin ; voluminous author on 

 these subjects, social science, etc. 



WATT, James (1736-1819), F.E.S., early work as maker 

 of scientific instruments ; designed condenser and air- 

 pump for steam-engine, 1765 ; patented his own steam- 

 engine, 1769 ; subsequently devised many mechanical 

 improvements ; canal and harbour surveyor, 1760-74 ; 

 chemical researches in later life included that on composition 

 of water. 



WEBER, Wilhelm Eduard (1804-91), German physicist ; 

 professor of physics, Univ. of Halle, 1828 ; Gottingen, 

 1831-37; Leipzig, 1843-49 ; Gottingen, 1849-91. 



WHEATSTONE, Sir Charles (1802-75), F.E.S. ; Kt., 

 1868 ; professor of experimental physics, King's Coll., 

 London, 1844. Experiments on sound and light ; work on 

 telegraphy, etc. 



WHITE, Sir William (1845-1913), F.E.S. ; K.C.B., 1895 ; 

 naval architect ; director of naval construction and assistant 

 controller of the Navy, 1885-1902 ; president-elect, B.A., 

 1913, at time of death. 



WILLIAMS, Charles James Blasius (1805-89), F.E.S., 

 professor of medicine, University College, London, 1839 ; 

 instrumental in foundation of Brompton consumption 

 hospital, 1841 ; first president, Pathological Soc., 1846 ; 

 Lumleian lecturer, 1862. 



