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being "On the Physical Phenomena of the High Regions of the 

 Atmosphere." 



In 1899 he delivered, with delighted eloquence and learned ease, 

 the Rede lecture at Cambridge, " On the Wave-Theory of Light and 

 its Influence on Modern Physics." On this occasion, which was at the 

 time of the jubilee celebration of Sir George Stokes, he received the 

 honorary degree of Doctor of Science. 



In Cornu, France has lost one of her most distinguished men of 

 science, and one who, not only as investigator, but as teacher and wise 

 counsellor, had won universal esteem and respect. A true follower of 

 the high traditions of France in the pursuit of science, and a passionate 

 follower of Arago, Biot, Fresnel, and Fizeau, he was in his own person 

 much more than this. He was the ideal of a well-equipped, well- 

 balanced, intellectual leader in scientific thought ; at the same time a 

 man of action, and an artist in words. 



S. P. T. 



JOHN HALL GLADSTONE. 18271902. 



John Hall Gladstone was born at 7, Chatham Place West, 

 Hackney, on March 7, 1827. He was the eldest of three brothers, 

 and at the time of his birth, his father, John Gladstone, was junior 

 partner in the firm of Cook and Gladstone, wholesale drapers and 

 warehousemen in Cheapside, and afterwards in St. Paul's Churchyard. 



The Gladstone family belonged to Kelso, in Roxburghshire, where, 

 as the parish registers show, they had been established since 1645. 

 John Hall Gladstone's immediate ancestors were damask weavers, his 

 grandfather being what was known as a master-weaver. His father 

 came to London in 1815, and, in the early part of the following year, 

 became a shopboy in Mr. Cook's establishment, but soon rose to be 

 traveller and buyer, and in 1824 was taken into partnership, when he 

 married his cousin, Alison Hall, whose father had a drapery establish- 

 ment in Bishopsgate Street. He prospered in his business, and 

 eventually removed to Stockwell Lodge, a house now forming 

 part of the South London Fever Hospital. John Hall Gladstone 

 with his brothers, was educated entirely at home under tutors. His 

 father, having amassed a considerable fortune, retired from business 

 in 1842, arid spent some time on the Continent with his family and 

 in the society of his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Tilt, whose daughter May, 

 six years later, became John Hall Gladstone s wife. 



Even in early boyhood John Hall Gladstone showed a strong bias 



