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was great at cricket, and soon became popular for his vigorous 

 bowling. I don't remember very much about his teaching, except 

 that he lent me De Morgan's ' Arithmetic ' to read, which was quite 

 a revelation in those days, and the fact proves that Everett had his 

 eyes open for improved and rational methods, and did not content 

 himself with merely following routine." 



His father had no sympathy with his wish for a university 

 education, but the son saved money, and, by hard work, gained a 

 scholarship, entering Glasgow University in 1854. He took his M.A. 

 in 1857 with first honours in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, 

 and second honours in Classics and Mental Philosophy. His intention 

 had been to enter the ministry, but he gave up this idea, and became, 

 for a short time, Secretary of the Meteorological Society, Edinburgh. 



In 1859 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics in Windsor 

 College, Nova Scotia, where he started astronomical and meteorological 

 observations. He married the sister of a college friend, the Eev. 

 J. G. Fraser, D.D., in 1862. Feeling the isolation of his position, he 

 resigned his professorship in 1864, and became assistant to Prof. 

 Blackburn, of Glasgow. He did important experimental work at this 

 time in Lord Kelvin's laboratory, and was elected a Fellow of the 

 Eoyal Society of Edinburgh. He was appointed to the professorship 

 of Natural Philosophy in Queen's College, Belfast, in 1867, and 

 remained there till 1897, when he retired at the age of 66. During 

 the thirty years of his professorship many persons who afterwards 

 attained considerable eminence were among his pupils. While at 

 Belfast, besides his duties to students and the interests of local 

 societies, he interested himself mostly in the work of Committees of 

 the British Association and the writing and preparation of new editions 

 of his books. From 1898, until he died, he lived with his wife and 

 family at Ealing. Here, with his daughter Alice, he translated 

 Dr. Hovestadt's book on Jena glass and its scientific applications. 

 Perhaps Optics was his favourite study. 



He greatly enjoyed his life in London, as he could often meet men 

 who had the same interests as his own, and, indeed, he almost seemed 

 to become more vigorous, and to be in better health as he got older. 

 In the months preceding his death he read papers at the Royal, the 

 Physical, the Geographical, and the Microscopical Societies. He did 

 not much care for theatres or light literature. He went regularly to 

 church, but his religious views were liberal. He was of gentle temper, 

 and never jealous. His mind was very concentrative, and was always 

 logical and unemotional, and free from prejudices. There was no 

 slackness or loose-endedness about him either physically or intellect- 

 ually. He liked to work in a cold, bare, well-ventilated room, 



