242 RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



Presented by 

 John Dalton, D.C.L., F.R.S. (1766-1844). A Memorial Committee, 1841 



Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in New College, Manchester, 

 1793-9. Founder of the atomic theory in Chemistry. Elected F.R.S. 1822 ; 

 awarded the first Royal medal in 1826. 

 By B. R. Faulkner. 



Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., Pres.R.S. (1778-1829). Lady Davy, 1829 



Chemist and Physicist : discoverer of the alkali metals. Elected F.R.S. 1803; 

 Secretary 1807-12 ; President 1820-7. (See also p. 203.) 

 By Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. 



William Derham, D.D., F.R.S. (1657-1735). George Scott, Esq. 



Eminent Divine, Natural and Experimental Philosopher. Published many of 

 John Ray's MSS. Elected F.R.S. 1702, and contributed forty-five papers to the 

 ' Philosophical Transactions '. 

 By G. White. 



Rene Descartes (1596-1650). Dr. Maty, 1776 



Great Mathematician and Philosopher. 

 A copy after Franz Hals. 



John Dollond, F.R.S. (1706-61). George Dollond, Esq., F.R.S., 1842 



Practical Optician. Copley Medallist 1758. Inventor of the achromatic 

 telescope and the modern heliometer. Elected F.R.S. 1761. 



By W. F. Witherington, R.A., from the original by Wilson in the 

 Greenwich Observatory. 



Sir John Evans, K.C.B., F.R.S. (1823-1908). Subscribers, 1900 



Archaeologist, Geologist, Numismatist, and Antiquary. Author of volumes on 

 stone and bronze implements, and on ancient coins. Elected F.R.S. 1864; 

 Treasurer 1878-98. 



By A. S. Cope, A.R.A. 



John Evelyn, F.R.S. (1620-1706). Mrs. Evelyn, 1707 



Eminent Virtuoso and Diarist. Commissioner for Privy Seal 1685-7. Active 

 promoter and original Fellow of the R.S., and Secretary from 1673 to 1675. 

 By Sir Godfrey Kneller. 



Sir William Fairbairn, F.R.S. (1789-1874). Sir W. Fairbairn, 1874 



Engineer. Pres. Brit. Assoc. 1861 ; Pres. Inst. Mech. Eng. 1854. Elected 

 F.R.S. 1850. 



By B. R. Faulkner. 



Michael Faraday, F.R.S. (1791-1867). J. P. Gassiot, F.R.S., 1873 



Chemist and Natural Philosopher. Spent his life at the Royal Institution, 

 beginning as assistant to Sir H. Davy. After early discoveries in chemistry, 

 created the modern science of electricity and magnetism. Scientific adviser to 

 Trinity House 1836. Elected F.R.S. 1824 ; declined the Presidency. 



By A. Blaikley. 



