LIST OF PORTRAITS IN OIL -249 



by 



William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, K.P., Pres.R.S.) 

 (1800-67). { tarlofRos.se, 1860 



Astronomer. Constructed the great six-foot reflector at Parsonstown, and 

 detected with it the structure of the nebulae. F.R.S. 1831 ; President 1848-54. 

 (See p. 204.) 



By J. Catterson Smith. 



General Sir Edward Sabine, Pres.R.S. (1788-1883). Mrs. Sabine, 1866 



Explorer and Physicist. Promoted the subject of terrestrial magnetism. 

 Elected F.R.S. 1818 ; Copley Medallist 1821 ; Secretary R. S. 1827 ; For.Sec.R.S. 

 1845-50 ; President 1861-71. (See p. 204.) 



By S. Pearce. 



Heinrich Christian Schumacher, For.Mem.R.S.) yv Iff E 1847 



(1790-1850). J 



Astronomer. Studied under Struve and Gauss ; Professor of Astronomy at 

 Copenhagen 1808, and Director of the Observatory 1813 ; established and con- 

 ducted for twenty-seven years the ' Astrouomische Nachrichten ' . Elected 

 For.Mem.R.S. 1821. 



By H. Wolf. 



Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., Pres.R.S. (1660-1753). Sir Hans Sloane, 1716 



Physician,, Botanist, and Virtuoso. F.R.S. 1684; Secretary 1693-1712; 

 President 1727-41. (See p. 202.) 



Face by Sir Godfrey Kneller. 



John Smeatpn, F.R.S. (1724-92). 



Civil Engineer. Built third Eddystone Lighthouse 1756-9, and constructed 

 the Forth and Clyde Canal. Elected F.R.S. 1753 ; Copley Medallist 1759. 



I. By Mather Brown. A. Aubert, Esq., F.R.S. 



II. By J. Richardson. A. Aubert, Esq., F.R.S. 



John, Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor, Pres.R.S. (1652-1716). Sir J. Jekyll 



Lawyer and Statesman. President R.S. 1698-1703. (See p. 201.) 

 After Sir Godfrey Kneller. 



Sir Robert Southwell, Pres.R.S. (1635-1702). Sir Robert Southwell, 1695 



Diplomatist. Elected F.R.S. 1663; President 1690-5. (See p. 201.) 

 After Sir Godfrey Kneller. 



Sir Henry Spelman (1561-1641). 



Historian and Antiquarian. Buried by express direction of Charles 1 in 

 Westminster Abbey. 



By P. Moreelse. 



