68 ENGLISH MEN OF SCIENCE. [CHAP. 



(1) Thomas Roscoe, editor of Lanzi's " History 

 of Painting," and author of many other works ; 



(2) Henry Roscoe, author of a standard book 

 on the "Law of Evidence," of "British 

 Lawyers," and of the Life of his father ; 



(3) and (4), both decidedly gifted, and authors 

 of poems of merit ; (1) Jane Elizabeth Roscoe, 

 a woman of superior mind, intensely in- 

 terested in public affairs, writer of some 

 poems ; (2) Mary Anne Eoscoe, authoress of 

 poems of merit. 



Third generation. 17 males, 16 females, of 

 whom 3 males and 1 female deserve notice : 



(1) William Cal dwell Roscoe, poet and critic 

 (memoirs and collected works by R. H. Hutton) ; 



(2) Henry Enfield Roscoe, F.R.S., professor, 

 eminent chemist; (3) William Stanley Jevons, 

 F.R.S., professor, author of the "Coal Question," 

 and of various works on logic and political 

 economy: (l) Margaret Roscoe, afterwards Mrs. 

 Sandbach, novelist. 





STRACHEY. An old family, small in num- 

 bers, but of a marked and persistent type. 



