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Kt., 1902 ; professor of materia medica, Edinburgh, 1877- 

 1918, and of clinical medicine, 1888 ; president, Royal Coll. 

 of Physicians of Edinburgh, 1900-2. Writings on practical 

 medicine. 



GALTON, Sir Francis (1822-1911), F.R.S. ; Kt., 1909 ; 

 general secretary, Brit. Assoc., 1863-68 ; instituted anthropo- 

 metric laboratory, International Health Exhibition, 1884-85. 

 Piesearches in heredity, psychology, etc. Founded science 

 of eugenics. 



GASSIOT, John Peter (1797-1877), F.K.S., chairman of 

 Kew Observatory ; founder of Koyal Soc. Scientific Belief 

 Fund. Piesearches in electricity. 



GLAISHER, James (1809-1903), superintendent, Meteoro- 

 logical and Magnetic Dept., Greenwich Observatory ; founder 

 of Meteorological Soc. ; assisted in initiating Aeronautical 

 Soc. Observations of atmosphere at high altitudes. 



GRANT, James Augustus (1827-92), saw service in India ; 

 with Speke on exploration in east central Africa, 1861-63 ; 

 C.B., 1866 ; Abyssinian expedition, 1868 ; Lieut. -Col., 

 C.S.L, id. 



GRAY, John Edward (1800-75), F.R.S., assistant keeper 

 in zoology, British Museum, 1824 ; keeper, 1840-74. 



GREENOUGH, George Bellas (1778-1855), F.R.S. ; M.P., 

 1807-12; first president, Geological Soc., 1811-13, 1818, 

 and 1833 ; president, Royal Geographical Soc., 1839-40. 



GREG, Robert Philips (1826-1906), on retiring from com- 

 merce in Manchester became a scientific collector, especially 

 of mineralogical specimens ; a founder and treasurer of 

 Mineralogical Society ; researches on meteors, etc. 



HAMILTON, Sir William Rowan (1805-65), Kt., 1835 ; 

 professor of astronomy, Dublin Univ., 1827 ; royal astro- 

 nomer of Ireland ; president, Royal Irish Academy, 1837. 



HARCOURT, Augustus George Vernon (1834-1919), 

 F.R.S. , senior student and demonstrator in chemistry, 

 Christ Church, Oxford ; general secretary, B.A., 1883-97. 



HARLEY, Rev. Robert (1828-1910), F.R.S., congrega- 

 tional minister (England and Australia), and mathema- 

 tician ; principal of Huddersfield Coll., 1882-85. 



