MEMOIRS 



OF THE 



DISTINGUISHED MEN OF SCIENCE 



OF GREAT BRITAIN 



LIVING IN THE YEAES 1807-8, 



AND APPENDIX. 



WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY 



EGBERT HUNT, F.R.S., &c. 



COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY 



WILLIAM WALKER, JUNIOR. 



(Ebhiow. 



: The evil, that men do, lives after them ; 

 The good is oft interred with their bones." 



SHAKSPBARE. 



LONDON: 



E. & F. N. SPON, 16, BUCKLERSBURY. 



1864. 



