ley is a professor in several scientific 

 >ois of England. He was born at 3iid- 

 cftespx in 1825, and studied medicine. In 

 1846 he was appointed assistant surgeon in the 

 '. British navy, which he remain. ed ti, 1 18 50 

 He became professor in the School of Mines 

 in 1854. His name became prominentrwhfin 

 he was elected to the London School Board 

 in 1870. He opposed denominational i teach- 

 in^, and fiercely denounced the Koman 

 Catholic Church m 1871. He retired from , 

 the board in 1872, and has given his atten- 

 ' tion to writing on natural sc fences since. 

 His thecrv is in brief, that of Darwin, that 

 al the species of animal life originated from 

 a single germ. His protoplasm is the lowest 

 1 .. * /;u- Q *>, fundamental living sub- 



evepytfefcg, it is claimed, is made. 



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