ENGLISH MEN OF SCIENCE, 



CHAPTER I. 



ANTECEDENTS. 



Object of Book Definition of Man of Science Data 

 Nature and Nurture Race and Birthplace Occupation 

 of Parents and Position in Life Physical Peculiarities 

 of Parents Primogeniture, &c. Fertility Heredity 

 Pedigrees Statistical Eesults. 



THE intent of this book is to supply what may 

 be termed a Natural History of the English 

 Men of Science of the present day. It will de- 

 scribe their earliest antecedents, including the 

 hereditary influences, the inborn qualities of 

 their mind and body, the causes that first in- 

 duced them to pursue science, the education 

 they received and their opinions on its merits. ' 

 The advantages are great of confining the 



