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a chair in the Liverpool University and served for 

 some time as Principal of the University College in 

 the Transvaal. 



Among the professors on the Arts side were Reginald 

 Fanshaw from New College, Oxford, and James Rowley, 

 Professor of Modern History and English Literature. 



The Bristol Medical School of far older foundation, 

 though academically connected with the University 

 College, held for many years a position of finan- 

 cial independence. The names of Greig Smith and 

 Edward Long Fox may be mentioned as of more 

 than local reputation. Dr. John Beddoe, F.R.S., the 

 well-known anthropologist, was also resident in Clifton 

 at this time and is mentioned in several letters of 

 Ramsay's. 



Throughout the early years of the new institution the 

 friendly intercourse which existed between the members 

 of the staff and the masters of Clifton College helped to 

 give unity of aim in the higher education of Bristol and 

 to keep touch with men from the older universities. 

 Opportunities of close acquaintance with such men as 

 T. E. Brown, the poet, with Sidney Irwin, W. A. Shen- 

 stone, G. H. Wollaston and A. M. Worthington and 

 others were much appreciated by Ramsay 1 and his small 



1 A letter (dated 17th March, 1884) of Ramsay's to his friend Bobbie 

 contains the following passage referring to Worthington : "I sincerely 

 hope that Worthington will be appointed. You will like each other 

 very much. W. is a remarkably nice fellow in fact an Israelite without 

 guile as all round as you could wish and really a distinguished physicist 

 in his own line capillary attraction. His papers have drawn a great 

 deal of attraction not capillary at the R.S. and he is bringing out a 



