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investigation of a high order, which the Royal Society 

 recognised by awarding to him a Royal Medal in 1873. At 

 the same time he took a foremost part in the cause of educa- 

 tion, such as starting series of cheap lectures on scientific 

 subjects by the ablest men of science, and planning with 

 Huxley and Balfour Stewart the series of Science Primers 

 which have had so remarkable a success. He quitted his 

 professorship in 1885 in order to enter Parliament as member 

 for South Manchester. In the House of Commons he was 

 always listened to on matters of education and science. 

 He was appointed a member of numerous Commissions 

 and Committees, where his educational experience and wide 

 knowledge could be of service. After ten years of parlia- 

 mentary labours he lost his seat at Manchester, but he 

 continued to be active in the societies and institutions of 

 which he was a member, and from time to time revised his 

 educational works, including the massive " Treatise on 

 Chemistry " which he prepared in conjunction with Schor- 

 lemmer. In his last years he gave up his London residence 

 and retired to the charming country home in Surrey which 

 had long been his summer retreat. There among his books 

 and his flowers, he still kept in touch with the world 

 outside, from which, when he no longer mingled in it, 

 he could attract many an old friend to join him in talking 

 over the past, discussing the present and forecasting the 

 future. 



John Scott Burdon Sanderson was this year appointed 

 Jodrell Professor of Physiology in University College, 

 London. His teaching and his writings made widely known 

 his great knowledge and skill, and led to his being put on 

 many Commissions of enquiry into diseases and into questions 

 connected with public health and sometimes with the diseases 

 of animals. He was at least once even sent abroad on one 

 of these investigations. In recognition of the value of his 

 public services he was in 1899 created a baronet. His 

 gentleness and good-nature were most attractive, and the 

 picturesquely medieval aspect of the man gave an additional 

 zest to his friendship. He was elected into the Royal Society 



