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figures in Oxford, where the integrity and charm of his 

 character were fully appreciated. 



Philip Lutley Sclater was educated at Oxford, where he 

 obtained a Fellowship in Corpus Christi College. He became 

 a barrister and for some years went on the Western Circuit. 

 His taste for science, however, drew him from the practice 

 of the law and attached him to the Zoological Society, of 

 which he became Secretary in 1859 an office held by him 

 for some forty years, during which time he made many 

 improvements in the Society's Zoological Gardens. His 

 love of birds induced him to assume the editorship of the 

 Ibis, and to write many ornithological papers as well as 

 separate works. He became F.R.S. in 1861. 



Augustus Wollaston Franks, educated at Eton and Trinity 

 College, Cambridge, received in 1851 an appointment in 

 the Department of Antiquities in the British Museum, 

 where eventually he was placed at the head of the section 

 of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography. He 

 edited " Archaeologica " and made many contributions to 

 that publication. He was elected President of the Society 

 of Antiquaries in 1891, and was created K.C.B. in 1894. 

 In the course of years he amassed a fine collection of 

 Chinese and Japanese porcelain, which he presented to the 

 British Museum. He was elected into the Royal Society 

 in 1874. 



Edward Thomas, in his day a well-known numismatist, 

 was for many years in the public service in India. On his 

 return to England he wrote papers on Eastern coins, which 

 were republished with the title Tracts on Oriental Literature. 

 He became F.R.S. in 1871. 



Heinrich Debus, born in Hesse and educated at Marburg 

 University, came to England and in 1851 was appointed 

 lecturer on Chemistry at Queenwood College, Hampshire, 

 probably through the influence of John Tyndall, who was 

 one of the teachers there, and may have made his acquaint- 

 ance at Marburg. Debus subsequently held various appoint- 

 ments in London among which was that of examiner in 

 Chemistry to the University of London. He became 



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