LIST OF PORTRAITS IN Oil. 



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William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, K.P., Pres.R.S. I 



(1800-67). 



Astronomer. Constructed the great six-foot reflector at PanoniUnm, and 

 detected with it the structure of the nehulae. II: Pr.-i.|,-nt 1848-54. 



(See p. 204.) 



By J. Catterson Smith. 



General Sir Edward Sabine, Pres.R.S. (1788-1883). M 1866 



Explorer and Physicist. Promoted the subject of tern-trial uiagnettan. 

 Elected F.R.S. 1818 ; Copley Medallist 1821 ; Secretary H.s 

 1845-50 ; President 1861-71. (See p. 204.) 



By S. Pearce. 



Heinrich Christian Schumacher, For.Mem.R.S.) 



(1790-1850). H.Wulft, Esq., 1847 



Astronomer. Studied under Struve and Gauss ; Professor of Astronomy at 

 Copenhagen 1808, and Director of the Observatory 181.3 ; established and n in- 

 ducted for twenty-seven years the ' Astronomische Nachrirhten '. Elected 

 For.Mem.R.S. 1821. 



By H. Wolf. 



Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., Pres.R.S. (1660-1753). Sir Hans Sloane, 1716 



Physician, Botanist, and Virtuoso. F.R.S. 1684; Secretary 1693-1712; 

 President 1727-41. (See p. 202.) 



Face by Sir Godfrey Kneller. 



John Smeaton, F.R.S. (1724-92). 



Civil Engineer. Built third Eddystone Lighthouse 1756-9, and constructed 

 the Forth and Clyde Canal. Elected F.R.S. 1753 ; Copley Medallist 1759. 



I. By Mather Brown. A. Aubert, Esq., l-'.U.S. 



II. By J. Richardson. A. Aubert. KMJ.. 1 '.K .-. 



John, Baron Somers, Lord Chancellor, Pres.R.S. (1652-1716). Sir J. Jekyll 



Lawyer and Statesman. President R.S. 1698-1703. (See p. 201.) 

 After Sir Godfrey Kneller. 



Sir Robert Southwell, Pres.R.S. (1635-1702). Sir Robert Southwell, 1695 



Diplomatist. Elected F.R.S. 1663 ; President 1690-5. (See p. 201.) 

 After Sir Godfrey Kneller. 



Sir Henry Spelman (1561-1641). 



Historian and Antiquarian. Buried by express direction of Charles 1 in 

 Westminster Abbey. 



By P. Moreelse. 



