SOME NORFOLK SCIENTISTS 117 
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SOME NORFOLK SCIENTISTS 
BY 
FRANK LENEY, Curator, Ciry Museums, Norwicu. 
THE following list of men either born or long resident in Norfolk, whose 
work is associated with the advancement of science, is admittedly 
incomplete ; but the aim has been to record little-known workers as 
well as eminent local scientists. Portraits of a number of these pioneers 
are on exhibition in one of the art galleries of the Norwich Castle Museum. 
Amyot, THomas, F.R.S. (1775-1850), b. Norwich, contributed papers 
to the Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries. One of the founders 
and directors (1839-1850) of the Camden Society. Elected F.R.S. 1823. 
Amyor, T. E. (1817-1895), 6. London, long-resident at Diss, Norfolk. 
Interested in botany, geology and astronomy. 
ARDERON, WM., F.R.S. (1703-1767), b. Yorkshire, long resident at 
Norwich. Naturalist, microscopist and meteorologist. Author of many 
contributions to the Philosophical Transactions. Elected F.R.S. 1745. 
Bartow, Perer, F.R.S. (1776-1862), b. Norwich, long resident in 
London. Mathematician, physicist and optician. 
Barnwell, C. F., M.A., F.R.S., F.S.A. (1761-1849). Assistant 
Keeper of the Department of Antiquities, British Museum. 
Barrett, C. G. (1836-1904), b. Devon, long resident at Norwich and 
Lynn. Monographed the British Lepidoptera. 
BayFieLp, T. G. (1817-1893). Formed collection of Norwich chalk 
fossils in the British Museum (Nat. History). 
Birp, Goxpinc, M.A., M.D., F.R.S. (1815-1854), 6. Downham, 
Norfolk. Co-author (with Charles Brooke) of The Elements of Natural 
Philosophy, 1860. 
Browne, Sir Tuomas, M.D., M.A. (1605-1682), 6. London, long 
resident at Norwich. Author of Religio Medici, 1642 ; Urn Burial, 1658. 
Burney, Cuas., Mus. Doc. (Oxon.), F.R.S. (1726-1814), b. Shrewsbury ; 
resident at King’s Lynn, c.1750. Wrote Essay . . . History of Comets, 1769. 
Caius, Joun, M.A. (1510-1573), b. Norfolk. Scholar and physician 
at Cambridge. . 
Crarke, W. G., F.G.S. (1877-1925), 6. Yorkshire, long resident in 
Norwich. Founder of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Naturalist, 
topographer and archzologist. 
Coxe, T. W., first Earl of Leicester (1752-1842.) ‘ Coke of Norfolk.’ 
M.P. for Norfolk, 1776-1806, 1807-1832. Famous for improving breeds 
of sheep, cattle and pigs. 
