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Hooker, Sir W. J., LL.D., F.R.S. (1785-1865), 6. Norwich. Botanist ; 
authority on the British flora. Director of Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Kew, from 1841. 
Ives, JouNn, F.S.A., F.R.S. (1751-1776), 6. Great Yarmouth. Author 
of MS. The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Lothingland (near 
Great Yarmouth) in the British Museum. 
Kirton, FReperick, F.R.M.S. (1827-1895), 5. Cambridge, long 
resident in Norwich. Microscopist and authority on Diatoms. 
Leman, Rev. T., M.A., F.S.A. (1751-1826), b. near Norwich. Student 
of Roman Britain. 
LinpLey, JoHN, Ph.D., F.R.S. (1799-1865), . Norwich. The dis- 
tinguished botanist and horticulturist. Author of Synopsis of the British 
Flora, 1829. 
Luppock, Rev. Ricnarp (1798-1876), 5. Norwich. Wrote Fauna of 
Norfolk, 1845. See appreciation by H. Stevenson in Trans..N. & N. 
Naturalists’ Society. 
Mansy, G. W., F.R.S. (1765-1854), 6. Downham Market. Famous 
inventor of devices for saving life from wrecks. His models are 
exhibited in the Norwich Bridewell Museum. 
Marsuam, Rosert, F.R.S. (1708-1797), 5. Stratton Strawless. Pioneer 
phenologist. Correspondent of Gilbert White. 
Pacet, Sir G. E., M.D., F.R.S. (1809-1892), 5. Great Yarmouth. 
Instituted regular clinical examinations in United Kingdom. Professor 
of Physic at Cambridge. 
Pacet, Sir James, D.C.L., F.R.S. (1814-1899), 5. Great Yarmouth. 
Famous surgeon of Queen Victoria’s reign. Wrote, with his brother, 
C. J. Paget, the Natural History of Yarmouth, 1834. 
PircurorD, J., F.L.S. (1737-1803,) 5. Norfolk. One of the first 
botanists in Britain to use the Linnzean classification. 
Prowricut, C. B., M.D., F.R.C.S. (1849-1910), b. King’s Lynn. 
A mycologist noted for his experiments with the British rust and smut 
fungi, of which he wrote a monograph. 
Reeve, James, F.G.S. (1833-1920), 5. Norfolk. Curator of Norwich 
Museum for over sixty years. Worked at the Crag deposits at Bramerton, 
with Searles Wood, for the monograph on Crag mollusca. 
Scares, Joun, M.A. (1794-1884), 6. Yorkshire ; resident in Norfolk, 
1808-1842. An entomologist of repute, better known for the assistance 
he gave to the experts of his time than for his few published papers. 
Srpewick, Apam, F.R.S., F.G.S. (1785-1873), 5. Yorkshire. Professor 
of Geology at Cambridge. Spent two months of each year at Norwich 
from 1834, where he stimulated local interest in science. 
Situ, Sir J. E., M.D., F.R.S. (1759-1828), 0. Norwich. Botanist. 
Bought the Linnzan collection in 1783, and founded the Linnzan 
Society in 1788. Wrote English Botany (illustrated by Sowerby), Flora 
Britannica, The English Flora, etc. 
SouTHWELL, THOMAS (1831-1909), 4. King’s Lynn. A general 
naturalist and topographer of Norfolk. A well-known student of the 
Cetacea, he wrote Seals and Whales of British Seas, 1881. 
