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John Russell Hind was born on May 12, 1823, 

 at Nottingham, and after being educated at the 

 Grammar School of that town, he entered the office of 

 a civil engineer. But the science of Astronomy had 

 attracted his attention, and he determined on the first 

 opportunity to devote his whole time to that subject. At 

 the age of 17 he obtained an appointment as assistant to 

 the Meteorological and Magnetical Department of the 

 Royal Observatory, Greenwich, then under the director- 

 ship of Sir George Airy. In 1844 he took charge of Mr. 

 Bishop's private observatory in Regent's Park, London, 

 where he remained until he obtained the appointment 

 of superintendent of the Nautical Almanac Office, a 

 position he held until 1891. He died on December 23, 

 1895. Mr. Hind's fame as an astronomer rests chiefly on 

 the discovery of 10 new minor planets, in addition to some 

 comets, variable stars, and nebulae. These discoveries 

 were the reward of much patient search and labour, and 

 at the time attracted a great deal of attention. He was 

 awarded the gold medals of the Royal Society and the 

 Royal Astronomical Society, was an honorary member of 

 many scientific societies, and received the degree of Hon. 

 LL.D. of the University of Glasgow. When a medal 

 was struck by the French Institute to commemorate the 

 discovery of 100 minor planets, Mr. Hind's profile was 

 placed on the obverse of the medal, together with the 

 profiles of the Frenchman and the German who had 

 discovered the greatest number of these planets. Dr. 

 Hind was elected an honorary member of this Society on 

 Jan. 25th, 1848. A. S. 



The late Right Hon. Thomas Henry Huxley, who 

 died at his residence, Hodeslea, Eastbourne, on June 

 29th, 1895, was elected an Honorary Member of this 

 Society in 1872. He was born, as he tells us himself, 



