degree. These 

 recognize smal 

 the intuition 

 the same time, 

 complicated an 

 an experimenta 

 devise complic 

 experiments an 

 nical difficul 



powers enabled him to 

 1 specific characters with 

 of the systematist and, at 



to unravel the most 

 atomical structures. As 

 list, he was able to 

 ated and well-controlled 

 d to overcome great tech- 

 ties in carrying them out. 



As a naturalist, he showed a real passion 

 for collecting all sorts of specimens and 

 in preserving, classifying, and cata- 

 loguing them. This work was always 

 carried out with a great regard for 

 permanence. He selected always the 

 correct container for the specimen, 

 unfading ink, and paper of lasting 

 quality. The catalogues of his various 

 collections have several hundreds or, in 

 the case of ticks, thousands of entries 

 in his own handwriting, giving the 

 complete history of specimens to which 

 they refer. In his journal, with equal 

 meticulousness, Nuttall recounted his 

 daily experiences, conversations, trips 

 to various meetings, and interesting 

 visitors to his laboratory and home. 



In addition to his scientific attain- 

 ments, Nuttall read widely on a variety 

 of subjects and spoke with expertise on 

 such topics as heraldry and gardening. 

 He was also an excellent draftsman with 

 a great interest in art. In 1904, he 

 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Soci- 

 ety, at the same time as his friend A. 

 E. Shipley, and the year 1906 was one of 

 the most important of his life as shown 

 by the following journal entry. 



"July 20 admitted to a Junior Fellowship 

 at Christ's College . October 16 elected 

 Quick Professor of Biology at Cambridge, 

 and duly admitted on the 19th by the 

 Vice-Chancel lor (Mr. Roberts of Caius) 

 at the Lodge and on the same day went to 

 Brighton to see Mother - back to C. 24th. 

 24 May proceeded to the degree of Dr. of 

 Science (Cambridge). November 20 dined 

 with Prof. Newton, F.R.S., at Magdalene 

 College after having at 11 a.m. been one 

 of a deputation which was presented to 

 the King of Norway at Buckingham Palace 

 on behalf of the Royal Institute of 

 Public Health. 



"This was a most eventful year. Follow- 

 ing upon the San Francisco disaster 

 which for some time we thought might end 

 in the loss of our fortune, things began 

 to look up and in the end the fire- 

 insurance companies paid all that was 

 due, less 5% for cash payment rec'd 

 within a year of the disaster. 



"It was a great satisfaction to be 

 admitted a Fellow at Christ's for I felt 

 that I had at last got into 'the inner 

 circle.' Soon after, I was made Reader 

 in Hygiene, the Lectureship in Bacteriol- 

 ogy and Preventive Medicine, previously 

 held being allowed to lapse. Curiously 

 enough I only held this post for 4 days 

 before I was elected to the newly 

 established Quick chair when, in turn, 

 the Readership lapsed, for both the 

 Lectureship and Readership had been 

 personal appointments. When the Reader- 

 ship was established, there had been no 

 thought of my going in for the Professor- 

 ship, for the conditions under which the 

 latter was to be held had not as yet 

 been determined. However, as time went 

 on, it was decided that the holder of 

 the chair should devote himself to the 

 'study of the protozoa, especially in 

 relation to disease,' and this being the 

 case I made an application for the 

 post. The decision as to who should be 

 the first holder of the chair was 

 arrived at with some difficulty and a 

 good deal of heart burning. My friends 

 rallied nobly to the charge and I was 

 elected. It is just as well to forget 

 the disagreeable aspects of the campaign 

 for it ended in Victory for me. In my 

 printed application with the friend much 

 matter relating to this event, so 

 important for me & mine for it put me 

 'upon my legs' again after the San 

 Francisco disaster which strained our 

 finances badly, my income from that 

 source having been cut off for upwards 

 of a year. " 



Nuttall received honorary degrees from 

 the Universities of California, Stras- 

 burg, Egypt, South Africa, and Liege and 

 was elected corresponding member of many 

 scientific societies. He received also 

 the Belgian Order of Leopold II and the 



