HARRY MARSHALL WARD, 1854—1906. 
eee MARSHALL Warp, biaest son of Francis Marshall Ward, was born in 
Hereford, March 21, 1854, but he came of a Lincolnshire stock, settled 
for some time in Nottingham. From unavoidable causes he left school at 
14, but afterwards continued his education by attending evening classes 
organised under the Science and Art Department. To that Department, as 
will be seen, he owed indirectly the opportunity of a useful and brilliant 
career. His means were small, and his earliest aim was to qualify as a 
science teacher. He was admitted to a course of instruction for teachers 
in training given by Prof. Huxley in 1874-5. Although he must have 
derived nant it a sound insight into the principles of zoology, the subject does 
not seem to have had any permanent attraction for him. 
In the summer of 1875 Ward came under my hands in a course of instruc- 
tion in botany which I conducted with Prof. Vines in the Science Schools 
at South Kensington, and from this time onwards we were in intimate 
relations to the close of his life. I must be permitted to depart from the 
customary form of these notices and relate the story in my own words. 
It contains much of more than personal interest which could not easily be 
dealt with in any other way. 
It was soon apparent that we had got hold of a man of exceptional 
ability. It must be confessed that the atmosphere was stimulating, and the 
conditions under which the teaching was carried on necessitated its being 
given at high pressure. I remember that on one occasion Ward fainted at 
his work, from no other cause, I think, than over-excitement. In the 
autumn of the same year he went for one session to Owens College, 
Manchester, with the object of continuing his general education. I learn 
that he carried off the prizes in every subject that he took up. 
Impressed as I had: been with Ward’s capacity, I saw at the moment no 
outlet for it beyond that of a teacher under the Science and Art Department, 
for which he had become officially qualified. However, opportunity came, in 
the least expected way. The methods of teaching laid down by Huxley at 
the Science Schools were novel at the time, inasmuch as they were more 
demonstrational than didactic. They attracted some outside attention, and 
the class-rooms were a good deal frequented by visitors, who were interested 
in what was being done. Amongst these was a young man of private 
fortune, L. A. Lucas, a former pupil of Huxley’s. He seems to have 
discovered Ward and to have watched his work. Personally, I had no hand 
in what followed. 
In the succeeding year I was glad to avail myself of the assistance of Ward 
as demonstrator in a subsequent course at South Kensington, which I under- 
took with Prof. Vines. Some time afterwards he called on me at Kew with 
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