Biography 



twenty-one, and from a large number of 

 older candidates, as surgeon to the Not- 

 tingham Union, a post which he held till 

 a short time before his death. He died 

 at Nottingham, August 28, 1869. 



He was a born artist and a born natu- 

 ralist. As an artist he made a special 

 study of the old masters of the Italian 

 and Dutch schools, and he was known 

 from his early youth as a very clever 

 draughtsman ; and his later botanical 

 drawings were so exact, and yet so 

 artistic, that they won the warm appre- 

 ciation of Ruskin. 



As a naturalist he was noted for his 

 close observation and patience in research, 

 and for his accuracy in the minutest par- 

 ticulars, to which he attached a value 

 which casual observers overlooked. His 

 love of flowers and botany was indeed 

 hereditary, for on his mother's side he 

 was descended from Dr. John Fothergill, 

 F.R.S. (1712-1780), who was in his day 

 one of the most noted English botanists ; 

 he had a garden at Upton, West Ham, 

 which had a European reputation, and 

 was a correspondent of Linnaeus. On 



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