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moved in a stimulating society of which Edward Burne- Jones, the artist, an old schoolfellow, William Morris and Mr. Swin- burne, the poets, were prominent members ( c D.N.B.,'vol. xxv.).

1898, June 9th (Marquis of Salisbury).

THE REV. DR. JOHN CUNNINGHAM GEIKIE.

" In recognition of his services to theological literature. 501. "

About,' 1883 ; * Entering on Life : a Book for Young Men,' 1884 ; 'The Holy Land,' Cassell, 1887-8 ; * Life of Christ,' &c. (Sonnenschein's
 * The English Reformation : How it came
 * The Best Books').

1899, June 14th (Marquis of Salisbury). MRS. MARY MATILDA TAYLER and MRS.

MARCIA LOUISA TYNDALE.

"In consideration of the merits of their late father, Dr. Alfred Edersheim, as a theologian and Biblical critic. 25. each."

Sonnenschein's * The Best Books.'

SCHOLARS.

1853, March 23rd (Earl of Aberdeen). Miss MARGARET DUNBAR, Miss BARBARA GRACE DUNBAR, and Miss CATHERINE DUNBAR.

"In consideration of Prof. Dunbar's ser- vices as Professor of Greek Literature for many years in the University of Edinburgh, and the destitute condition to which his family have been reduced by his death. 752."

George Dunbar (1774-1851), employed in youth as a gardener, assistant of Andrew Dalziel, the Professor of Greek at the Edin- burgh University. On Dalziel's death, 1806, Dunbar was appointed his successor, and filled the chair until his death on Decem- ber 6th, 1851 ('D.N.B.,' vol. xvi. p. 153).

1865, June 19th (Lord Palmeraton). MRS. MARY BOOLE.

"Widow of the late Professor of Mathe- matics in Queen's College, Cork. In con- sideration of her late husband's distinguished attainments as an original mathematician of the highest order, and of his remarkable labours towards the extension of the bound- aries of science. 100Z."

George Boole (1815-64), mathematician and togician; engaged in teaching from the age of sixteen, at twenty opened a school on his own account ; 1849, appointed to the mathematical chair in the newly formed Queen's College at Cork. His principal productions were in the province of pure mathematics. "It is, how- ever, to his 'Laws of Thought' (1854), a work of astonishing originality and power,

that his most durable fame will attach" ('D.N.B.,'vol. v.).

1867, June 19th (Earl of Derby). Miss JULIA PETRIE.

" In consideration of the eminent services rendered by her late father, Dr. Petrie, to archaeological science, both as an author and as a public servant. IQQl."

George Petrie (1789-1866) was attached to the Ordnance Survey of Ireland ; author of 'Essay on Round Towers' ('Chambers's Dic- tionary ').

1868, February 14th (Earl of Derby).

Miss ELIZA HINCKS-, Miss ANNA FRANCES

HINCKS, and Miss BIRTHIA HINCKS.

"In consideration of the services of their father, the late Edward Hincks, D.D., as an Oriental scholar. 1002."

Edward Hincks, D.D. (1792-1866), born at Cork, August 19th ; obtained Dublin Gold Medal, 1811. Dr. Brugsch has placed on record his opinion that Hincks was the first to employ the true method of deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics ('D.N.B.,' vol. xxvi. pp. 438-9).

1877, June 13th (Earl of Beaconsfield). MRS. JEMIMA CHARLOTTE BLEEK.

"In recognition of the literary services of her late husband, Dr. Bleek, Keeper of the Grey Library at Cape Town, a distinguished linguist and African scholar. 1002."

Wilhelm Heinrich Bleek born at Berlin March 8th, 1827 ; died August 17th, 1875. In 1855 he joined Bishop Colenso in Natal, and devoted himself to the study of the language and habits of the Kaffirs. Bleek'g books remain the first sources on the subject of African philology ('D.N.B.,' vol. v. p. 209);

1880, October 13th (W. E. Gladstone). MRS. SOPHIA LUCY JANE CLIFFORD.

" In recognition of the eminent mathemati- cal attainments of her late husband, Prof. Clifford. 801."

William Kingdon Clifford (1845-79). In 1870 he joined the English eclipse expedition, and was wrecked in the Psyche off Catania ; Professor of Applied Mathematics, University College, 1871; 1874, Fellow of the Royal Society. "As a mathematician," Prof. Aarl Pearson says, " Clifford may be regarded as marking an epoch in the history of this science in England " (' D.N.B.,' vol. xi.).

1883, January 29th (W. E. Gladstone).

MRS. ALMA HAAS.

" In recognition of the position of her late husband, Dr. Haas, as an Oriental scholar,