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a mathematician, and of her straitened cir- cumstances. 501"

Author of ' Mathematical Problems ' (Mac- millan).

1891, January 16th (W. E. Gladstone). PEOF. T. W. RHYS DAVIDS.

" In recognition of his merits as a student of Oriental literature. 200."

Born 1843 ; Secretary Royal Asiatic Society; Professor of Pali and Buddhist Literature, University College, London, 1882; Hibbert Lectures, 1881 ; American Lectures, 1896 (' Who 's Who,' 1901).

1894, January 16th (W. E. Gladstone). MBS. ELIZABETH BAKER MOZLEY.

"In recognition of the literary merits of her late husband, the Rev. Thomas Mozlev. 75Z."

Thomas Mozley, 1806-93 ('D.N.B.,' vol. xxxix.).

1894, January 16th (W. E. Gladstone). REV. WENTWORTH WEBSTER.

" In consideration of his researches into the language, literature, and archaeology of the Basques. 1501"

'Basque Legends' (Sonnenschein's 'The Best Books').

1895, May 16th (Earl of Rosebery). LADY SEELEY.

" In consideration of the literary merits of her late husband, Sir J. R. Seeley, K.C.M.G., Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge. 1001."

Sir John Robert Seeley (1834-95), third son of Robert Benton Seeley, publisher. Among his contemporaries at Christ's were Calverley, Walter Besant, Skeat, Peile. In 1859 he published, under the pseudonym of John Kobertson, his first book, a volume of poems ; in 1865, ' Ecce Homo ' (' D.N.B.,' vol. li.).

1895, June 18th (Earl of Rosebery). MR. GEORGE FREDERICK NICHOLL.

44 In consideration of his merits as an Oriental scholar. 75J."


 * Who 's Who,' 1901.

1896, May 18th (Marquis of Salisbury).

MR. J. S. STUART GLENNIE.

"In consideration of his labours in con- nexion with early history and historical theory. IQQl."

Author of * Essay on Arthurian Localities ' in Wheatley's edition of Merlin (Early Eng- lish Text Society, Triibner, 1869); ' Classifica- tion of Folk-lore,' reprinted in Garnett's 'Greek Folk-Songs' (Sonnenschein's 'The Best Books ').

1896, May 18th (Marquis of Salisbury).

THE REV. SIR GEORGE WILLIAM Cox.

" In consideration of his services to classical and historical learning, especially in con- nexion with the history of Greece. 120Z."

Born 1827. 'Tales of Ancient Greece,' 1868; 'Aryan Mythology,' 1870; 'History of Greece,' 1874-7 ; 'Comparative Mythology and Folk-lore,' &c. ('Who's Who,' 1901).

1896, June 2nd (Marquis of Salisbury). Miss HANNAH ELIZABETH MORRIS, Miss HELEN FRANCES MORRIS, and Miss GER- TRUDE MORRIS.

"In recognition of the merits of their father, the late Rev. Richard Morris, as a student of early English literature and philo-

logy. 25Z. each."

Richard Morris. 'Alliterative Poems in West Midland Dialect of Fourteenth Century,' about 1360 (Sonnenschein's 'The Best Books ').

1897, June 2nd (Marquis of Salisbury). DR. FRANCIS STEINGASS.

" In consideration of his services to Oriental scholarship in England. 501"

1899, June 14th (Marquis of Salisbury).

"In addition to the pension of 501. granted to him in 1897. in consideration of his services to Oriental scholarship in England. 25."

' Student's Arabic - English Dictionary ' (Sonnenschein's ' The Best Books ').

1897, June 2nd (Marquis of Salisbury). MRS. JANET WALLACE.

" In recognition of the philosophical labours of her husband, the late Whyte's Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Oxford. 501."

William Wallace (1844-97), son of a house- builder. As a professor he had great influence upon many generations of students of philo- sophy at Oxford. In his lectures, which were without notes, he aimed not so much at the detailed exposition of philosophical systems as at exciting thought in his hearers. Killed by a bicycle accident (' D.N.B.,' vol. lix.).

1898, April 29th (Marquis of Salisbury).

MRS. FANNY PALMER.

" In consideration of the services to classical scholarship of her late husband, Prof. Arthur Palmer, and of her inadequate means of sup- port. 100Z."

1898, July 26th (Marquis of Salisbury). MR. JOSEPH WRIGHT, D.C.L.

" In consideration and for the promotion of his services to philology, especially, in con-