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��Widow of Prof. Boole

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

" Widow of the late Professor of Mathematics in Queen's College, Cork. In consideration 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 boundaries of science. 1001."

George Boole (1815-64), mathematician and logician ; 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 pro- ductions were in the province of pure mathematics. " It is, however, 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.).

��Daughter of Dr. Petrie.

��Daughter of

Dr. Edward

Hincks.

��Widow of Dr. Bleek.

��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. 100?."

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

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. 1001."

Edward Hincks, D.D. (1792-1866), born at Cork, August 19th ; ob tamed 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. 1001"

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