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 for the work entnuti-d to him Three troll-qualified Assistants are i-mployui under Dr. Schulten at (“livc Row. two oi these being lully qualiﬁed European analytical ex» lens. Dr. Sclmltr-n marries on thi- 'uSlDt'§ at an Analvst and Report or on all Commercml. Agricultural .md Technical Products. Manures. etc. He givos expert cvtdenre in legal eases‘ and imports pure thumb cals and scientiﬁc apparatus. Ht" is .i Member ut the "Ik-utwln- ("hi'mischc iii-sclla'hnlt " Berlin. (the (it-mum (‘hcmtcnl Sfl‘lt'U'l also of "w " Von-iingnng “out. H‘lll'f .Vnhnmgsnntti-l t‘ln-rnikerf' Ho hits pill-Initial sue-ml \‘ahmhh works. among thcm " lk-itragc mt Konntni» inn-r Lirallllgt'n” limin- gcn. thus; Sun-é nt liﬁsavs- on .‘lnnurh‘ and tin-tr action. cutntxxr mm and [let Also EMJ)‘. w tnhic nl soil ainzilt‘sia and on tu‘htn- l'.’ll qttostnms.

l’rnt WILLIAM HAS'l‘thiﬁ SHARP “A” Prolm‘or ol Logic und Mural l'llllhinltllt. Ellllllll‘lttllr l‘ollegc. Bombay. was lmrn at anliiizitum. in thc Madras pl’t‘sh donn‘. III the year 1805 iii: school llll)‘\ Wc'tr ~pi~nt at Marllmrough

and he joined Trinity folk-gr. (txtord. salm- uently securing a Ist class in (“and Blink-rations and a lid class in Liter-r Nnmmu‘orcs. His ﬁrst ex unﬁt-rice as u tearher was gained in nglnnd. wlwre he was a srhoolmastct’ (rum

THE CYCLUI’EUIA OF INDIA. 1383-1501. Hi: “it? next selected to till the chair of the Pratt-sot ol Logic and Moral Philomphy In thr- lilphiustone College. Bombay. where he unwed in that and began his work. He has acted as Principal of tln Deccan College, Poona. in 1800 and 1002-3: and as Principal oi the Elplnnstonc College in root and tons. Professor Sharp is .1 Follow oi the Bombay University. and has twrCc sand on its Syndicate.

.\lr. THOMAS Rt )Bl-ZRT S‘I’OIU DE. llitrrnter. was hum at I'I'I‘kltilm Rye, Snrrc). lleccrnlx-r :uh. i833. His father, Richard Slnkm', Iran a Doctor. Hr: went to school at Shooter's llill. our “'onlvich. and Afterwards to Wellinghomugh Grammar School. and was then nrttclcd to ltl! uncle. john Stolmc. ll Hexhiun m Northumherland. lie was admitted as n Solicitor in England in t855. and after wcrwng lur some tune in the 0ch oi the Under Sheriff oi ('ornwnll. he crime out to India early in i337 to tltr: firm ot judge, Judge and Watknut During the Morin) llc Scn'cd {or mm: mm: as .1 Trooper in the lkngni Yroinnnr)‘ t'tunlry. From 154'»: in I369 he was a member of the firm 0! Judge. Walking and Stokoe, at which time hc returned home and road for the Bar. being milled at the Inner Temple in jnnunry r872. llc returned to (Inlcutu in January 1375. where he has been practising ever since.

Mr. WILLIAM HENRY ARDEN WOOD. Mut, F.C.5.. F.R.G.S., Prim cipnl of La Marlimi‘ne College. Calcutta. tides son of the Rev. ]. Wood, M..& (Orton), was born in England in r858. He was educated at Manchester Grant uanchool, whence he proceeded Hill) a Ruckenbmy Scholarship to Christ Church. Oxlord, u nhich College he had preﬁonsly won an npenjunior Student‘hip. Allcr taking his degree in the Honour School of Natural Science in 1881. Mr. Wood was for n time Print: Secrvtary to ‘ Hon'hle Aubert)" Herbert, former .P. for Nottingham. and “it subsequently Ansiﬂnnt Mister in (lmnthaniﬁmmmar School. In 1885 Mr. Wood came out to India as Senior Assistant Mater in Ln Mnrtinii-re College. and in 1889 he bet:an Principal of Victori- College. Coorh Bchnr. In r89: Mr. Wood returned to La Mminiére u Princi 1.

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.\lr Wood lttln rmtganiscd the rduut- tional system of lllt‘ «chord. and h) intrmluning thn: Cairnhridgc University Lucid Examinations hits brought its work into touch With work of the same character in England. Mr. Wood has taken an activu part in work connected with University edu- cation. During the lust lth'cnt)‘ years he has examined frequently for (hlcutta and the Punjab Universities. He is a Fellow of Calcutta University, and was elected a member of t h e Provisional Syndicate appointed after the passing of the lndiiui Universities Act. He was also one of the original promoters of the Calcutta University 'l'cachera' Association. which now numbers among its members the pro» fcssurinl staff of the leading University Colleges. and mu its ﬁrst President. Mr. Wand has devoted much atten- tion to geography as n science. and desires to ace the subject take ilu primer place in Univenilty education in India. as it is nmr doing in England Ind America. Hi: has puhlilhrd "A Short Geography of Bengal" ((‘n. Bell and Sons, London). and “A General Geography for Schools in lndin" (Macmillan & Co.). which has been tevcral times reprinted.