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Chapter 16: APPENDIX
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A compilation of brief biographical notices and an index of kinships gathered from replies to a circular sent to living Fellows of the Royal Society. It documents families that produced at least three publicly recorded achievers, offers general remarks on noteworthiness and heredity, and applies simple statistical measures and kinship nomenclature to counts of relatives in various degrees. The volume includes lists of noteworthy families across scientific and professional fields, an appendix classifying fathers' occupations, and conclusions about transmission of general ability versus specialized passion.


APPENDIX

32 NOTEWORTHY FATHERS OF 38 F.R.S.

(TAKEN FROM THE PRINTED LIST OF 66 FAMILIES, AND CLASSIFIED BY OCCUPATIONS)

ASTRONOMY.

GEOLOGY.

PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS.

  • J.J. Lister, F.R.S. (——), optical investigator.

    • son, Lord Lister, O.M., President Royal Soc.

    • son, Arthur Lister, F.R.S.

  • Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S., O.M.

    • son, Hon. R. Strutt, F.R.S.

  • Professor James Thomson, Belfast (1786-1849).

    • son, Lord Kelvin, O.M., President Royal Soc.

    • son, James Thomson, F.R.S.

CHEMISTRY.

  • R. Warington, F.R.S. (1807-1867), ten years Secretary of the Chemical Soc.

ENGINEER.

  • W. Petrie, inventor of various apparatus for electric and chemical industries.

BIOLOGY.

  • Charles Darwin, F.R.S. (1809-1865), the great naturalist.

    • son, Professor G. Darwin, F.R.S.

    • son, Francis Darwin, F.R.S.

    • son, Horace Darwin, F.R.S.

  • Edwin Lankester, F.R.S. (1814-1874), Professor of Natural History, New Coll., London.

BOTANY.

MEDICINE.

  • W.A.F. Browne, F.R.S.E. (——), First Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland.

    • son, Sir J. Crichton Browne, F.R.S.

  • Sir J. Tomes, F.R.S., eminent in dental surgery.

    • son, C.S. Tomes, F.R.S.

DIVINITY.

  • J. Brown (1784-1858), Professor of Exegetics, Secession Coll., and after in the United Presbyterian Coll.

    • son, A. Crum Brown, F.R.S.

  • J.E. Kempe, late Rector of St. James, Piccadilly; Hon. Chaplain to the King.

    • son, A.B. Kempe, F.R.S.

  • J.G. Miall, Chairman of the Congregational Union.

    • son, L.C. Miall, F.R.S.

  • S. Trail (——), Professor Systematic Theology, University, Aberdeen.

    • son, J.W.H. Trail, F.R.S.

  • H. Venn (1796-1873), for many years Secretary and practically manager of the Church Missionary Soc.

    • son, J. Venn, F.R.S.

PHILOSOPHY.

LAW.

  • P.A. Pickering, Q.C., Judge Passage Court, Attorney-General, County Palatine.

PUBLIC SERVICES.

  • E. Strachey (1774-1832), Chief Examiner of Correspondence at India House (Secretary's work, writing despatches).

HISTORIANS AND BIOGRAPHERS.

  • J. Grant Duff (1789-1858), “History of the Mahrattas,” written after a brief but brilliant career in India.

  • Sir Francis Palgrave (1788-1861), “Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth.”

  • Henry Roscoe, biographer.

    • son, Sir H.E. Roscoe, F.R.S.

  • Henry Stebbing, D.D., F.R.S. (1799-1883), “Continuation to Hume and Smollet's History,” “Lives of the Italian Poets,” etc.

PAINTERS.

SCULPTOR.

  • T. Thornycroft (1815-1885).

ARCHITECT.

  • Sir G. Gilbert Scott, R.A. (1811-1878), President Royal Institute British Architects, Professor of Architecture.

    • son, Dukinfield H. Scott, F.R.S.


Summary of the occupations of the 32 fathers
11 Physical Science: Astronomy, 2; geology, 4; physics and mathematics, 3; chemistry, 1; engineer, 1.
5 Biology: Biology, 2; botany, 1; medicine, 2.
6 Divinity and Philosophy: Divinity, 5; philosophy, 1.
2 Law and Public Service: Law, 1; public service, 1.
4 Historians: Historians, 4.
4 Artists: Painters, 2; sculptor, 1; architect, 1.
32

I gather from this that about 21 of the 38 sons have followed the same pursuits as their parents, and that the remaining 17 have followed different ones; but the distinction is not always clear, so other persons may form slightly different estimates. Anyhow, it appears that the two characteristics of (1) general ability and (2) a passion for a particular pursuit are transmitted more or less independently.


INDEX

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
  • Ability, highest order of, xiv
    • How far can noteworthiness be accepted as a statistical measure of, xxi; nature of, xxi; relation between this and environment in producing noteworthiness, xxi-xxv
  • Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 30
    • Sir Robert, 30
  • Abraham, Harry, 48
    • Joseph, 47
  • Abstention in replying to circular, suggested reasons for, xxxiv
  • Abydos, kings of earliest dynasties at, 53
  • Abyssinian Expedition, 5, 44
  • Accident, definition of, xx
  • Achromatic microscope, 40
  • “Adam Smith, Life of,” 13
  • Adelaide, South Australia, 6
  • Ainslie, Sir Whitelaw, 28
  • Airy, Sir George B., 59
  • Albert, bust of Prince, 70
    • Memorial, 70
  • “Alert,” 44
  • Alexandria, defeat of French at, 30
  • Allardice, Robert Barclay, 22
  • “All on the Irish Shore,” 78
  • Ancestry, direct, xxxii
  • “Ancient Cubit and our Weights and Measures,” 76
  • “Ankylostomiasis in Mines,” 28
  • “Antiseptic Treatment in Surgery,” 39
  • Ashburton, first Baron, 4
  • “Ashburton Treaty,” 4
  • “Arabia, A Year's Journey through Eastern and Central,” 52
  • Archæology, British School of, at Athens, 7
  • Arctic Voyages, 42-44
  • Arkwright, Sir Richard, 3
  • Artistic Temperament and Bohemianism, xv
  • “Athenæum,” 62
  • Augusta, H.M. Empress, 9
  • Austen, Sir Henry E, 26
    • Robert, 26
  • Autotype process, 47
  • Avebury, Lord, 41, 80
  • Balfour, Andrew, 11
    • Isaac Bayley, 11
    • John Hutton, 11
    • Right Hon. A.J., 1
    • Professor F.M., 1
    • Right Hon. Gerald, 1
  • Balfour-Browne, John Hutton, 11
  • Ball, Sir Charles B., 3
    • Sir Robert S., 2, 80
    • Robert, 2, 80
    • Valentine, 3, 80
  • Bangor, Dean of, 76
  • Barclay, Capt., of Ury, 22
  • Barnard, Frederick, 56
    • George, 56
    • Harold L., 56
  • Baring Brothers and Co., 4
    • Alexander, 4
    • Charles, 4
    • Evelyn, 4
    • Sir Francis, 3
    • Francis Thornhill, 4
    • Thomas, 4
    • Thomas George, 3
  • Baring-Gould, Rev. S., 5
  • Bass, George, 53
  • Batten, Emelia, 74
    • George, 65
  • Bateson, xlii
  • Beagle, Voyage of,” 18
  • “Beduins, With the,” 33
  • Belper, Lord, 24
  • Bell's “British Quadrupeds,” 71
  • Bentham, Samuel, 24
  • Berlin waterworks, 24
  • Bernard, Charles B., Bishop of Tuam, 1
  • Bewick, 37
  • “Biography, Dictionary of National,” xiv
  • Blanford, H.F., 6
    • William, 5
    • W.T., 5
  • Blood, Professor W. Bindon, 62
    • General Sir Bindon, 62
  • Bohemianism and artistic temperament, xv
  • Bonamy Price, Professor, xvi
  • Booth, Right Hon. Charles, 6, 57
    • Henry, 6
    • James, 6
    • Thomas, 6
  • Bosanquet, Bernard, 7
    • C.B.P., 7
    • Vice-Admiral Day Hort, 7
    • Sir John Bernard, 7
    • Robert C., 7
    • R.H.M., 7
  • “Botanic Garden,” 17
  • Bottomley, James Thomson, 8, 69
  • Bramwell, Lord, 36
    • Sir Frederick, 36
  • Brandis, C.A., 9, 83
    • Sir Dietrich, 8, 83
    • Joachim D., 9
    • Johannes, 9
  • Bray, Anna Eliza, 38
  • Brewster, Sir David, 11
  • Bright, statue of John, 70
  • Britons, Ancient, 20
  • Brodrick, Charles, Archbishop of Cashel, 60
    • George C. (Warden of Merton), 61
    • Right Hon. William St. J., 61
    • W.J., seventh Viscount Midleton, 61
  • Brodrick Scott, Charles, 61
  • Brothers, average number of, for any person, xxxi
  • Brown, Professor A. Crum, 9, 82
    • General David, 72
    • John, of Haddington (1722-1787), 9
    • John, of Whitburn (1754-1832), 10
    • John, of Biggor (1784-1858), 10, 82
    • John, M.D., 10
    • John (engineer), 75
  • Browne, Sir J. Crichton, 11, 82
  • Brunel, Isambard, 35
  • Buller, Sir Arthur, 65
    • Charles, 65
    • Isabella B., 64
  • Burdon, Sir Thomas, 12
  • Burdon-Sanderson, Sir John S., 12, 29
    • Richard, 12
  • Burke's “Peerage,” xix
  • Burrows, Professor R.M., 68
  • Bushe, Charles Kendal, 78
    • Seymour Coghill Hort, 78
  • Calcott, Sir Augustus Wall, 35
    • John Wall, 35
  • Cambrian Pottery Works, 46
  • Camperdown, Earl of, 30
    • Viscount Duncan of, 30
  • “Canadian Men and Women of the Time,” 58
  • Candidates for Fellowship of Royal Society, number of, xi
  • Caricaturists on women who study hard, xv
  • Cashel, Archbishop of, 60
  • Cecil, family of, 2
  • “Celebes, Naturalist in North,” 32
  • Celebrity, reasons why men who have attained to the highest, fail to leave worthy successors, if any, xv
  • Cerebration, unconscious, xviii
  • Ceylon pearl fisheries, 31
  • Chance, xx
  • Chantrey, 70
  • “Challenger Reports,” 49, 62
  • Charity Organization Society, 7
  • “Charles R. Darwin, Life and Letters of,” 18, 19
  • Chree, Alex. B., 14
    • Charles, D.D., 14
    • Charles, F.R.S., 13
    • Jessie S., 14
    • William, 14
  • Christchurch, New Zealand, Archdeacon of, 60
  • Church, Professor A.H., 15
    • Rev. A.J., 15
    • H.F., 15
  • “Church Architecture, History of English,” 60
  • Church Missionary Society, 72, 73
  • Cinchona-bearing trees, 44
  • Circular sent to Fellows of Royal Society, ix, xxviii
  • Clive, Lord, 64
  • Clogher, Bishop of, 43
  • Cochrane, Lord, 49
  • Coghill, Admiral Sir J., 78
  • Cohen, Meyer (Sir F. Palgrave), 51
  • Coke, Elizabeth, 54
    • Thomas W., 54
  • Collaterals, xxxii
  • “Colliery Explosions, Cause of Death in,” 28
  • Colonial Office, 59
  • Comparison of Results with and without Marks in the Sixty-five Families, xxxvii
  • Compton, Henry, 48
  • Conclusions, xxxix
  • Constituents, incongruous, in highest order of mind, xv
  • Constitutional disease, proneness of particular families to, x
  • “Contracts, Specific Performance of,” 21
  • Conversation, rapid, xviii
  • Coomassie, relief of, 44
  • Copeman, A.C., 16
    • Edward, 16
    • Peter, 16
    • S.M., 15
  • Copyright Act, 50
  • Cork, Bishop of, 43
  • Correlation, negative, between constituents of highest order of mind, xv
  • Cotterill, Arthur, 17
    • Henry (Senior Wrangler), 17
    • Professor J.H., 16
    • Joseph M. (surgeon), 17
    • Joseph M., D.D., 17
    • Rev. Thomas, 16
    • Thomas (mathematician), 17
  • Counties in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, number required to provide one F.R.S. annually, xii
  • Cousins, first, of F.R.S., xl
  • Crewe, first Earl of, 50
  • Crewe-Milnes, R.O.A., first Earl of, 50
  • Crete, 20
  • Cromer, first Earl, 4
  • Crompton, Charles, 6, 57
  • “Cromwell, Oliver, the Protector,” 52
  • Crum, Alexander, 10
    • Walter, 10
  • Cuneiform writing, 47
  • Dalton, 24
  • Danish gunboat flotilla, defeat of, in the Belt, 76
  • Daphnæ, Greek settlements at, 53
  • Darjeeling, 26
  • Darwin, Charles (medical student), 18
    • Charles R. (author of “Origin of Species,” etc.), 18, 23, 81
    • Erasmus (author of “Zoonomia,” etc.), 17, 23
    • Erasmus (grandson of the author of “Zoonomia”) 18
    • Professor Francis, 19, 81
    • Professor G.H. (now Sir George), 17, 81
    • Horace, 19, 81
    • Major Leonard, 19
    • Robert W., 18
  • Davy, Sir Humphry, 56
  • Degrees of eminence in “noteworthy” persons, xxxv
    • of remoteness of kinship, xxviii
  • De la Rue, 33
  • Delane, 62
  • Denmark, Queen of, 9
  • “Dental Anatomy, Manual of,” 70
  • “Dental Surgery,” 71
  • Dentists Act, 71
  • Descendants, direct, xxxii
  • De Vries, xlii
  • Devonshire, geology of, 26
  • De Winter, Admiral, 30
  • Dickens, illustrations to, 56
  • Dickinson, John, F.R.S., 20
    • John, 21
  • “Dictionary of National Biography,” xiv
  • Dillwyn, Lewis Weston, 46
  • Diminution of frequency of noteworthiness with increase of distance of kinship, xxxix
  • Dundas and Wilson, 8
    • Sir David, 8
    • David, 8
    • George, 8
    • John, 8
    • Lord, 8
    • Ralph, 7
  • Duff, vide Grant Duff
  • Duncan, Adam, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 30
  • Durham, Bishop of, 4
    • Lord, 65
  • “Ecce Homo,” 15
  • Eccentricity in families of able scientific men, xvi
  • “Economist,” 51
  • Edgeworth, R.L., 24
  • “Edinburgh Encyclopædia,” 11
  • “Education, Memoirs on,” 13
  • Egerton, Right Hon. Sir Edwin, 45
  • Egypt, 4
  • Elias, Ney, 26
  • Eldon, first Earl of, 13, 30
  • “Electrical Testing, Handbook of,” 38
  • “Electrical Review,” 38
  • Eminence, degrees of, in “noteworthy” persons, xxxv
  • “Encyclopædia Britannica,” xiv
  • Energy as a factor in success, xviii
  • “England and Normandy, History of,” 51
    • Number of counties of, xii
  • “English Men of Science,” xiii
  • “Environment,” xx
    • Nature of, xxi; relation between this and ability in producing noteworthiness, xxi-xxv
  • “Etymological Dictionary,” 19
  • Eugenics, vii, xli, 22
  • Evans, Anne, 20
    • Arthur Benoni, 20
    • Arthur J., 20, 80
    • Sir John, 20, 80
    • Lewis, 20
    • Sebastian, 20
  • Excursion trains, 33
  • Exhibition buildings in Hyde Park, 24
  • Expectations of noteworthiness, xxxix
  • Express trains, 33
  • Faraday, Michael, 56
  • “Farm, The Chemistry of the,” 75
  • Farrer, Lord Herschell, 13
  • Fathers of F.R.S., xl
  • “Fauna of the Deep Sea,” 32
  • F.R.S., reasons for selecting, as subject for inquiry, xiii; circulars sent to, xxviii; number of replies sent to circulars, xxix
  • Fellowship of Royal Society, distinction of, xi; material value of, xi; number of candidates for, xi
  • “Ferrier, Life of,” 29
  • Fertile relatives, number of in each degree, xxxii
  • Fertility, connection between, and severe mental strain, xv
  • Finger-prints, identification by, 22
  • Fisher, Sir George, 67
  • Fitzgerald, Professor G. Francis, 63
    • Professor Maurice, 63
  • Fletcher, Harriet, 57
    • Maria, 57
  • Fleury, Rev. Charles M., 43
    • Ven. George L., 43
  • Flinders, Matthew, 53
  • Foljambe, Right Hon. Francis, 44
  • Forbes, David, Biography of, 25
  • Foster, Anthony, 42
    • Sir Augustus J., 43
    • Ebenezer, 27
    • John, Baron Oriel, 42
    • John Leslie, 43
    • John William, M.P., 42
    • Vere H.L., 43
    • William, D.D., 43
  • “Fossil Botany, Studies in,” 59
  • “Foundations of Belief,” 1
  • Fox, The Voyage of the,” 42
  • Fox, Sir Charles, 24
  • France, Geology of, 26
  • Francis, John, 70
  • Franco-German War, 9
  • “Franklin, The Fate of Sir John,” 42
  • Fry, Edmund, 21
    • Right Hon. Sir Edward, 21
    • Francis, 21
    • Joseph, 21
    • Joseph Storrs, 21
    • J.S. and Co., 21
    • Right Hon. Lewis, 21
  • Galton, Sir Douglas, 23
  • Geikie, Sir A., 24
    • Cunningham, 25
    • James, 25
    • James Stewart, 25
    • Walter, 25
    • Walter Bayne, 25
  • “Genius, Hereditary,” xiv, xvii
  • Genius, definition of, xvii; heredity of, xvii
  • “Genera Plantarum,” 34
  • “Geography, Lectures on,” 64
  • “Geology of England and Wales,” 78
  • Gloucester and Bristol, C. Baring, Bishop of, 4
  • Godwin, Major-General Sir Thomas H., 26
  • Godwin-Austen, Harold, 26
    • Lieutenant-Colonel H.H., 26, 80
    • Maria E., 26
    • R.A.C., 26, 80
  • “Gonville and Caius Coll., A Biographical History of,” 72
  • “Golden Treasury,” 51
  • Gordon, statue of General, 70
  • Gotch, Professor F., 27
    • Fredrick W., 27
    • Thomas Cooper, 27
  • Grant, Jane Maria, 66
    • Sir J.P. (Indian Judge), 66
    • Sir J.P. (Indian and Colonial Governor), 66
  • Grant Duff, Adrian, 28
    • Arthur C., 28
    • Evelyn M., 28
    • James, 28, 83
    • Right Hon. Sir M.E., 27, 83
  • Granville, statue of Lord, 70
  • Greene, H.W., 78
  • Grey, second Earl, 5
    • Hon. Lady, 4
    • Charles, 5
    • Sir George, 5
  • Griffin, Vice-Admiral William, 62
  • Gurney, Ellen, 74
    • Mrs. Russell, 74
  • Haden, Dr. Charles T., 35
    • Sir F. Seymour, 35
    • Dr. Thomas, 35
  • Hague, Court of International Arbitration at the, 21
  • Haldane, Alex. Chinnery, 29
    • Daniel R., 29
    • Elizabeth Sanderson, 13, 29
    • James A., 29
    • Lieutenant-Colonel J.A.L., 29
    • J.S., 13, 28
    • Robert, 29
    • Right Hon. R.B., 13, 29
  • Halkett, General, 37
  • “Harmony, Textbook of,” 35
  • Hartmann, Julius von, 9
  • “Harvesting Ants,” 46
  • “Hastings and the Rohilla War,” 65
  • Hastings, Warren, 44
  • Hausmann, Friedrich, 9
  • “Heather Hills, My,” 25
  • “Hebrew Politics in the Time of Sargon and Sennacherib,” 65
  • Hegel's “History of Philosophy,” 29
  • “Heine, Heinrich, Songs and Lyrics by,” 25
  • Hellicar, Ames, 3
  • Herbert Hospital at Woolwich, 23
  • “Hereditary Genius,” xiv, xvii, xlii
  • Herdman, J.C. (senior), 31
    • J.C. (junior), 31
    • Robert, 31, 84
    • Sophia, 31
    • William, 31
    • Professor W.A., 30, 84
  • Herschell, first Lord, 13
  • Hewett, Bertram H.M., 27
  • “Hibbert Journal,” 40
  • Hickson, Professor S.J., 31
    • W.E., 32
  • Highest Order of Ability, xiv
  • “Highland Lady, Memoirs of a,” 66
  • Hill, Arthur, 32
    • Edward B.L., 33
    • Edwin, 33
    • G. Birkbeck, 32
    • Sir John E.G., 33
    • Professor Leonard, 32
    • Matthew Davenport, 33
    • Norman, 33
    • Sir Rowland, 33
    • Thomas W., 33
  • “Hindoostan, Materia Medica of,” 28
  • Hodgkin, maiden name of Lady Fry, 22
  • Hogarth, 37
  • Homan, Mrs. Ruth, 32
  • Home Office, 59
  • Hooker, Sir Joseph D., 34, 82
    • Sir William J., 34, 82
  • Horsley, Charles E., 35
  • Houghton, Lord, 50
  • “Huia, The,” 38
  • Ignorance concerning noteworthiness of kinsmen in distant degree, xxxviii
  • Imaginative power near to lunacy, xv
  • “Immortality, Ode to,” xvi
  • Incongruous constituents in highest order of mind, xv
  • “India,” 65
  • “India, Finances and Public Works of,” 64
  • India Office, 59
  • Indian Meteorological Department, 6
  • “Industrial Conciliation,” 7
  • Intensity of any specified quality in each or any degree of kinship, how measured, xxix
  • “Internal Motion of Gases,” 62
  • Ireland, number of counties of, xii
  • “Italian Poets, Lives of,” 62
  • Kashmir, 26, 27
  • “Kempe and Kemp Families, A History of the,” 38
  • Kempe, Alfred Bray, 37, 82
    • Alfred John, 37
    • Edward, 38
    • Harry Robert, 38
    • John Arrow, 38
    • John E., 37, 82
  • Kelvin, Lord, 68
  • Khartoum, Battle of, 46
  • Kilmore, Bishop of, 43
  • “King Alfred,” 57
  • King, George, 69
  • Kinsfolk, Noteworthy, Number of in each Degree, xxxiii
    • Number of in each Degree, xxviii
    • Number of in 100 Families, who survived Childhood, xxx
    • of each person, difficulty of obtaining number of, x; reasons for difficulty, x
  • Kinsmen, Number of Noteworthy, Recorded in 207 Returns, xl
  • Kinship, Nomenclature of, xxvi
  • Kirkpatrick, Lieutenant-General, 64
  • Knossos, Palace of, 20
  • Koptos, prehistoric Egyptian at, 53
  • Kynaston, Professor Herbert, 67
  • Labouchere, Henry, 4
  • Lamarck, 17
  • Lancaster, Joseph, 24
  • Lankester, Edwin, 38, 81
    • E. Forbes, 39
    • Professor E. Ray, 38, 81
    • Fay, 39
    • Nina, 39
    • Phebe, 39
    • S. Rushton, 39
  • Larmor, Dr., 63
  • “Lay Texts,” 66
  • Leicester, Earl of, 54
  • “Leo X.,” 57
  • “Life in Early Britain,” 77
  • Liverpool Cathedral, 60
  • Lister, Lord, 39, 81
    • Arthur, 40, 81
    • Arthur H., 40
    • Gulielma, 40
    • J.J. (biologist), 40
    • J.J. (optical investigator), 40, 81
  • Llewelyn, John Dillwyn, 46
  • Lodge, Alfred, 41
    • Eleanor C., 41
    • George E., 41
    • Sir Oliver, 40
    • Richard, 40
    • Robert J., 40
  • Lombroso, xvi
  • “London, Life and Labour of People of,” 6
  • “Lorenzo de' Medici, Life of,” 57
  • Lubbock, Edgar, 42
    • Sir John, 41, 80
    • Right Hon. Sir John, 41
    • Sir John William, 41, 80
    • Sir Neville, 42
  • Lunacy and imaginative power, xvi
  • Lusi, Frederick, Comte de (soldier), 37
    • Frederick, Comte de (statesman), 36
    • Spiridion, Comte de, 37
  • Macaulay, 24
  • McClintock, Alfred H., 43
    • Sir Francis L., 42
    • H.F., 43
    • John, Lord Rathdonell, 43
    • J.W.L., 43
    • Patience, 42
    • R.S., 44
  • Macdowall, Hay, 7
  • Mackenzie, Charles, 48
    • Sir Morell, 48
    • Sir Stephen, 48
  • “Mahrattas, History of the,” 28
  • Manor, Lord, 8
  • Mariner's compass, 69
  • Markham, Admiral Sir Albert, 44
    • Sir Clements R., 44
    • Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin, 44
    • George, 45
    • Admiral John, 45
    • William (Archbishop of York), 45
    • William, 44
  • Marks applied to degree of noteworthiness, xxxvi
  • Maskelyne, M.H.N. Story, 45
    • Nevil, 45
  • Masterman, J. Story, 46
  • Material on which book is based, ix
  • Melbourne, Lord, 4
  • Meldola, David, 47
    • Raphael F.R.S., 47
    • Raphael (High Rabbi), 47
  • “Mentone, Flora of,” 46
  • Merit, standard of, xiii
  • “Merton Coll., Memorials of,” 61
  • Miall, Edward, 48
  • Micrometers, machine for ruling, 75
  • Miers, Edward J., 49
    • Francis Charles, 49
    • Professor H.A., 49
    • John, 49
  • “Middle Ages, Close of,” 41
  • Midleton, seventh Viscount, 61
  • Mill, 24
    • James, 64
  • Milner, Right Hon. Sir Frederick, 44
  • Milnes, R. Monckton, Lord Houghton, 50
    • R. Pemberton, 50
    • R.S., 49
  • “Mineralogy,” 49
  • “Modern Science,” restriction to term as used on title-page, xiii
  • Moggridge, Traherne, 46
  • “Mollusca, Manual of,” 79
  • “Monumental Effigies of Great Britain,” 38
  • “Moon and Stars, Memoirs of Heat of,” 52
  • Moore, Thomas, 24; “Life and Letters of,” 24
  • Morgan, M.E. de, 55
  • “Mosses, British,” 21
  • Murchison, Sir R., Biography of, 25
  • “Musical Grammar,” 35
  • “Mycetozoa,” 21
    • Monograph on, 40
  • Naqada, prehistoric Egyptians at, 53
  • “National Biography, Dictionary of,” xiv
  • “Nature,” xxxi, xxxii
  • Naucratis, Greek settlements at, 53
  • Nautical Almanac, 45
  • Nebulæ, discovery of, 52
  • Nelson, bust of Miss Horatio, 70
  • Newton, Professor Alfred, 49
    • A.W., 50
    • Sir Edward, 50
    • F.J., 50
    • Lieutenant-General H.P., 50
    • R. Milnes, 50
    • William, 49
    • General W.S., 50
  • New York, tunnel under river in, 27
  • Nomenclature of Kinship, xxvi
  • “Nonconformist,” 48
  • Northbrook, first Baron, 4
    • first Earl of, 3
  • Norwich, Roman Catholic Cathedral at, 60
  • Noteworthy Kinsfolk, Number of in Each Degree, xxxiii
  • Noteworthy, use of term in present work, xiii, xiv
  • Noteworthies, Proportion of to the Generality, xviii
  • Noteworthiness, xi
    • Marked and Unmarked Degrees of, xxxv
    • As a Measure of Ability, xx
  • Noteworthiness as achieved, xix; statistically the outcome of ability and environment, xxi; in women, xxxiii; diminution of frequency of, with increase of distance of kinship, xxxix; expectation of, xxxix
  • Number of Kinsfolk in each Degree, xxviii
    • of Kinsfolk in 100 Families who Survived Childhood, xxx
    • of Noteworthy Kinsfolk in each Degree, xxxiii
    • Number of Noteworthy Kinsmen Recorded in 207 Returns, xl
  • Palestine, Reconnaissance of, 76
  • Palgrave, Elizabeth (née Dawson Turner), 51
  • Parliamentary representatives, methods for electing, xxxv
  • Parsons, Charles A., 52, 80
    • Lawrence, fourth Earl of Rosse, 52, 80
    • William, third Earl of Rosse, 52, 80
  • Peacock, 64
  • Peel, Sir Robert's, Cabinet, 4
  • “Penelope,” 39
  • Penny postage, 33
  • Percy anecdotes, 37
  • Persian Boundary Commission, 5
  • Petrie, Anne Flinders, 53
    • Martin, 53
    • Matthew, 53
    • William, 53, 81
    • Professor W.M. Flinders, 53, 81
  • “Philobiblon Society,” 50
  • Pickering, Anne Maria, 54
    • Edward Hayes, 54
    • Percival, 55
    • Percival Andrée, 54, 83
    • P.S.U., 54, 83
  • Piel seafish hatchery, 31
  • Pine, William, 21
  • Place, Francis, 49
  • “Platæa and Olympia,” 54
  • Plowden, Sir Henry Meredith, 66
    • Sir Trevor Chichele, 66
  • Plymouth, 4
  • “Poets on Poets,” 66
  • “Political Economy, Dictionary of,” 51
  • Political life, factors conducive to noteworthiness in, xxi
  • “Political Studies,” 61
  • Polynesian race, 78
  • Pope, Samuel, 39
  • Port Erin Biological Station, 31
  • Positivist Community, 7
  • Price, Professor Bonamy, xvi
  • Proportion of Noteworthies to the Generality, xviii
  • Prussia, Queen of, 9
  • Punakha, 26
  • “Punch,” 56
  • Radium, 68
  • Ramsay, Sir Andrew C., 55
    • Sir William, 55
    • William, 55
  • Rathdonell, Lord, 43
  • Rayleigh, third Baron, 68, 81
    • Lady, 2
  • Reform Bill, 5
    • Movement, 74
  • Reid, Clement, 56
    • Margery A., 56
  • “Reminiscences of an Irish R.M.” 78
  • Remoteness of kinship, degrees of, xxviii
  • Repute, built up by repeated testings of intelligence, energy, and character, xix
  • “Richelieu,” 41
  • “Rise and Progress of English Commonwealth,” 51
  • Robarts, Lubbock and Co., 41
  • Robertson, Robert, 55
  • Roscoe, Henry, 57, 83
    • Sir Henry E., 7, 56, 83
    • Robert, 57
    • Thomas, 57
    • William, 57
    • W. Caldwell, 57
    • William Stanley, 57
  • Rosse, third Earl of, 52, 80
    • fourth Earl of, 52, 80
  • “Rothamsted Experiments, Lectures on the,” 75
  • Routh, Dr. Amand J. McC., 59
    • Dr. C.H.F., 58
    • Edward J., 58
    • Sir Randolph I., 58
  • Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, 41, 42
  • Royal Institution, Francis Galton's lecture before, in 1864, xiii
  • “Royal Society's Year Book,” xiii, xxviii
  • Russell, Lord John, 5
  • “Rubayat” of Omar Khayum, 78
  • Salisbury, third Marquis of, 2
  • Sanderson, Sir James, 12
  • Sattara State, 28
  • Schimmelpenninck, 22
  • Scholastic successes, a doubtful indication of future performance, xxxiv
  • Scotland, number of counties of, xii
  • Scott, Charles Brodrick, 61
    • Charles William, 61
    • Dukinfield Henry, 59, 84
    • Edward Ashley, 61
    • General Edward William, 61
    • Ven. Edwin A., Archdeacon of Christchurch, New Zealand, 60
    • Professor Hercules, 72
    • George Digby, 61
    • Sir George Gilbert, 59, 84
    • George Gilbert, 60
    • Giles Gilbert, 60
    • Henry George, 60
    • James George, Archdeacon of Dublin, 61
    • James Smyth, 61
    • John, Lord Eldon, 13, 30
    • Sir John, 33
    • John Pendred, 60
    • Ven. Melville H., Archdeacon of Stafford, 60
    • Robert Henry, 60
    • Canon Thomas, 60
    • Thomas (Biblical commentator), 59
    • Thomas (of Queen's College, Cambridge), 59
    • William, Lord Stowell, 13, 30
  • “Scottish Character and Scenery, Etchings Illustrative of,” 25
  • Secret history of family, importance of, x
  • Seeley, Sir John R., 15
  • Sex of one child no clue of importance to that of any other child in same family, xxxi
  • Sibley, George, 71
  • Sidgwick, Mrs. Henry, 1
  • Simpson, Alfred, 5
  • Siphon recorder, 68
  • Sisters, average number of, for any person, xxxi
  • Social rank, effects of, in producing noteworthiness, xxi
    • world, vastness of, xvii
  • “Soil, Physical Properties of the,” 75
  • Sola, Abram de, 47
  • Somerville, Comm. Boyle, 78
    • E. Œ., 78
  • “Sound, Theory of,” 68
  • Smyth, H. Warington, 46
    • Major N. Maskelyne, 46
  • Specific kinship, forms of, xxvi; abbreviation for, xxvi
  • “Spectator,” 65
  • Spencer, Lord, 5
  • Spencer Stanhope, A.M.W., 54
    • John, 54
    • John R., 55
    • Sir Walter, 55
  • Sports, xlii
  • Stafford, Archdeacon of, 60
  • Standard of merit used, xiii
  • Stanhope, John Spencer, 54
  • Stanley, Lord, 43
  • Stebbing, Rev. Henry, 62, 83
    • Rev. T.R.R., 62, 83
    • William, 62
  • Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, 73
    • Sir Leslie, 73
  • Stephenson, 6
  • Stewart-Wilson, Charles, 10
  • Stirling, Anna M.D.W., 55
  • Stoney, Bindon Blood, 63
    • Gerald, 63
    • G. Johnstone, 62
  • Story, A.M.R., 45
  • Stothard, Charles A., 38
  • Stowell, first Baron, 13, 30
  • Strachey, Sir Arthur, 65
    • Edward, 64
    • Sir Edward, 65, 83
    • George, 65
    • Giles Lytton, 66
    • Colonel Henry, 65
    • Sir Henry (first Bart.), 64
    • Sir Henry (second Bart.), 64
    • Sir John, 64
    • Joan Pernel, 66
    • John, F.R.S. (geologist), 65
    • John, Archdeacon of Suffolk, 65
    • John, St. Loe, 65
    • J. Beaumont, 66
    • Marjorie Colvile, 67
    • Oliver, 66
    • Lieut.-General Sir Richard, 63, 83
    • Richard, 64
  • Strahan, Aubrey, 67
    • Charles, 67
    • George, 67
  • Strain, severe mental, connection between this and fertility, xv
  • Stratification, theory of, 65
  • “Structural Botany, Introduction to,” 59
  • Strutt, Edward, Baron Belper, 24
    • Hon. E.G., 68
    • Jedediah, 23
    • Joseph, 25
    • William, 24
  • Strutt, John W., Lord Rayleigh, 68, 81
    • Hon. Robert J., 68, 81
  • “Student's Modern Europe,” 41
  • Success in obtaining Fellowships of Royal Society, xii; how achieved, xviii, xix; factors producing, xx
  • “Sun and Stars, Physical Constitution of,” 62
  • Surnames as affecting knowledge of distant kinsmen, xxxviii
  • Sykes, Daniel, 74
  • Symonds, John Addington, 65
  • Vatcher, Marion, 39
    • Rev. Sydney, 39
  • “Veldt in the Seventies, On the,” 76
  • “Venn, Family Annals,” 74
  • Venn, Henry (1725-1797), 73
    • Henry (1796-1873), 73, 82
    • John (1759-1813), 72
    • John (1802-1890), 73
    • John (b. 1834), 72, 82
    • Richard, 74
  • Vicars, Major-General Edward, 68
  • Victoria, bust of, 70
  • “Vittoria Colonna, Life of,” 57
  • “Vortex water-wheel,” 69
  • Wales, number of counties of, xii
  • Warington, George, 75
    • Robert, 75, 81
    • Professor Robert, 75, 81
  • Warren, Major-General Sir Charles (1798-1866), 76
    • General Sir Charles (b. 1840), 76
    • Vice-Admiral Frederick, 76
    • John (Dean of Bangor), 76
    • John (mathematician), 77
    • Dr. Pelham, 76
    • Dr. Richard (1731-1797), 77
    • Dr. Richard (b. 1876), 77
  • Waterford, Archdeacon of, 43
  • Waterloo, Battle of, 58
  • Waterlow, Sir Ernest, 32
    • Sir Sydney H., 32
  • Wealth, effects of, in producing noteworthiness, xxi
  • Wedgwood, Hensleigh, 19
  • Wellesley, 64
  • Wellington, bust of Duke of, 70
  • Wells, Dean of, 61
  • “Westminster Review,” 32
  • Wheler, Edward G., 23
  • Whitbread, maiden name of the Hon. Lady Grey, 4
  • “Who's Who,” xii, xiv
  • “Wild Flowers Worth Notice,” 39
  • Willcocks, Sir G., 44
  • Windle, Professor B.C.A., 77
  • Women who study hard, characteristics of, xv; noteworthiness in, xxxiii
  • Woodward, Bernard Bolingbroke, 79
    • Bernard Henry, 79
    • Henry, 79
    • H.B., 78, 81
    • H.P., 79
    • H.W., 79
    • M.F., 79
    • Samuel, 78
    • Samuel Pickworth, 79, 81
  • Wordsworth, xvi
  • Work, possibility of extension of, ix; object of, ix