The Dictionary of National Biography (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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It is not, of course, upon the biographies of the eminent that the value of the Dictionary mainly depends; but since the work is now arranged in decennial volumes, the yield of the obituary roll of each decade gives some clue to the fertility of the generation which belongs to it. The selection of representative names from the roll of these years could be extended much farther. It must suffice to mention among the men of science and engineers the names of William Bateson, the biologist, Sir James Dewar, De F erranti, the electrical engineer, Oliver Heaviside, the physicist, Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, Sir J N Langley, the physiologist, W. H. Perkin, the chemist, Sir Frederick Treves, the surgeon, and Sir Philip Watts, the naval designer. The stage lost Dame Ellen Terry in this period, and painting, J S. Sargent. Finally, it is fitting to close this summary with the names of some of the great adventurers - Gertrude Bell, Charles Doughty, Henry God win-austen, surveyor of the Himalaya, brigadier-general Pereira, who covered miles on foot in China, Sir Ernest Shackleton, and Sir Ross Smith, the airman.

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