Log-Book of a Fisherman and Zoologist (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876. Excerpt: ... JOHN HUNTER REVIVED. John Hunter, the greatest anatomist, physiologist, and surgeon that England ever produced, died October 16, 1793, aged sixty-four. His memory has not yet passed away from amongst us, and I trust it never will pass away, so much does suffering humanity owe to his great discoveries. John Hunter had a country residence at Earl's Court, Kensington. The old parish church has lately been pulled down, and it has been proposed to place memorial windows, in memory of historical personages connected with Kensington parish, in the church lately built by Sir Gilbert Scott, R.A., which was consecrated in 1872. A list has been published of the illustrious individuals who lived at or near Kensington, and whose memory will be thus recorded for generations to come. Among these illustrious names I find Sir Isaac Newton, Charles James Fox, Lord Macaulay, Archbishop Whately, William Wilberforce, Sir David Wilkie, Sir Augustus Callcott, R.A., Dean Swift, William Penn, Robert Nelson (" Fasts and Festivals "), W. M. Thackeray, Dr. Crotch (Doctor of Music), and many others. The royal names of Queen Victoria (born in Kensington Palace), King William III., Queen Mary II., Queen Anne, George I., GeorgelL, the Duchess of Kent, and Queen Caroline, must also be be included, as they all lived in Kensington. The Presidents of the Royal Society, the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Society of Literature, and the Society of Arts, have been asked to join the committee, with the view of seeing that the men, eminent in the respective subjects watched over by each society, are properly represented by the proposed memorials. In the list of illustrious persons whose names will be thus handed down to posterity is that of John Hunter, who for man...