Ward Collection (page 6)

Colonel Vivian Dering Majendie, Chief Inspector of Explosives, 1892. Artist: Spy
Colonel Vivian Dering Majendie, Chief Inspector of Explosives, 1892. Majendie (1836-1898), British soldier, served with the Royal Artillery at Sebastopol during the Crimean War and at Lucknow

Erasmus Wilson, English surgeon and antiquary, 1880. Artist: Spy
Erasmus Wilson, English surgeon and antiquary, 1880. In medicine Wilson (1809-1884) specialised in skin diseases. His other interest was Egyptology, of which he was a generous patron

Richard Anthony Proctor, English astronomer, mathematician and popular science writer, 1883. Artist: Spy
Richard Anthony Proctor, English astronomer, mathematician and popular science writer, 1883. Proctor (1837-1888) founded Knowledge, a science periodical, in 1881

Edwin Ray Lankester, British zoologist, 1905. Artist: Spy
Edwin Ray Lankester, British zoologist, 1905. Lankester (1847-1929) established clear morphological distinctions in different orders of invertebrates, demonstrating that they had different origins

James Manby Gully, British physician, 1876. Artist: Spy
James Manby Gully, British physician, 1876. Gully (1808-1883) practised first in London then in Malvern, Worcestershire, where he specialised in hydrotherapy

John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, British physiologist, 1894. Artist: Spy
John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, British physiologist, 1894. Burdon-Sanderson (1828-1905) was Regius professor of medicine at Oxford

Gresham College, London, 1739. Gresham College was established in 1597 in the mansion of Sir Thomas Gresham in Bishopsgate under the terms of his will

Ward in the Hampstead Smallpox Hospital, 1871. This was under the management of the Metropolitan Asylums Board and was built to meet the needs of the epidemic of the winter of 1870 to 1871

Robert Stawell Ball, British astronomer, mathematician, lecturer and populariser of science, 1905. Artist: Spy
Robert Stawell Ball, Irish-born British astronomer, mathematician, lecturer and populariser of science, 1905. Ball (1840-1913), Lord Rosses astronomer at Parsonstown, Ireland

Hospital ward, Scutari, Turkey, 1856. Artist: E Walker
Hospital ward, Scutari, Turkey, 1856. Clean, light and airy ward at the Barracks Hospital in Scutari, (Uskudar), Marmara, Turkey

Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist, c1900s. Artist: Spy
Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist, c1900s. After studying at the Royal College of Chemistry, London, Crookes went on to make significant contributions in several fields of science

Professor Sir Richard Owen, FRS, KCB, naturalist, 1873. Artist: Spy
Professor Sir Richard Owen, FRS, KCB, naturalist, 1873. Entitled Men of the Day, No 57: Old Bones, showing the naturalist and author Richard Owen, who attacked Darwins Origin of Species

Egyptian statuette of Sehenmut and his ward the Princess Neferure, c. 14th century BC
Egyptian statuette of Sehenmut, Architect and Master of Works of Queen Hatsheput and his ward the Princess Neferure, the daughter of Hatsheput, c.14th century BC

Convict ward on board the prison hulk Warrior at Woolwich, London, 1848. This hulk held 600 and was an intermediate confinement between an ordinary gaol or transportation

Cecil Rhodes, British-born South African, financier, statesman and empire builder, 1891. Artist: Spy
Cecil Rhodes, British-born South African, financier, statesman and empire builder, 1891. Rhodes (1853-1902) made his fortune in the Kimberley diamond mines

Womens ward in the Middlesex Hospital, London, 1808-1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Womens ward in the Middlesex Hospital, London, 1808-1811. From The Microcosm of London, illustrated by Pugin and Rowlandson and published by Ackermann. (London, 1808 -1811)

Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer, physician, surgeon and social reformer, 1882. Artist: Spy
Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer, physician, surgeon and social reformer, 1882. Smiles (1812-1904) was the author of Self Help. Cartoon from Vanity Fair. (London, 14 January 1882)

Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American philanthropist and industrialist, 1903. Artist: Spy
Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American philanthropist and industrialist, 1903. Carnegie (1835-1918) amassed a vast fortune in the steel industry

Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928), British Liberal statesman, 1904. Artist: Spy
Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928), British Liberal statesman, 1904. Asquith was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1905 to 1908 and Prime Minister between 1908 and 1916

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the USA, 1901-1909. Artist: Spy
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the USA, 1901-1909. Spy cartoon from The World showing him in academic robes after being presented with an honorary Doctorate of Civil Law (DCL)

Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891) British free-thinker and social reformer. Artist: Spy
Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891) British free-thinker and social reformer. Bradlaugh lectured under the name Iconoclast. He was elected MP for Northampton in 1880

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), English nursing pioneer and hospital reformer. Florence Nightingale inspecting the wards of the military hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War (1853-1856)

Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848-1922), amateur oceanographer, 1900. Artist: Spy
Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848-1922), amateur oceanographer, 1900. Albert established the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco and the Oceanographic Institute in Paris

Edward Richard Henry, British inventor of finger printing, 1905. Artist: Spy
Edward Richard Henry, British inventor of finger printing, 1905. Henrys system was adopted by the Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) in 1901

William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Artist: Spy
William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Ramsay (1852-1916) discovered four of the inert gases, Neon, Argon, Krypton and Xenon, for which he won the the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 1904

William Archibald Spooner, British clergyman and educationalist, 1898. Artist: Spy
William Archibald Spooner, British clergyman and academic, 1898. Spooner (1844-1930) had a 60 year association with Oxford University lecturing on ancient history and philosophy

Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born British inventor and engineer, 1904. Artist: Spy
Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born British inventor and engineer, 1904. Whilst resident in America, Maxim (1840-1916) took out patents for, among other things, gas apparatus and electric lamps

Oliver Lodge, British physicist, 1904. Artist: Spy
Oliver Lodge, British physicist, 1904. Lodge (1851-1940) is best remembered for his investigations into the propagation of electromagnetic waves

William Huggins, British astronomer and spectroscopist, 1903. Artist: Spy
William Huggins, British astronomer and spectroscopist, 1903. Huggins (1824-1910) was the inventor of the solar spectroscope

Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist and mathematician, 1897. Artist: Spy
Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist and mathematician, 1897. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Henry Bessemer, British engineer, inventor and industrialist, 1880. Artist: Spy
Henry Bessemer, British engineer, inventor and industrialist, 1880. Bessemer (1813-1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for discovering the Bessemer Process for manufacturing steel

William Crookes, British physicist and chemist, 1903. Artist: Spy
William Crookes, British physicist and chemist, 1903. Crookes (1832-1919) holding the discharge tube which carries his name

Richard Owen, British zoologist, 1873. Artist: Spy
Richard Owen, British zoologist, 1873. After qualifying and practising as a surgeon, Owen (1804-1892) made major contributions in the fields of anatomy and paleontology

Doctor Johnson in the ante-room of Lord Chesterfield, waiting for an audience, 1748. A critic, lexicographer, essayist, biographer and poet

Artemus Ward, American humourist and writer, c1880. Artemus Ward was the pseudonym of Charles Farrar Browne (1834-1867)

Mary Augusta Ward, English novelist and social worker, c1890. Mary Ward (Mrs Humphry Ward) (1851-1920) was the granddaughter of Thomas Arnold of Rugby and niece of Matthew Arnold

A copy of a photograph of the ward deck of the Atlas Smallpox Hospital Ship, c1890-c1899. Joyce Green Hospital was once the centrepiece of the Metropolitan Asylums Board complex of smallpox

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