A graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and University College,
London, Henry Bence Jones (1814 73) was a distinguished physician
and chemist, as well as a chronicler of his colleagues'
accomplishments. Well-known and popular in Victorian London, he was
a fellow of both the Royal Society and the Royal College of
Physicians, and counted Florence Nightingale among his friends.
Written during his term as secretary to the Royal Institution, this
account of the organisation's foundation and early members reflects
his admiration for his professional forebears. Published in 1871, a
year after his two-volume biography of Faraday (also reissued in
this series), his account covers the lives of Count Rumford, Thomas
Young, Humphry Davy and the troubled President Thomas Garnett.
Incorporating a substantial appendix containing letters and papers
pertaining to the Institution, this history provides a glimpse into
the early years of one of Britain's most important and learned
scientific organisations.
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