Catalogue (with biographical notes and illustrations) of the Sharples collection of pastel portraits and oil paintings, etc. . Face three-quarters to right. 19. SIR JOSEPH BANKS (1743-1820). English naturalist, especially distinguished as abotanist and a patron of science. Born in London1744. Equipped the ship Endeavour, accompaniedCooks first expedition 1768-71, visited Iceland 1772,and was President of the Royal Society company with Dr. Solander christened BotanyBay in 1788. Died at Isleworth, on the Thames,1820. Face three-quarters to left. 20. SIR HUMPHRY DAVY (1778-1829). Cel
Catalogue (with biographical notes and illustrations) of the Sharples collection of pastel portraits and oil paintings, etc. . Face three-quarters to right. 19. SIR JOSEPH BANKS (1743-1820). English naturalist, especially distinguished as abotanist and a patron of science. Born in London1744. Equipped the ship Endeavour, accompaniedCooks first expedition 1768-71, visited Iceland 1772,and was President of the Royal Society company with Dr. Solander christened BotanyBay in 1788. Died at Isleworth, on the Thames,1820. Face three-quarters to left. 20. SIR HUMPHRY DAVY (1778-1829). Celebrated English chemist. Born Penzance of a wood-carver. In 1795 apprenticed to J. , a prominent surgeon at Penzance. Assistantin the laboratory at Dr. Beddoes (see 32) PneumaticInstitution, Bristol, 1798. Lecturer in Chemistryat the Royal Institution, London, 1801. Directorof the Laboratory 1805. Knighted 1812. Inventedthe famous safety lamp for use in mines a baronet 1818. President of the RoyalSociety 1820. Died Geneva, Switzerland, 1829. Face three-quarters to left. (See illustration.). SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, Inventor of the Safety Lamp. No. 20. SHARPLES COLLECTION. 15 21. SIR WILLIAM HERSGHEL (1738-1822), Celebrated English astronomer. Born Hanover,Prussia, 1738. Came to England 1757, and taughtmusic, becoming organist of the Octagon Chapel,Bath, 1776. Instructed himself in mathematicsand astronomy, and constructed a telescope 1773with which he observed the Orion nebula. Dis-covered the planet Uranus 1781. Made CourtAstronomer 1782. His great reflecting telescopeerected 178Q. Died Slough, near Windsor, son. Sir John Herschel (i792-1871), also cele-brated as an astronomer. Face in profile to left. 22. DR. JOSEPH PRIESTLEY (1733-1804). English clergyman and natural philosopher,especially celebrated as the discoverer of Fieldhead, near Leeds, 1733. Son of a clothdresser. In 1755 took charge of a small congregationat Needham Marke
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