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...
A graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and University College, London, Henry Bence Jones (1814 73) was a distinguished physician and chemist, as we...