81. Elmet's Medieval Period He had issue a son, who became the famous sir John savile; and by the second wife, sir henry le Vavasour His elder brother, Walter le Vavasour, http://www.oldtykes.co.uk/medieval.htm

Elmet's Mediaeval Era Last updated To cover from the Conquest to the Tudors. Food and clothing to housing and finds. Tales. To Include - Castles:- Pontefract - Sandal - Harewood - Hazelwood - Whitwood - Barwick - Leeds Whitwood - Knaresborough - Conisborough - Etc. Haselwood Castle (Haslewood-Hazelwood) Raids. Monasteries. Roads. More information is coming to light all the time and this page will be updated to suit. Yorkshire Rose Simple enough situation - but an indication of the trouble with history. Reproductions of the white Yorkshire rose can have it either way. Even on bridges at York itself. Sometimes the fifth petal is to the top and sometimes to the bottom. Richard III started the College of Arms in his short reign so heraldry of the time was perhaps not quite so sure of itself. Just another small point to be investigated. Richard III By The Grace of God, King of England and France And Lord of Ireland by Peter Russell of Aberford - 1979 For more works by Graham Turner - click on the image to go to his website RICHARD III FOUNDATION DISCUSSION FORUM Merchant Adventurers Hall - York This magnificent Guild Hall, the finest surviving in Europe, is a unique and tangible reminder the the importance and influence of the merchants of York throughout the medieval period. Its basic structure remains largely as it was built in 1357-1361.

82. Genuki Logo Yorkshire Notes And Queries Volume V. 1909 Saunderson, Nicholas,; savile, sir henry (Antiquary),; Saturday Magazine, The,;Saxon Remains at Aldborough, Barmston, Little Driffield, Folkton, http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/CBW/ynq/v5p9.htm

"Yorkshire Notes and Queries" Volume V. 1909 Perpendicular Style of Architexture, at Beeford, Beverley, Great Driffield, Hornsey, Howden, Hull, Paghell (or Paull), Pocklington, Preston, Skirlaugh, Tunstall, Pickering, Lythe;N, Riding, Pickering Font, Plague in Leeds, in (2) Pickhill, Old Font near Tower of Church, Plantagenet, Richard (Earl of Cambridge), Plot, Dr., and Weeding Well, Play Bill, An Old, (2) Pliny's Well at Como, Plumbley, F., (2) Plumpton Quarry near Harrogate, Poem, Author of Wanted Name, Pontefract, Pomfret Cakes, (2) Poll.Tax, Last of Richard II., Ponterfleet, Pool, Paper making at, Poole, Matthew, Porritt, G.T., Porteous, Blellby, Potter, Dr.John (Archbp.of Canterbury), Pottenger, Rev.Thomas, W.Poulson, George, Power, Ernest, Prehistoric Man, Prehistoric Relics from Middleton, Preston, Ben, Preston, J., Bradford Tradesmen of the 17th Century, (2) Priesley, Joseph, Private Bill Procedure, " Probable Origin of Yorkshire Names of Places and Persons, derived from the Ancient English, the Anglo Saxon, the Frisian, or other Germanic or Teutonic Dialect, (2) Proctor, Thomas (Sculptor)

83. A LIST Of The VISCOUNTS OR HIGH SHERRIFS Of The County Of York AD henry VII. 1486 Joh. savile, miles. 87 Robert Ryther, miles. 88 Joh. 90 sir Jon. Jennings, knt. 91 henry Fairfax, esq. 92 John Gill, esq. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/yrksdict/sheriffs.txt

84. Authors In The EProsed Burnaby, William; Byron, henry James; Carey, George savile; Carey, henry Drinkwater, John; Dryden, John; Dudley, sir henry Bate; Duffett, Thomas http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/eprosed/eprosedauth.html

Authors in the English Prose Drama Database à Beckett, Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, Gilbert Abbott and Lemon, Mark Addison, Joseph Allingham, William Almar, George Andrews, Miles Peter Andrews, Miles Peter and Reynolds, Frederick Anonymous (Early Nineteenth Century) Anonymous (Elizabethan) Anonymous (Jacobean and Caroline) Anonymous (Late Eighteenth Century) Anonymous (Medieval) Anonymous (Mid Nineteenth Century) Anonymous (Restoration) Anonymous (Restoration) and Dryden, John Anonymous (Tudor) Anonymous (University Plays) Anstey, F. Arnold, Samuel James Atherstone, Edwin Bacon, Phanuel Baillie, Joanna Baker, Henry and Miller, James Baker, Thomas Ball, Edward Barnett, Charles Zachary Barnett, Morris Barrett, Eaton Stannard Barrymore, William Bayley, Nathaniel Thomas Haynes Beazley, Samuel Behn, Aphra Bellamy, Daniel Bernard, William Bayle Betterton, Thomas Bickerstaffe, Isaac Bickerstaffe, Isaac and Foote, Samuel Blanchard, Edward Litt Leman Bloomfield, Robert Boaden, James Boucicault, Dionysius Lardner Boyle, Roger Boyle, William Brand, Barbarina Brand, Hannah

85. Rare Books Chrysostom Opera Graece (edited by sir henry savile) Eton, John Norton, 16101613. 8 volumes.Volume 1, 1086 pp., vol. 2, 93lpp., vol. 3, 894 pp., vol. 4, 943pp., vol. http://www.wofford.edu/sandorTeszlerLibrary/rareBooks/authors/chrysostom.asp

Seventeenth Century Imprints Title page Chrysostom, St. John Opera Graece (edited by Sir Henry Savile) Eton, John Norton, 1610-1613. 8 volumes. Volume 1, 1086 pp., vol. 2, 93lpp., vol. 3, 894 pp., vol. 4, 943pp., vol. 5, 998 pp., vol. 6, 1008 pp., vol. 7, 949 pp., vol. 8, 1436 pp. Folio, leather. Decorative initial from Opera Graece Description An English scholar, Henry Savile (1549-1622) was educated at Brasenose and Merton, Oxford. Through Essex, Burghley and Lady Russell, he became provost of Eton in 1596. Because of his friendship with the rehabilitated Essex, James I dubbed him Knight in 1604. One of the scholars picked to produce the Authorized Version of the Bible, and he worked on the Evangelists, Acts and Revelations. Unable to obtain Royal French type for the Chrysostom, he produced instead a fount from Holland. Of his own purse, he spent 8,000 pounds. It was the first learned work of great scale published in England, but few buyers presented themselves. Savile assisted Bodley in the founding of the Bodleian Library. He was the most learned Englishman in the profane languages of his time. (DNB) Melchisidec Bradwood supervised the printing of the work, although John Norton was the nominative printer. One of John Day’s apprentices, Bradwood, was freed by Day’s widow and he thence began his own shop in London at Eliot’s Court, Old Bailey. Engaged by Savile for the Production of the Chrysostom, he seems to have taken presses, initials, ornaments, supplementary types and workers to Eton. Bradwood remained at Eton until his death in 1618 and printed other Greek works. (AP)

86. Names From The Madras And Bombay Civil Pension Funds, LDS Film No 1836132. Frere, Rt Hon sir henry BE. Frost, Charles Evitt. Fulton, sir Edmund Salmon Sandwith Sangster savile Schneider Scott Seton Seward Sexton Shakleton http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/pension2.htm

Madras and Bombay Pension Funds LDS Film Nos - 1836132 and 1850764. This page is part of the Family History in India website , in the section on Miscellaneous Data . This particular page was kindly compiled by Edward Nicholl of the U.K., who transcribed all the names from the above-mentioned LDS microfilms. Edward has also transcribed names from the Bengal Pension Fund Names from the Madras Civil Pension Fund (LDS Film No 1836132). The names on this LDS film are a continuation from another (previous?) roll. The names in the film are of dependants, and of the deceased pensioners. The pensioners died from 1918 onwards, with the dependants dying in the 1940's and 1950's. The names below are of the deceased pensioners. Arundel , A F Atkinson , J N Benson , R S Bliss

87. The Four-Fold Superiority Of The KJV (2/2) The activities of henry savile. sir henry Saville was proficient in both Greekand mathematics. He became tutor in these two subjects to Queen Elizabeth. http://av1611.com/kjbp/articles/waite-fourfold2.html

Download: Software for Believing Bible Study Book: Crowned With Glory ... , The Key to Believing the Bible Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name -Psalm 138:2, KJV The King James Bible Page Defending and promoting the KJV on the Internet since 1995 King James Bible Page: Home Articles Bible Versions F.A.Q. Books ... Salvation Featured Bible version articles: Would you do this to the Bible? Preeminence of Christ 1 John 5:7 The Last Twelve ... The Ethiopian Eunuch Other Bible study resources: Bible Software Read the KJV Bible in a year Torrey's Bible Topics ... Nave's Bible Topics Page 2 of 2 Previous Page THE FOUR-FOLD SUPERIORITY OF THE KING JAMES VERSION (Part 2) #2: THE KING JAMES BIBLE HAS SUPERIOR TRANSLATORS. The second reason for defending the KJV is because it has superior translators. This correctly implies that the various versions and perversions of the Bible have inferior translators. Let's take a brief look at the superior translators of the KJV. Why do I say that the KJV translators are superior? I say they are superior because they ARE superior! I think that there is no question about the expertise and ability of the translators who gave us our KJV. The new version people often say that the KJV translators were rather ignorant and didn't know as much about translating as the "translators/paraphrasers" of today. This is not only prideful, but completely false. Their linguistic qualifications are unequaled! The accomplishments of Lancelot Andrews. Let's mention Dr. Lancelot Andrews. He was certainly a superior KJV translator. He had mastered fifteen languages. Someone said that if Dr. Andrews had been present at the confusion of tongues at the tower of Babel, he could have served as interpreter general. I don't know any of the modern "translator/paraphrasers" who have mastered fifteen languages, do you? Send me their names, if you have proof of this.

88. Modern History Sourcebook: Ben Jonson (1573-1625): On Lord Francis Bacon, 1625 not to be contemned, either for judgment or style; sir henry savile, grave,and truly lettered; sir Edwin Sandys, excellent in both; Lord Egerton, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1625jonson-bacon.html

Back to Modern History Sourcebook Modern History Sourcebook: Ben Jonson On Lord Francis Bacon, 1625 Introductory Note Dominus Verulamius [Footnote 1: Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam.] One, though he be excellent and the chief, is not to be imitated alone; for never no imitator ever grew up to his author; likeness is always on this side truth. Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker who was full of gravity in his speaking; his language, where he could spare or pass by a jest, was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more presly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end. [Footnote 1: Severe.] [Footnote 2: Concisely.] [Footnote 3: Choice, disposal.]

89. Scottish History In Print - National Library Of Scotland savile. sir henry. classical scholar. (d. 1622) 27.21. Scalacronica 15.41; Schaw.Capt. and Ensign. (early 18 cent.) 17.3. sir John. (early 18 cent.) 17.3 http://www.nls.uk/print/search/indx/s.html

90. Scottish History In Print Published Documents Search Results By sir henry Spelman. From a ms. in the author s hand. By sir henry savile.From a contemporary ms. savile was an English classical scholar. http://www.nls.uk/print/search/indx/indx.cfm?key=27.21

91. The Thornhill Lineage William 1386 1/30/1417-18 m. Joan de Catton. Child of Simon Thornhill IsabelEland. Elizabeth b. 1350 Thornhill, Yorks, Eng m. sir henry savile http://bjhughes.org/thornhill.html

The Thornhill Lineage This family is still being researched. As you can see it needs alot of research done on it! If you have anything to add or corrections to be made to this family please contact me at: bjhughes@erols.com This page revised: 1/16/2005 Generation 1 Gerneber b. c1025 Generation 2 Gamel b. c1050 Generation 3 Ulf b. c1075 Generation 4 Essulf c110-aft 1189 Generation 5 Children of Essulf (s/o Ulf) Elias Thornhill Jordan Thornhill 1124-1195 m. c1148 Ethelrida ? 1125-1174 Richard Tong b. 1125 Thomas Thornhill aft 1165-1190 John Thornhill bef 1168 - aft 1185 m. Maud ? Generation 6 William Eustace Amabel Helen Juliana Margery Goditha Elias m. 1174 Astrid Richard 1150-1208 m. c1178 Alice ? 1154-1204 Wiliam b. 1160 Jordan 1175 - aft 1212 m. Quenilda ? Child of Thomas Thornhill (s/o Essulf) William m. Agnes ? Generation 7 Elias b. c1180 John, Sir 1180-1249 m. c1226 Olivia de la Mare c1193-c1240 Eve b. 1200 Thronhill, Yorkshire, Eng m. bef 1227 Robert de Lalanda William b. 1200 Margery Elizabeth Generation 8 Sara Richard Thornhill, Sir b. 1228 Thornhill, Yorks, Eng d. 1287 m.1. Margaret ? m.2. c1258 Thornhill, Yorks Co, Eng to Matilda de Fixby b. c1240 Thornhill, Yorks, Eng

92. WATERHOUSE Families In Early Yorkshire: Genealogy On Pat Patterson's Pages m Isabel, dau of Nicholas savile of Newhall by Agnes dau of Robert Wilkinson, m at Braithwell 1598 henry Everingham, illeg. son of sir henry Everingham http://genealogy.patp.us/waterhde.shm

WATERHOUSE FAMILIES c1300 Low Lindsey / Kirton, Lincolnshire to c1630 West Riding, Yorkshire, England July 2001: I found the West Yorkshire Archive Service on-line catalogue identifies a number of documents I'd like to see; only the reference numbers are online, so I guess I'm just drawing up a list for an eventual visit to those local archives. I've added links to the Calderdale pages which have a few local photographs and a bit of local history. I had started mapping out this descent from the Halifax Antiquarian Society article, "Visit to Shibden Hall : The Waterhouse Family" by John Lister, M.A., June 7, 1913; May 8, 1915; Oct. 3, 1916, and merged that draft at the 9th generation, with the earlier lineage quoted here from "Vicar Favour and his Times" pp 42-44, which in turn made possible the incorporation of the "Waterhouse of Hollins" chart from the Halifax Antiquarian Society, along with another tree constructed from the Halifax Antiquarian Society article, "Two Old Sowerby Bridge Houses," writing of "Broadgates, Alias Underbank." Additions were made from wills I've copied and from parish records. In October 2000 I found compiled by Joseph Hunter, edited by John W. Clay, Harleian Society Publications, vols. 37-40, 1894-96. The main Waterhouse line is prefaced by Hunter:

93. Michael Cooley's Genealogy Pages SCUDDER henry 14913. LOWERS 14914. LOWERS John 15012. ST. LEGER sir Anthony savile Agnes 60098. GLEDHILL John 60099 66303. unknown 17TH GENERATION http://ancestraldata.com/

My Ahnentafel Definition COOLEY Michael 2ND GENERATION 2. COOLEY Allison Claude HOGUE Billie Dell 3RD GENERATION 4. COOLEY McCabe HENNEQUIN Marie Henrietta HOGUE Hugh Wallace MCDOWELL Birdie Nina 4TH GENERATION 8. COOLEY Joseph William JOHNSON Araminta D. HENNEQUIN Louis Francois STEWARD Marguerite ... ASHENHURST Euphemia Ruth 5TH GENERATION 16. COOLEY Greenbury PETTIT Amelia Mohler JOHNSON Wesley Phillip FISK Susan Isabel ... SOUTHERN Sara Eva 6TH GENERATION 32. COOLEY David AIKEN Laurinda PETTIT Joseph MOHLER Elizabeth ... HOOVER Ruth Ruema 7TH GENERATION 64. COOLEY John WRIGHT Sela AKIN William McCLINTICK Rebecca ... DUNCAN Elizabeth unknown 8TH GENERATION 128. COOLEY Edward RAPER Martha WRIGHT William MORGAN Martha Betsy ... COREY Jane ? 206. STOCKTON Maj. Richard Witham 207. HATFIELD Mary Ann 210. MORROW Samuel ? 232. HART John, Signer 233. SCUDDER Deborah 234. STOUT St. Leger Codd 235. SIMPSON Susannah 248. SOUTHERN William FORD Magdelaine ? 250. DUNCAN Charles 251. KIRK Margaret

94. Vane, Sir Henry --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Online Article sir henry savile University of St.Andrews Biographical sketch of this Englishmathematician known for his contributions to geometry. http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article?tocId=9381772

95. Yorkshire Branch Newsletter, April 2000 of interest here is sir George savile, an almost exact contemporary of sir henry . sir William savile, grandson of sir George and Lady Mary and third http://www.physics.leeds.ac.uk/physics/newsletters/april2000/april2000.html

CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME YORKSHIRE PHYSICS NEWS The Newsletter of the Yorkshire Branch of the Institute of Physics Issue 18 - April 2000 Table of Contents Local Scientists Discover Ancient Buddhist Temple Careers With Physics Mystery at the Rectory "Amazing" Result for Yorkshire Girl ... Gunpowder Local Scientists Discover Ancient Buddhist Temple Back to Table of Contents! Careers With Physics Back to Table of Contents! Mystery at the Rectory Chapter II: From Thornhill to Rufford by Richard Crossley Back to Table of Contents! "Amazing" Result for Yorkshire Girl Back to Table of Contents! Physics Teacher Network Once again this year there was a gathering of interested and interesting teachers at Leeds Grammar School for the Local Teachers Day. Demonstrations were shown and much chat and discussion had, as well as a very decent lunch. A great deal of valuable networking was done. The next event is the North of England Physics Teachers Conference held at Leeds University on Tuesday 20th June. Details from Phil Scott P.H.Scott@education.leeds.ac.uk. If you do not receive news of network events then do get in touch (pjbritton@csi.com, Leeds Grammar School, LS17 8GS). Back to Table of Contents!

96. Life Of Francis Galton By Karl Pearson Vol 3b : Image 250 savile, sir henry, ancestor of Galton, scholarship of,. ,120; portrait of, 120Plate XV. savileSedley, ancestry of Galton, its characteristics, 121 Sayce, http://www.mugu.com/browse/galton/search/pearson/vol3b/pages/vol3b_0250.htm

Recognized HTML document Previous Index Next 666 Index St Andrews, Dr Heron's lectures at, MA 360, 361 St Quintins, the, at Keswick, 1156 Saleeby, C. W., controversial methods of, IIIA 404, 405; attacks Eugenics Laboratory, 11IA 408, TUB 601; his views on Eugenics, IIIA 372, 428, 430, IIIB 605; his `Parenthood and Race Culture,' IIIB 597; prepares abstracts of Galton's books for Harmsworth, IIIB 601 Salisbury, Galton visits, II 130 Salisbury, Lord, never took exercise, IIIB 569; size of head and stature of, 11 150 Salvin, on Evolution Committee, IIIA 127, 291; char acteristics of, IIIA 325 Sampler,* f Lucy Barclay worked at Ury, I 46 Plate Sandow, pupils of, IIIA 253; physique of, IIIA 253 Sandwich, origin of word for food, ]JIB 548 Sandwich Islands, named after Lord Sandwich, Me 548 Sandy8, Dr, speech on presentation of Galton for Hon. D.Sc. at Cambridge, IIIB 495 Sanitary Administration, needs of, 1 1156 Savage, 'Elizabeth, wife of Sir Charles Sedley and ancestress of Galton, 120 Savage Peoples, suggested tests for, 11 385 Savages, character of, II 74; and domestication of

97. History a strong attempt by sir henry savile (15491622) to bring it into the curriculumat Oxford. savile had presented a series of lectures on Greek geometry, http://www.library.gatech.edu/about_us/digital/mensuration/history.htm

written by Marilyn Williamson Sources John Lodge Cowley (1719-1787?) was a fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, near London, for a period of several years between 1761 and 1773. Known as "The Shop," the Royal Military Academy was one of the new and practical national academies that began to spring up around 1750 in England and on the Continent. These academies exemplified the shift from private science to public science, and their curricula emphasized applied sciences. Indeed the Royal Military Academy was established to improve the quality of the English military, and mathematics was an important part of the curriculum. Here is a description of the duties of the Professor of Mathematics during the time Cowley taught at "The Shop": The Professor of Mathematics shall teach the principles of arithmetic, algebra, the elements of geometry, the mensuration of superficies and solids, plane trigonometry, the elements of conic sections, and the theory of perspective, as also geography and the use of the globes.( It is not surprising to find that Cowley was interested in applied mathematics, especially solid geometry, and that his textbooks had practical applications and were widely used, surely at "The Shop," and elsewhere. The titles of his books closely reflect the subjects he taught. (

98. Template Translate this page Saumaise, Claude de (1588-1653?), savile, sir George, bart. (1726-1784), savile,sir henry (1549-1622), Savorgano, Mario, conte di Belgrado (d. 1597?), http://www.history.uiuc.edu/fac_dir/lynn_dir/guide/authors.html

Index of Authors and Editors Achesone, James, Adams, John (1662-1720), Adams, Thomas (fl. 1612-1653), Addison, Joseph (1672-1719), Adelphus, Johannes, Adye, Stephen Payne, Aelianus, Tacticus (ca. 100), Aggas, Edward, Agrippa, Camillo, Aitzema, Lieuwe van (1600-1669), Akerman, John Yonge, ed. (1806-1873), Alaba y Viamont, Diego, Alba, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, duque de (1508-1582), Albemarle, George Monk, 1st duke of (1608-1670), Albuquerque, Alfonso de, Alderfelt, Gustaf (1671-1709), Alexander, William, major-general (1726-1783), Algarotti, Francesco, conte (1712-1764), Alghisi, Galasso da Carpi (ca. 1523-1573), Alimari, Doroteo, Alingham, William, Alison, Sir Archibald, bart. (1792-1867), Allen, William, cardinal (1532-1594), Altoni, Giovanni (fl. 1604), Amaulry, Thomas, Amboyse, Michel d', Amherst, William (1732-1781), Ammirato, Scipione (1531-1601), Anderson, Robert, Andrea, Alessandro, Andrews, Charles, Anghiera, Pietro Martire d' (1455-1526), Anglesy, baron d', Anonymous, Basilius (pseudonym), Antonio, prior of Crato (1531-1595), Apasi, Michael

99. Tribuneindia... Speaking Generally as spindoctored by its drum-beaters such as sir henry Newbolt and RudyardKipling as savile Row is a lane more than a street, narrow and curving, http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug23/sunday/speaking.htm

T i m e O f f Sunday, August 23, 1998 The Savile Row jaunt F IELD Marshal K. M.Cariappa was the first Indian Chief of the Indian army and sahib to the bone that he was. His notions of the code of conduct for his officers were derived from the mythology of the building of the British Empire as spin-doctored by its drum-beaters such as Sir Henry Newbolt and Rudyard Kipling: as a body of men of honour dedicated to the highest ideals of knight-errantry who also kept up a life-style befitting knights of old or, at any rate, of the prosperous English squirearchy of the Victorian era. In line with these notions, it became a practice with Cariappa that, whenever one of his officers was due to go on a posting or on a course of trailing to England, to equip him to live there in the style of Britain's 'Establishment', he furnished him with letters of introduction to his London tobacconist, wine merchant and tailor. This was in the fifties. Salaries of our military officers had been trimmed to bare-subsistence levels. The very thought of one of these poorly-paid men requiring the services of a fancy wine merchant or a tobacconist was fatuous. Indeed it was unlikely that, in post World War II, there was still a class of people who patronised tobacconists or wine suppliers when wines could be bought in the corner grocery store and cigarettes obtained by putting coins into vending machines. You didn't need letters of introduction to buy either.

100. W.I. Thomas: The Mind Of Woman sir henry savile, one of the most eminent mathematicians of his day, who died inthe same year as Shakespeare, closed his career as a professor at Oxford http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~lward/Thomas/Thomas_1908_c.html

The Mind of Woman Citation: W.I. Thomas."The Mind of Woman," American Magazine, 67 THE MIND OF WOMAN By W. I. Thomas PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. AUTHOR OF "THE ADVENTITIOUS CHARACTER OF WOMAN, THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMAN'S DRESS, ETC. THERE is something very mournful in the labors of those scientists who have devoted their lives to the study of the brain weight of men, women and races on the assumption that there is a direct ratio between intelligence and the bulk of the brain. It would be about as valid to assume that a vessel of water and a vessel of lye of the same weight have the same potency, or that timepieces of the same weight are necessarily equally good timekeepers. Great men may have great brains, or they may not. Turgenieff holds the record at 2,012 grams, while the brain of Gambetta, who was a greater man in popular estimation and popular achievement, weighed only 1,160 or only 160 grams above the point at which, according to the calculations of French anthropologists, idiocy begins. In a series of 500 brains the lowest and highest will, in fact, differ as much as 650 grams in weight, but there will be found no constant relation between the weight and the intelligence. Various Brains in Various Bodies The brain is so largely concerned with moving the body that large bodies require large brains, but their possessors are not on that account more intelligent. Tall men have usually large brains, but the old church worthy Thomas Fuller remarked that "the cock-loft of very tall men is usually empty." A human grade of intelligence is, of course, necessary to human work, and this is not usually present if the brain falls below 1,000 grams in weight. Particularly endowed brains also unquestionably do unusual forms of work, as in the case of musicians and mathematical prodigies, but this particular endowment is not necessarily associated either with great brain weight or with great all-around intelligence. Musicians are among the most unintelligent of the professional classes, and mathematical prodigies (that is, "lightning calculators") are in other respects usually near the class of idiots their whole output is mathematics.

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