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JUST over ten years ago “The Life and Experiences of Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe” was “written by himself.” Now we have this “biographical sketch,” a substantial volume, about half the size of the “Experiences,” from the very competent pen of his distinguished former student and lifelong friend, Sir Edward Thorpe. Roscoe the chemist and the man is therefore shown as he appeared to himself on the one hand, and to his friends on the other. As for his enemies or detractors he had none, and therefore there is nothing further to be said. He has so recently been taken from us and his genial, kindly personality was so familiar that to the present generation this good man's memory will outlive his life so long as any who knew “him remain. The present volume contains an excellent and characteristic photographic portrait of obviously recent date. For generations to come there are fortunately two good pictures which show him in the prime of life, one by Burgess in the Common Room at the Owens College, the other by Herkomer in the possession of the family.
The Right Honourable Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe.
A Biographical Sketch. By Sir Edward Thorpe. Pp. viii + 208. (Longmans, Green and Co., 1916.) Price 7s. 6d. net.
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T., W. The Right Honourable Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe . Nature 98, 225 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098225a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/098225a0