Transactions Of The Natural History Society Of Northumberland Durham And Newcastle Upon Tyne Volume 11 PDF Download

Excerpt from Natural History Transactions of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-on-Tyne, Vol. 11: Being Papers Read at the Meetings of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, 1890-94 The younger Miss Baker, who was married to Thomas Han cock, gave him two sons, John and Henry. The latter, who was talented, never married, and died about the year 1850. The former joined his father in business after leaving school, but the shop and trade disgusted him; Natural History was his delight, and all the time he could spare he devoted to it. In the memoir of his son Albanyii' it was recorded that he became distinguished for his acquirements in that absorbing study, for his collections of specimens in its different branches, and for his library of the best books on Natural History, at a time when he and his friends were almost the only students of nature in his native town. He was certainly much in advance of his time in the above pursuit. From him his children no doubt derived the steadfast love and success in the study of his favourite science, which have made the names of Albany and John Hancock cele brated, not only in their own country but wherever Natural History pursuits are held in honour. Not only were they men of mark each in his special department, but with their sister Mary were artists in the true sense of the term. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.