FAMOUS
MEN OF SCIENCE

BY

SARAH K. BOLTON

AUTHOR OF "POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS," "GIRLS WHO
BECAME FAMOUS," "FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS,"
"FAMOUS AMERICAN STATESMEN," "SOCIAL
STUDIES IN ENGLAND," "STORIES
FROM LIFE," "FROM HEART
AND NATURE," ETC.

SEVENTH THOUSAND

NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1889, by
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.

Electrotyped by
C. J. Peters and Son, Boston.

Presswork by Berwick & Smith, Boston, Mass.

To Those

WHO HAVE EXPRESSED PLEASURE IN MY WORK

I dedicate this book.

PREFACE.

Garfield said, "No page of human history isso instructive and significant as the record of thoseearly influences which develop the character anddirect the lives of eminent men."

These sketches show how young men have overcomedifficulties, sometimes poverty, sometimesillness; how they have made failures before findingtheir true vocation. They show the resultsof energy, perseverance, and untiring devotion;how a cheerful face and a hopeful spirit likeAgassiz's, or a gentle and kindly nature likeDarwin's, can win its way against opposition.

A sketch of Benjamin Franklin, which otherwisewould have a place in this volume, will be foundin "Famous American Statesmen"; also one ofMichael Faraday, in "Poor Boys Who BecameFamous."

S. K. B.

CONTENTS.