Download or read book The Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Sidney Lee and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 3 In person he was fair, and rather below the middle height; he 'was simple in his tastes, ' a most genial companion, ' and pos sessed 'an inexhaustible fund of informa tion' (cooke). Portraits appeared in Elec trician, ' Xliv. 457, and the Electrical Re view, ' xlvi. 185, 186. 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.