The Observatory. SOUTH, Sir James, Kt.
S. of the late Mr. South, druggist, of Southwark. M. Ann, (she died, 1851) niece and sole heiress of the late Joseph Ellis, Esq., of South Lambeth. A member of the College of Surgeons. Formerly in practice in Blackman Street, Southwark; removed to Kensington, in 1823. Has devoted himself to astronomy; compiled, in conjunction with Sir J. Herschel, a catalogue of 380 stars; a founder of the Astronomical Society, in 1820. Has filled the presidential chair; knighted in 1830; enjoys a pension of £300 a year on the civil list, for his contributions to astronomy. His observatory contains many fine equatorial instruments, and is known among men of science throughout Europe. Author of “The Curiosities of Science.” A Fellow of the Royal Society of London and Edinburgh; Fellow of the Linnæan Society: hon. member of the Royal Irish Academy (Athenæum Club).
Stanhope Villa. PRANCE, Vaughan, Esq.
A solicitor (37, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, E.C.)
Clifton Villa. RANKLEY, Alfred, Esq.
An artist. B. in Marylebone.
SUSSEX PLACE.
9. APPELL, John William, Esq.
B. in Offenbach on the Main, 1829; m. Frances, dau. of the late W. Andrew Bond, Esq. of Ashford Kent; Author of several works in German on the history of Literature.