ANDERSON, Thomas. b. 2 July 1819; M.D. Edin. 1841; F.R.S. Edin. 1845, Keith medallist 1855; chemist to Highland and Agricultural society of Scotland 1848–73; regius professor of chemistry in Univ. of Glasgow 1852; pres. of Glasgow philosophical society 1859; pres. of chemical section of British Association at Dundee 1867; royal medallist of Royal Society 1872. d. Chiswick near London 2 Nov. 1874. Journal of chemical society of London (1875) 1309–13.
ANDERSON, Thomas. Ensign 78 foot 1845, served with it 18 years chiefly in India; captain 17 Aug. 1857 to 24 March 1863 when he sold out; Persian interpreter to Sir Willoughby Cotton and Sir John Grey commanders in chief at Bombay; adjutant general of militia in New Brunswick; commanded the frontier field force there during threatened Fenian invasion 1866. d. Westward Ho, Devonshire 11 Feb. 1876 aged 48.
ANDERSON, William (son of James Anderson of Oban, Argyleshire, supervisor of excise who d. 1812.) b. Edin. 10 Dec. 1805; joined Aberdeen Journal 1831; edited Aberdeen Advertiser 1835; The Western Watchman a weekly journal at Ayr 1842; sub edited The Witness newspaper at Edin. 1844; chief sub editor of North British Daily Mail 14 April 1847 to 1849, this was first daily paper in Scotland; author of Poetical Aspirations 1830, 2 ed. 1833; Landscape Lyrics 1839, 2 ed. 1854; The Scottish nation 3 vols. 1860–62. d. London 2 Aug. 1866. J. G. Wilson’s Poets and poetry of Scotland ii, 269–72 (1877).
ANDERSON, William. Lieut. col. Bengal artillery 6 March 1854 to 20 Feb. 1855; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. d. Albury hall, Ware, Herts 22 Sep. 1869 aged 64.
ANDERSON, Rev. William (2 son of Rev. John Anderson, Relief minister at Kilsyth near Glasgow). b. Kilsyth 6 Jany. 1799; licensed by Relief presbytery Glasgow 5 Sep. 1820; minister of John st. church Glasgow 6 March 1821 to 24 Dec. 1871, the church was pulled down in 1858 and a new church opened by him 1 Jany. 1860; LLD. Glasgow April 1850; author of An apology for the organ 1829; Discourses 1st series 1844, 2nd series 1859; Regeneration 1850, 3 ed. 1875. d. Prospect house, Uddingstone near Glasgow 15 Sep. 1872. Rev. G. Gilfillan’s Life of Rev. W. Anderson 1873, portrait; Reunion in the heavenly kingdom by the Rev. Wm. Anderson 1876, portrait.
ANDERSON, William Acland Douglas (son of Joseph Jocelyn Anderson, C.B.) b. 1829; captain 65 foot 1852–54; a comr. of gold fields in Victoria; col. commandant of all the volunteer corps in Victoria 1862; C.M.G. 25 May 1878. d. South Yarra 23 Jany. 1882.
ANDERSON, William Cochrane. b. East Lothian 1792; col. R.A. 20 June 1854 to 26 Oct. 1858; M.G. 26 Oct. 1858. d. Edge hill near Edin. 30 Aug. 1865 aged 73.
ANDERSSEN, Adolf. b. Breslau 6 July 1818; gained 1st prize at London chess tournaments 1851 and 1862; 2nd prize at Manchester 1857; 1st prize at Baden 1870; 3rd prize at Vienna 1873; beaten by Paul Morphy at Paris Dec. 1858, losing 7 out of 9 games; an unrivalled player in the beauty of his combinations. d. Breslau 14 March 1879. Westminster chess club papers x, 39 (1878), portrait; Chess players chronicle iii, 73–75 (1879).
ANDERTON, James. b. near Lincoln 1782; solicitor in London 1811; common councilman for ward of Farringdon Without 1836–66; undersheriff several times; projected Law life assurance society 1823; founded Solicitors benevolent institution 1858. d. Cypress lodge, Dulwich 23 Jany. 1868.
ANDRÉE, Richard Collier. Colonel 7 Bengal N.I. 20 June 1836 to 28 Sep. 1850; colonel 69 Bengal N.I. 28 Sep. 1850 to death; general 2 Nov. 1861. d. Stuttgart 27 March 1865 aged 70.