Modern English biography

NOTE.--His death was not announced in the Times until 26 Aug. 1865. JESTON, THOMAS WARD. _b._ Royal gram. sch. Henley-on-Thames 3 July 1790; studied at Guy’s hospital; assistant surgeon second battalion of 36 foot 9 Sep. 1813 to 1814 when battalion disbanded; served in the Peninsula and France 1813–14, medals for 4 battles; surgeon in practice at Henley 1817, retired 1883; invented improved method of collecting juice of opium poppy 1823; mayor of Henley 5 times 1834–81. _d._ Henley 17 July 1886. _Midland Medical Miscellany 1 Dec. 1883 pp._ 353–5, _portrait_. JEUNE, FRANCIS (eld. son of Francis Jeune of Jersey). _b._ St. Brelade, Jersey 22 May 1806; ed. at St. Servan’s coll. Rennes and Pemb. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830, B.C.L. and D.C.L. 1834; scholar of his coll. 1822, fellow 1830–7, tutor 1830–4, master 22 Dec. 1843 to Jany. 1864, admitted master 26 Dec. 1843, the validity of his election to the mastership was afterwards disputed; master King Edward’s sch. Birmingham 1834–8; dean of Jersey and R. of St. Heliers 1838–44; Victoria college, St. Heliers, was built on a plan recommended by him; canon of Gloucester 1843–64; V. of Taynton, Gloucs. 1843–64; comr. for inquiring into state of univ. and colleges of Oxford 31 Aug. 1850, wrote greater part of the report; member of hebdomadal council 1854–64; vice chancellor of univ. of Oxf. 1858–9; dean of Lincoln 18 Jany. 1864; bishop of Peterborough 21 May 1864 to death, consecrated 29 June; author of Was Christ crucified for you? a sermon 1863, 3 ed. 1864. _d._ Whitby 21 Aug. 1868. _bur._ Peterborough cath. yard 28 Aug. _Guardian 26 Aug. 1868 p._ 956, _2 Sep. p._ 979; _Times 22 Aug. 1868 p._ 7; _I.L.N. 28 May 1864 p._ 512, _portrait_. JEVONS, WILLIAM. _b._ Staffordshire 1794; Unitarian minister; author of Systematic morality 1827; Elements of astronomy 1828 and other books. _d._ Liverpool 1873. JEVONS, WILLIAM STANLEY (9 child of Thomas Jevons, iron merchant at Liverpool). _b._ 14 Alfred st. Liverpool 1 Sep. 1835; ed. at univ. coll. London, fellow 1864; M.A. univ. of London 1862; LLD. Edinb. 1876; assayer to the Sydney mint, N.S.W. 1854–9; tutor at Owen’s college, Manchester 1863; professor of logic, mental and moral philosophy and Cobden lecturer in political economy, Owen’s coll. Manchester, May 1866 to Oct. 1876; professor of political economy at univ. coll. London 1876–80; F.R.S. 6 June 1872; lived at 2 The Chestnuts, West Heath road, Hampstead 1876 to death; author of Remarks on the Australian gold fields 1859; Pure logic or the logic of quality apart from quantity 1864; Value of gold 1863; The coal question 1865, 2 ed. 1866; The principles of science, a treatise on logic 2 vols. 1874, 2 ed. 1877; Money and the mechanism of exchange 1875; Primer of political economy 1878; Investigations in currency and finance 1884; _drowned_ when bathing at Galley Hill, Belverhythe near Hastings 13 Aug. 1882. _bur._ Hampstead cemetery 18 Aug. _Letters of W. S. Jevons ed. by his wife_ (1886), _portrait_; _Proc. of Royal Soc. xxxv_, _pp. i–xi_ (1883); _Baines’s Hampstead_ (1890) 369–70; _Biograph_, _v_ 426 (1881). JEWELL, JACOB. Owner of the largest travelling bazaar; a tenant under Wm. Holland at North Woolwich gardens about 15 years; the only Israelite itinerant showman travelling the English and continental fairs for over 60 years. _d._ Sep. 1884. _bur._ Jewish cemetery, West Ham. JEWERS, RICHARD FRANCIS. Entered navy June 1803; severely wounded in a fire ship in Aix roads, April 1809; retired commander 7 Aug. 1861; had a grant from Patriotic soc.; naval knight of Windsor 21 Jany. 1846, governor of the naval knights 7 May 1860 to death. _d._ Traver’s college, Windsor castle 14 Nov. 1872. JEWISON, CHRISTOPHER. _b._ 1785; L.S.A. 1836, M.R.C.S. 1844; coroner for liberty of honour of Pontefract 1817 to death. _d._ Rothwell, Leeds 5 March 1870. JEWITT, ARTHUR (eld. son of Arthur Jewitt, cutler). _b._ Sheffield 7 March 1772; apprentice to his father as a cutler 1786–93; master of schools at Sheffield 1793, at Chesterfield 1794 and at Kimberworth 1814–18; resided at Duffield near Derby 1818–38; author of The history of Lincoln 1810; The history of Buxton 1811; The Northern star, or Yorkshire magazine 3 vols. 1817–18; The Sylph, or Lady’s magazine for Yorkshire 1818; The handbook of practical perspective 1840; Handbook of geometry