POWELL

Baden (eld. son of Baden Powell, sheriff of Kent). b. Stamford Hill, Middle sex 22 Aug. 1796; educ. Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820; C. of Midhurst, Kent 1820–1; V. of Plumstead 1821–7; F.R.S. 13 May 1824, F.G.S. 1837; Savilian profe or of geometry at Oxford Feb. 1827 to death; wrote many papers in scientific periodicals, chiefly on optical questions; member of the Oxford university commi ion 1851; m. 10 March 1846 Henrietta Grace, eld. dau. of Wm. Henry Smyth, president of royal astronomical society, she was granted civil list pension of £150, 12 April 1870; author of History of natural philosophy 1834; The connexion of natural and divine truth 1838; Tradition unveiled 1839, Supplement 1840; E ays on the spirit of the inductive philosophy and the unity of worlds 1855, 2 ed. 1856; The study of natural theology 1856; Christianity without Judaism 1856, 2 ed. 1866; The order of nature 1859; contributed an e ay On the study of the evidences of Christianity to E ays and Reviews 1860 pp. 94–144 five editions, to which there were 14 replies. d. 6 Stanhope st. Hyde park gardens, London 11 June 1860. bur. Kensal Green cemet. G.M. ix 204 (1860); I.L.N. xviii 419 where he is shown lecturing on the rotation of the earth , 468 (1851).