MATT HIES SEN

August us (son of William Matt hies sen of 1 Nun’s court, Coleman st. city of London, merchant). b. London 2 Jany. 1831; studied under Will and Buff at Gie en 1852, Ph.D. Gie en; studied under Bunsen at Heidelberg 1853–7; fitted up a laboratory at 1 Torrington place, London 1857, where he investigated the physical properties of pure metals and alloys; F.R.S. 6 June 1861, member of council, royal medallist 1869; lecturer on chemistry at St. Mary’s hospital 1862–8; constructed ten electrical standards for the British A ociation 1862–5; joint lecturer on chemistry at St. Bartholomew’s hospital 1868–70, sole lecturer 1870; had a large practice as a consulting chemist; an editor of Philosophical Mag. Jany. 1869 to June 1870; examiner to Univ. of London 1870; author of 38 scientific papers and of 23 papers with other writers; poisoned himself with pru ic acid at St. Bartholomew’s hospital, London 6 Oct. 1870. Nature , ii 517–18 (1870); Times 8 Oct. 1870 p. 5 col. 5.