Sir Richard Greenvill
Sir Richard Greenvill was Vice-Admiral under Lord Thomas Howard, son to the Duke of Norfolk, who was sent with a squadron of seven ships to America, to intercept the Spanish galleons laden with treasure from the West-Indies, Sir Richard, who happened to be separated from the rest of the squadron, unfortunately, fell in with the enemy's fleet of fifty-two sail, which he engaged and repulsed fifteen times. He continued fighting till he was covered with blood and wounds, and nothing remained of his ship but a battered hulk. He died on board the Spanish fleet three days after, expressing the highest satisfaction at the moment of death, at his having acted as a true sailor ought to have done. He was the grandfather of the famous Sir Bevil Greenvill.
Carolina of Austria
10 Profiles of historical people
No.1 .CHARLEMAGNE,though unable to write his own name,promoted schools,arts,civilization,and was the most powerful and enterprising monarch of his day. No.2.JAMES BOSWELL,the celebrated biographer of Dr.Samuel Johnson.He resembled Johnson as a fly does an elephant,while his self-assurance and impudence have rarely been equalled. No.3.CINGHALESE,a gentleman from the mountains of Ceylon. No.4.JOHN LOCKE,a distinguished philosopher. No.5.TASMANIAN,an aboriginee of Tasmania.His head does not,while his face does,manifest his cruel and cannibal habits. No.6.LORD BYRON,a poet of marvellous genius. No.7.CASSIUS,a famous Roman general,described in Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar.” No.8.REV.ROWLAND HILL,an English clergyman. No.9.LAVATER,an eloquent Swiss preacher,poet,and physiognomist. No.10.PAUL I,Emperor of Russia,as his feeble face indicates,he was one of the weakest rulers in Europe.
Leon M Gambetta
Léon Gambetta, an eminent French statesman and founder of the French Republic. When he died from a pistol wound, in 1882 ,at 44 years of age, his brain was found to weigh 40.9 ounces, whereas boys of 7 to 14 years of age average a fraction less than 46 ounces. Dr. Flint, in his “Physiology,” gives the average male brain in New York at a little over 50 ounces. Here we find one of the most powerful of the statesmen of his time with a receding forehead and exceedingly small brain.
Dr Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Dr Johann Friedrich Blumenbach ,a celebrated German anatomist, physiologist, and anthropologist, filled the chairs of anatomy and medicine at Gottingen more than half a century. He first divided the human species into five races. This is a superlatively scientific and pure face.
The Muscular Form Small - Princess Anne
The muscular form small - Princess Anne (Not sure which princess Anne but probably Anne, Princess Royal (1850-1918), daughter of King Edward VII )
Daniel Dancer, a miser and hermit
Frederick the Great