ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITAXNICA,
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LIST OF SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTORS.
Right Honourable Thomas BabinotonMacaulay.
Right Rev. Richard Whately, D.D.,Archbishop of Dublin.
Right Rev. R. Dickson Hampden, D.D.,Bishop of Hereford.
William Wh ewell, D.D., Trinity Col-lege, Cambridge.
Sir David Brewster, K.H., LL.D.,Principal of the United Colleges ofSt Salvator and St. Leonard, St.Andrews.
Richard Owen, Esq., F.R.S.
John Lee, D.D., Principal of the Univer-sity of Edinburgh.
Sir William Hamilton, Bart.
Sir Archibald Alison, Bart.
Sir John Richardson.
Sir John M ! Neill.
Henry Rogers, Esq., Author of the“ Eclipse of Faith, &c.
Isaac Taylor, Esq., Author of the “Na-tural History of Enthusiasm,” &c.
Rev. Charles Kingsley, Author of“ Hypatia,” “ Westward Ho,” &c.
J. D. Forbes, Professor of Nat ural Philo-sophy in the University of Edinburgh,&c. &c.
Robert Stephbnson, Esq., M.P., Presi-dent of the Institution of Civil Engi-neers, &c.
Richard Monckton Milnks, Esq., M.P.
Hepwobth Dixon, Esq.
Theodore Martin, Esq.
Colonel Portlock, R M.A., President ofthe Geological Society of London.
David Masson, M.A , Professor of Eng-lish Literature in University College,London.
Sir John F. W. Herschell, Bart., K.H.,M.A., D.C.L., &c.
D. F. Araoo, lato Member of the RoyalInstitute of France.
John Robison, LL.D., late Professor ofNatural Philosophy in the Universityof Edinburgh.
Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
C. C. J. Bunsen, D.D., D.C.L., D.P.H.
Lord Jeffrey.
Thomas Young, M.D., late Correspond-ing Member of the Royal Institute ofFrance.
Sir John Leslie, lato Professor of Na-tural Philosophy in the University ofEdinburgh.
Sir John Barrow, Bart.
John Playfair, F.R.S., late Professorof Natural Philosophy in the Univer-sity of Edinburgh.
The Right Hon. Sir James Mackintosh,LL.D., &c.
Dugald Stewart, F.R.SS. L. and E.
Sir James E. Smith, F.R.S., late Presi-dent of the Linnean Society.
Jean Baptiste Biot, Member of theRoyal Institute of France.
Right Rev. George Gleig, D.I).
Lieut.-Col. Charles Hamilton Smith,F.R.S.
E. G. Squiek, formerly Charge D’Affairesof the United States to tlie Republicsof Central America.