Sir George Biddell Airy, KCB, FRS, Astronomer Royal Rhine Portrait of Wilson (1831-1916) from

Portrait of Wilson (1831-1916) from Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate

were murdered whilst taking a walk in the grounds of Dublin's Phoenix Park

commending his New Theory of Vision but dissenting from some of his conclusions

Both had time on their hands before the start of the fourth test match against Australia at Old Trafford

coat and waistcoat and holding a book

Sir George Biddell Airy, KCB, FRS, Astronomer Royal Rhine Portrait of Wilson (1831-1916) fromSir George Biddell Airy, KCB, FRS, Astronomer Royal, 1877. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (London, 1876 1883).