Francis
AND FLETCHER, JOHN.
FLETCHER, SIR LAZARUS, a British scientist. He was born at Salford, England, in 1854, and was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Oxford University. In 1880 he became Keeper of Minerals in the British Museum and in 1882 Examiner for Natural Sciences Tripos, Cambridge. He is a member and official of many British and other scientific societies, societies, and was vice-p vice-president of the Royal Society (1910-1912.). His publications include: "Introduction to the Study of Meteorites," "Introduction to the Study of Minerals," "Introduction to the Study of Rocks," "The Optical Indicatrix," and papers on the crystallographical, physical, and mineralogical subjects and on meteorites.