Mr Henry Meyners Bernard (29 November 1853–4 January 1909)

Zoologist, born in Singapore. He studied mathematics at Cambridge University and subsequently spent his early adult years in the Church. In 1888 he left the Church to study biology at the University of Jena under Ernst Haeckel, the German natural philosopher, artist and biologist. In later life he worked at the British Museum (Natural History), specialising in corals. Published The Scientific Basis of Socialism; Two Essays in Evolution.