Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, an English artist, born in London, Feb. 8, 1807. He graduated at St. Aloysius college, and afterward studied sculpture under W. Behnes. From 1842 to 1847 he lived at Knowsley, the seat of Lord Derby, engaged in making studies from living animals, He was assistant superintendent of the world's fair in London in 1851. From 1852 to 1855 he was occupied in constructing 33 life-size models of extinct animals for the crystal palace park, many of them colossal. He has lectured in the principal cities of England, Scotland, and America, on geology and zoology, illustrating his lectures by his drawings, and since 1868 has resided in the United States. He has published "Popular Comparative Anatomy ' (London, 1840); "Elements of Form " (1842); "A Comparative View of the Human and Animal Frame" (1860); and, in conjunction with Prof. Huxley, " An Elementary Atlas of Comparative Osteology " (1864), and " Artistic Anatomy of the Horse, Cattle, and Sheep, for Art Students."