circa 1870:  English sociologist Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903) theorising in the eminent company of Charles Lamb (1775 - 1834), Reverend Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875), John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) and Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882).  (Photo by Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)