HEATH, SIR (HENRY) FRANK, eldest son of Henry Charles Heath, Grove End Road, St. John’s Wood, Middlesex, Miniature Painter to Queen Victoria, and Georgina, dau. of William Woodcock, Brixton, Surrey; b. 11 Dec 1863; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (H); left May 1881; University Coll. London 1884-8, Fellow from 1896; BA London; Strasbourg Univ. 1888-90, Ph.D.; Professor of English, Bedford Coll., London 1890-5; Lecturer in English Language and Literature, King’s Coll. London 1891-5; Assistant Registrar and Librarian, Univ. London 1895-1901, Academic Registrar and acting Treasurer 1901-3; Director of Special Inquiries and Reports, Board of Education 1903-16; joint secretary, Royal Commission on University Education in London 1909-13; Principal Assistant Secretary, Universities Branch, Board of Education 1910-17; CB 19 Jun 1911; KCB 4 Jan 1917; Permanent Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1917-27; GBE 1927; member Governing Body, Imperial Coll., Univ. London, from 1931; editor, Modern Language Quarterly 1898-1903; contributed chapters to Social England, and joint editor, The Globe Shakespeare; m. 1st, 1892 Antonia Johanna Sophie Theresa, dau. of Friedrich Gottlieb Eckenstein, Canonbury, Middlesex, merchant; m. 2nd, 26 Mar 1898 Frances Elaine, dau. of James Hawkins Sayer, High Barnet, Herts., and Hastings, Sussex, linendraper; d. 5 Oct 1946. DNB Supp.