See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• JOHN BALL (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

BALL (1818-1889)  , Irish politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller, eldest son of an Irish See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

Ball, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1818 . He was educated at the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College at Oscott near See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, and at See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ's College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . He showed in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years a See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for natural See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, particularly See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany; and after leaving Cambridge he travelled in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland and elsewhere in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, studying his favourite pursuits, and contributing papers on botany and the Swiss glaciers to scientific See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals . In 1846 he was made an assistant poor-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner, but resigned in 1847, and in 1848 stood unsuccessfully as a See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for See also:

• SLIGO

Sligo . In 1849 he was appointed second poor-law commissioner, but resigned in 1852 and successfully contested the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

• CARLOW

Carlow in the Liberal See also:

• INTEREST

interest . In the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons he attracted See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• PALMERSTON
• PALMERSTON, HENRY JOHN TEMPLE, 3RD VISCOUNT (1784-1865)

Palmerston's See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention by his abilities, and in 1885 was made under-secretary for the colonies, a See also:

• POST

post which he held for two years . At the colonial See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office he had See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in furthering the cause of natural science, particularly in connexion with equipment of the Palliser expedition in See also:

• CANADA

Canada, and with See also:

• SIR

Sir W . See also:

• HOOKER, JOSEPH (1814–1879)
• HOOKER, RICHARD (1553-1600)
• HOOKER, SIR JOSEPH DALTON (1817— English botanist and traveller, second son of the famous botanist Sir W.J.Hooker, was born on the 3oth of June 1817, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He was educated at Glasgow University, and almost immediately after taking his M.
• HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM JACKSON (1785–1865)
• HOOKER, THOMAS (1586–1647)

Hooker's efforts to obtain a systematic knowledge of the colonial floras . In 1858 he stood for See also:

• LIMERICK

Limerick, but was beaten, and he then gave up politics and devoted himself to natural See also:

• HISTORY

history . He was first See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Alpine See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club (founded 1857), and it is for his See also:

• WORK

work as an Alpinist that he is chiefly remembered, his well-known Alpine See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

Guide (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1863-1868) being the result of innumerable climbs and journeys and of careful observation recorded in a clear and often entertaining See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . He also travelled in See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco (1871) and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America (1882), and recorded his observations in books which were recognized as having a scientific value . He died in London on the 21st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1889 .