See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

PARKER See also:

• GEORGE PARKER BIDDER (1806-1878)

BIDDER (1806-1878)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English engineer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Moreton See also:

• HAMPSTEAD

Hampstead, in See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire, on the 14th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1806 . From a very See also:

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

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age he manifested an extraordinary natural aptitude for calculation, which induced his See also:

• FATHER

father, who was a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone-See also:

• MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
• MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
• MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
• MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
• MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
• MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
• MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
• MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
• MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
• MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)

mason, to exhibit him as a " calculating boy." In this way his See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent was turned to profitable See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, but his See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• EDUCATION

education was in danger of being completely neglected . See also:

• INTEREST

Interest, however, was taken in him by some of those who happened to See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness his performances, among them being See also:

• SIR

Sir 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:

• HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
• HERSCHEL, SIR F
• HERSCHEL, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1738-1822)
• HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART

Herschel, and it was arranged that he should be sent to school in See also:

• CAMBERWELL

Camberwell . There he did not remain See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, being removed by his father, who wished to exhibit him again, but he was saved from this misfortune and enabled to attend classes at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh University, largely through the kindness of Sir See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Jardine, to whom he subsequently showed his gratitude by See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding a " Jardine Bursary " at the university . On leaving See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college in 1 824 he received a See also:

• POST

post in the See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance survey, but gradually drifted into See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

• WORK

work . In 1834 See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• STEPHENSON, GEORGE (1781–1848)
• STEPHENSON, O
• STEPHENSON, ROBERT (1803-1859)

Stephenson, whose acquaintance he had made in Edinburgh, offered him an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment on the See also:

• LONDON

London & See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham railway, and in the succeeding See also:

• YEAR

year or two he began to assist See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Stephenson in his See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary work, which at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time included schemes for See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways between London and See also:

• BRIGHTON

Brighton and between See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester and See also:

• RUGBY

Rugby via the See also:

• POTTERIES, THE

Potteries . In this way he was introduced to engineering and parliamentary practice at a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• GREAT

great activity which saw the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main features and principles that have since governed English railway construction . He is said to have been the best witness that ever entered a See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee-See also:

• ROOM

room . He was See also:

• QUICK

quick to discover and take See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of the weak points in an opponent's See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, and his See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of See also:

• MENTAL

mental calculation frequently stood him in See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• STEAD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1849– )

stead, as when, for example, an apparently casual glance at the plans of a railway enabled him to point out errors in the engineering data that were sufficient to secure rejection of the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme to which he was opposed . In consequence there was scarcely an engineering proposal of any importance brought before See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in connexion with which his services were not secured by one party or the other . On the constructive See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of his profession he was also busily occupied . In 1837 he was engaged with R .

Stephenson in See also:

• BUILDING

building the Blackwall railway, and it was he who designed the See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar method of disconnecting a See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage at each station while the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train went on without stopping, which was employed in the early days of that See also:

• LINE

line when it was worked by means of a See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

cable . Another See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of railways with which he had much to do were those in the eastern counties which afterwards became the Great Eastern See also:

• SYSTEM

system . He also advised on the construction of the Belgian railways; with R . Stephenson he made the first railway in See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway, from See also:

• CHRISTIANIA (officially KRISTIANIA)

Christiania to Eidsvold; he was engineer-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Danish railways; and he was largely concerned with railways in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, where he strongly and successfully opposed break of See also:

• GAUGE, or GAGE (Med. Lat. gauja, jaugia, Fr. jauge, perhaps connected with Fr. jale, a bowl, galon, gallon)

gauge on through-routes . But though he sometimes spoke of himself as a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere " railway-engineer," he was in reality very much more; there was indeed no See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of engineering in which he did not take an interest, as was shown by the assiduity with which for See also:

• HALF

half a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century he attended the weekly meetings of the Institution of See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

Engineers, of which he was elected See also:

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

president in r86o . He was one of the first to recognize the value of the electric See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph . That invention was in its See also:

• INFANCY

infancy when, in 1837, jointly with R . Stephenson he recommended its introduction on a portion of the London & Birmingham and on the Blackwall lines, while three years later he advised that it should be adopted to facilitate the working of the single line between See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich and See also:

• YARMOUTH
• YARMOUTH (GREAT YARMOUTH)

Yarmouth . He was also one of the founders of the Electric Telegraph See also:

• COMPANY

Company, which enabled the public generally to enjoy the benefits of telegraphic communication . In See also:

• HYDRAULIC

hydraulic engineering, he was the designer of the See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria Docks (London), being responsible not only for their construction, but also for what was regarded by some See also:

• PEOPLE

people at the time as the foolish See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of utilizing the See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex marshes for See also:

• DOCK

dock See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation on a large See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale . His See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice was frequently sought by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government on points both of See also:

• NAVAL

naval and military engineering . He died at See also:

• DARTMOUTH
• DARTMOUTH, EARL OF

Dartmouth on the 28th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1878 .

His son, GEORGE See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

PARKER See also:

• BIDDER, GEORGE PARKER (1806-1878)

BIDDER, Junr . (1836-1896), who inherited much of his father's calculating See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, was a successful parliamentary counsel and an authority on See also:

• CRYPTOGRAPHY (from Gr. Kpurrros, hidden, and ypItOav, to write)

cryptography .