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:

• JEREMIAH

JEREMIAH See also:

• JOHN JEREMIAH BIGSBY (1792-1881)

BIGSBY (1792-1881)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English geologist and physician, the son of Dr 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:

• BIGSBY, JOHN JEREMIAH (1792-1881)

Bigsby, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Notting-See also:

• HAM

ham on the 14th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1792 . Educated at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, where he took the degree of M.D., he joined the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army medical service and was stationed at the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope in 1817 . About a See also:

• YEAR

year later he went to See also:

• CANADA

Canada as medical officer to a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, and having See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed much See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology he was commissioned in 1819 to See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on the geology of Upper Canada . In 1822 he was appointed See also:

• BRITISH

British secretary and medical officer to the Boundary See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission, and for several years he made extensive and important See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological researches, contributing papers to the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of See also:

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

Science and other scientific See also:

• JOURNALS

journals; and later embodying an See also:

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

account of his travels in a See also:

• BOOK

book entitled The See also:

• SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

Shoe and See also:

• CANOE (from Carib. candoa, the West Indian name found in use by Columbus; the Fr. canot, boat, and Ger. Kahn, are derived from the Lat. canna, reed, vessel)

Canoe (1850) . Returning to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1827 he practised See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine at See also:

• NEWARK
• NEWARK (NEWARK-UPON-TRENT)
• NEWARK, DAVID LESLIE, LORD (1601-1682)

Newark until 1846 when he removed to See also:

• LONDON

London, where he remained until the end of his See also:

• LIFE

life . He now took an active interest in the Geological Society of London, of which he had been elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow in 1823 . In 1869 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1874 he was awarded the See also:

• MURCHISON, SIR RODERICK IMPEY (1792-1871)

Murchison See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal by the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of the Geological Society . During the last twenty years of his See also:

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

long life he was continually at See also:

• WORK

work preparing, after the most painstaking See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, tabulated lists of the fossils of the Palaeozoic rocks . His See also:

• THESAURUS (Gr. B17o-avp6s)

Thesaurus Siluricus was published with the aid of the Royal Society in 1868; and the Thesaurus Devonico-Carboniferus in 1878 . In 1877 he founded the Bigsby medal to be awarded by the Geological Society of London, with the stipulation that the See also:

• RECEIVER

receiver should not be more than See also:

• FORTY

forty-five years old . He died in London on the loth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1881 .