See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• EDWARD WILLIAM BINNEY (1812-1881)
• BINNEY, HORACE (1780-1875)
• BINNEY, THOMAS (1798-1874)

BINNEY (1812-1881)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

Morton, in See also:

• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, or NOTTS

Nottinghamshire, in 1812 . He was articled to a See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor in See also:

• CHESTERFIELD
• CHESTERFIELD, PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, 4TH EARL, OF (1694–1773)

Chesterfield, and in 1836 settled at See also:

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

Manchester . He retired soon afterwards from legal practice and gave his See also:

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

chief See also:

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

attention to See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological pursuits . He assisted in 1838 in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the Manchester Geological Society, of which he was then chosen one of the honorary secretaries; 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 1857, and again in 1865 . He was also successively secretary and president of the See also:

• LITERARY

Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester . Working especially at the Carboniferous and See also:

• PERMIAN

Permian rocks of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, he studied also the See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

Drift deposits of See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, and made himself See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar with the See also:

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

geology of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country around Manchester . On the See also:

• COAL

Coal See also:

• MEASURES

Measures in particular he became an acknowledged authority, and his Observations on the Structure of Fossil See also:

• PLANTS

Plants found in the Carboniferous Strata (1868-1875) formed one of the monographs of the Palaeontographical Society . His large collection of fossils was placed in See also:

• OWENS, JOHN (1790-1846)

Owens See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College . He was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society in 1856 . He died at Manchester on the 19th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1881 .