See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• GEORGE BIRKBECK (1776-1841)

BIRKBECK (1776-1841)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English physician and philanthropist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

Settle in See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire on the loth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1776 . He See also:

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

early evinced a strong predilection for scientific pursuits; and in 1799, after graduating as See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, he was appointed to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of natural See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy at the Andersonian Institution of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he delivered, for the benefit of the working-classes, a gratuitous .course of scientific lectures, which were continued during the two following years and proved eminently successful . He removed to See also:

• LONDON

London in 1804, and there he endeavoured to prosecute his philanthropic schemes, at first without much encouragement, but ultimately with marked success . In 1823 he contributed to found the See also:

• MECHANICS

Mechanics' See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, the name of which was afterwards changed to See also:

• BIRKBECK, GEORGE (1776-1841)

Birkbeck Institution or See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of its founder . He was appointed director of the institute, which he had originally endowed with the sum of £3700, and held the 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 till his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 1st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1841 . The See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of usefulness of the institution was gradually enlarged, and an enlargement of the buildings was carried out in 1883-1885 . The college now holds See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day and evening classes in many of the sciences, in literature, See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages and See also:

• ART

art .