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:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• WILLIAM THOMAS BLANFORD (1832-1905)

BLANFORD (1832-1905)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English geologist and naturalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 7th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1832 . He was educated in private See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools in See also:

• BRIGHTON

Brighton and See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and with a view to the See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of a See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile career spent two years in a business 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 at Civita Vecchia . On returning to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1851 he was induced to enter the newly established Royal School of Mines, which his younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother 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 F . See also:

• BLANFORD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1832-1905)

Blanford (1834-1893), afterwards See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Meteorological See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department, had already joined; he then spent a See also:

• YEAR

year in the See also:

• MINING

mining school at See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg, and towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of 1854 both he and his brother obtained posts on the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . In that service he remained for twenty-seven years, retiring in 1882 . He was engaged in various parts of India, in the Raniganj coalfield, in Bombay, and in the coalfield near Talchir, where boulders considered to have been See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice-See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne were found in the Talchir strata—a remarkable See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery See also:

• CON

con-firmed by subsequent observations of other geologists in See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent strata elsewhere . His See also:

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

attention was given not only to See also:

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

geology but to See also:

• ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology, and especially to the See also:

• LAND

land-See also:

• MOLLUSCA

mollusca and to the vertebrates . In 1866 he was attached to the Abyssinian expedition, accompanying the See also:

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

army to See also:

• MAGDALA (more correctly MAKOALA)

Magdala and back; and in 1871-1872 he was appointed a member of the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Boundary See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission . The best use was made of the exceptional opportunities of studying the natural See also:

• HISTORY

history of those countries . For his many contributions to geological See also:

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

science Dr Blanford was in 1883 awarded the See also:

• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM (1659--1724)
• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE (1766-1828)

Wollaston See also:

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

medal by the Geological Society of London; and for his labours on the zoology and geology of See also:

• BRITISH

British India he received in 1901 a royal medal from the Royal Society . He had been elected F.R.S. in 1874, and was chosen 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 Geological Society in 1888 . He was created C.I.E. in 1904 .

He died in London on the 23rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1905 . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal publications were: Observations on the Geology and Zoology of See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia (187o), and See also:

• MANUAL

Manual of the Geology of India, with H . B . Medlicott (1879) . See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography, with bibliography and portrait, in Geological See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, See also:

• JANUARY

January 1905 .