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:GEORGE See also:BONNEY (1833— )
, See also:English geologist, eldest son of the Rev
.
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:Bonney, See also:master of the See also:grammar school at See also:Rugeley, was See also:born in that See also:town on the 27th of See also:July 1833
.
Educated at See also:Uppingham and St See also:John's See also:College, See also:Cam-See also:bridge, he graduated as rzth wrangler in 1856, and was ordained in the following See also:year
.
From 1856 to 1861 he was mathematical master at See also:Westminster school, and See also:geology was pursued by him only as a recreation, mainly in Alpine regions
.
In 1868 he was appointed See also:tutor at St John's College and lecturer in geology
.
His See also:attention was specially directed to the study of the igneous and metamorphic rocks in Alpine regions and in various parts of See also:England, in the See also:Lizard, at Salcombe, in Charnwood See also:Forest, in See also:Wales and the Scottish See also:Highlands
.
In 1877 he was chosen See also:professor of geology in University College, See also:London
.
He became secretary and afterwards See also:president of the See also:Geological Society (1884—1886), secretary of the See also:British Association (1881—1885), president of the Mineralogical Society and of the Alpine See also:Club
.
He was also in 1887 appointed honorary See also:canon of See also:Manchester
.
His purely scientific See also:works are: See also:Cambridgeshire Geology (1875); The See also:Story of our See also:Planet (1893); See also:Charles See also:Lyell and See also:Modern Geology (1895); See also:Ice See also:Work, Past and See also:Present (1896); Volcanoes (1899)
.
In addition to many papers published in the Quarterly See also:Journal of the Geological Society and Geological See also:Magazine, he wrote several popular works on Alpine Regions, on English and Welsh scenery, as well as on theological subjects
.
See Geological Magazine for See also:September 1901 (with bibliography)
.
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