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HENRY WILLIAM BRISTOW (1817-2889)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 583 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HENRY See also:WILLIAM See also:BRISTOW (1817-2889)  , See also:English geologist, son of See also:Major-See also:General H . See also:Bristow, who served in the See also:Peninsular See also:War, was See also:born on the 17th of May 1817 . He was educated at See also:King's See also:College, See also:London, under See also:John See also:Phillips, then See also:professor of See also:geology . In 1842 he was appointed assistant geologist on the See also:Geological Survey, and in that service he remained for See also:forty-six years, becoming director for See also:England and See also:Wales in 1872, and retiring in 1888 . He was elected F.R.S. in 1862 . He died in London on the 14th of See also:June 1889 . His publications (see Geol . Mag., 1889, p . 384) include A Glossary of See also:Mineralogy (1861) and The Geology of the Isle of See also:Wight (1862) .

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