See also:GEORGE See also:EARL See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- GEORGE EARL CHURCH (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
CHURCH (1835–1910)
, See also:American geographer, was See also:born in New See also:Bedford, See also:Massachusetts, on the 7th of See also:December 1835
.
He was educated as a See also:civil engineer, and was See also:early engaged on the Hoosac See also:Tunnel
.
In 1858 he joined an exploring expedition to See also:South See also:America
.
During the American Civil See also:War he
served (1862–1865) in the See also:Army of the See also:Potomac, rising to the command of a See also:brigade and the See also:rank of See also:colonel; and in 1866–1867 he was war correspondent of the New See also:York See also:Herald in See also:Mexico
.
He explored the See also:Amazon (1868–1879), and gradually became the leading authority on that region of South America, being appointed See also:United States See also:commissioner to See also:report on See also:Ecuador in 188o, and visiting See also:Costa Rica in 1895 to report on its See also:debt and See also:railways
.
He wrote extensively on South and Central American See also:geography, and became avice-See also:president of the Royal See also:Geographical Society (See also:London), and in 1898 president of the geographical See also:section of the See also:British Association
.
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