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:DANIEL See also:CONYBEARE (1787–1857)
, See also:dean of See also:Llandaff, one of the most distinguished of See also:English geologists, who was See also:born in See also:London on the 7th of See also:June 1787, was a See also:grandson of See also:John See also:Conybeare, See also:bishop of See also:Bristol (1692–1755),a notable preacherand divine, and son of Dr 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 Conybeare, See also:rector of Bishops-See also:gate
.
Educated first at See also:Westminster school, he went in 18o5 to See also:Christ 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)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, where in 18o8 he took his degree of B.A., with a first in See also:classics and second in See also:mathematics, and proceeded to M.A. three years later
.
Having entered See also:holy orders he became in 1814 See also:curate of Wardington, near See also:Banbury, and he accepted also a lectureship at Brislington near Bristol
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During this See also:period he was one of the founders of the Bristol Philosophical Institution (1822)
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He was rector of See also:Sully in See also:Glamorganshire from 1823 to 1836, and See also:vicar of See also:Axminster from 1836 to 1844
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He was appointed See also:Hampton lecturer in 1839, and was instituted to the deanery of Llandaff in 1845
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Attracted to the study of See also:geology by the lectures of Dr John See also:Kidd (q.v.) he pursued the subject with ardour
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As soon as he had See also:left See also:college he made extended journeys in See also:Britain and on the See also:continent, and he became one of the See also:early members of the See also:Geological Society
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Both See also:Buckland and See also:Sedgwick acknowledged their indebtedness to him for instruction received when they first began to devote See also:attention to geology
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To the Transactions of the Geological Society as well as to the See also:Annals of See also:Philosophy and Philosophical See also:Magazine he contributed many geological See also:memoirs
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In 1821 he distinguished himself by the description of a See also:skeleton of the See also:Plesiosaurus, discovered by See also:Mary Aiming, and his See also:account has been confirmed in all See also:main points by subsequent researches
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Among his most important memoirs is that on the See also:south-western See also:coal See also:district of See also:England,written in See also:conjunction with Dr Buckland, and published in 1824
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He wrote also on the valley of the See also:Thames, on See also:Elie de See also:Beaumont's theory of See also:mountain-chains, and on the See also:great landslip which occurred near Lyme Regis in 1839 when he was vicar of Axminster
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His See also:principal See also:work, however, is the Outlines of the Geology of England and See also:Wales (1822) ,being a second edition of the small work issued by William See also:Phillips (q.v.) and written in co-operation with that author
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The See also:original contributions of Conybeare formed the principal portion of this edition, of which only See also:Part I., dealing with the Carboniferous and newer strata, was published
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It affords See also:evidence throughout of the extensive and accurate knowledge possessed by Conybeare; and it exercised a marked See also:influence on the progress of geology in this See also:country
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He was a See also:fellow of the Royal Society and a corresponding member of the See also:Institute of See also:France
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In 1844 he was awarded the See also:Wollaston See also:medal by the Geological Society of London
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The loss of his eldest son, W
.
J
.
Conybeare, preyed on his mind and hastened his end
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He died at Itchenstoke, near See also:Portsmouth, a few months after his son, on the 12th of See also:August 1857
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(Obituary in Gent
.
Mag
.
See also:Sept
.
1857, p
.
335.)
His See also:elder See also:brother JOHN JOSIAS CONYBEARE (1779-1824), also educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and an accomplished See also:scholar, became vicar of Batheaston, and was See also:professor of Anglo-Saxon and afterwards of See also:poetry at Oxford
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He likewise was an ardent student of geology and communicated several important papers to the Annals of Philosophy and the Transactions of the Geological Society of London
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(Obituary in See also:Ann
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Phil. vol. viii., Sept
.
1824, p
.
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