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JOSEPH GEORGE CUMMING (1812-1868)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 629 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOSEPH See also:GEORGE See also:CUMMING (1812-1868)  , See also:English geologist and archaeologist, was See also:born at See also:Matlock in See also:Derbyshire on the 15th of See also:February 1812 . He was educated at See also:Oakham See also:grammar school, and See also:Emmanuel See also:College, See also:Cambridge, taking the degree of M.A., and entering See also:holy orders in 1835 . In 1841 he was appointed See also:vice-See also:principal of See also:King See also:William's College, See also:Castletown, in the Isle of See also:Man, and this position he held until 1856 . During this See also:period his leisure See also:time was devoted to a study of the See also:geology and See also:archaeology of the See also:island . The results were published in a classic See also:volume The Isle of Man; its See also:History, See also:Physical, Ecclesiastical, See also:Civil and Legendary (1848) . In 1856 he became See also:master of King See also:Edward's grammar school at See also:Lichfield, in 1858 See also:warden and See also:professor of classical literature and geology in See also:Queen's College, See also:Birmingham, in 1862 See also:rector of Mellis, in See also:Suffolk, and in 1867 See also:vicar of St See also:John's, Bethnal See also:Green, See also:London . He died in London on the 21st of See also:September 1868 .

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