See also:

• ANDRE, JOHN (1751-178o)

ANDRE See also:

• HUBERT (HUCBERTUS, HUGBERTUS), ST (d. 727)

HUBERT See also:

• DUMONT
• ANDRE HUBERT DUMONT (1809-1857)
• DUMONT, FRANCOIS (1751-1831)
• DUMONT, JEAN (d. 1726)
• DUMONT, PIERRE ETIENNE LOUIS (1759-1829)

DUMONT (1809-1857)  , Belgian geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LIEGE
• LIEGE (Walloon, Lige, Flemish, Luik, Ger. Lilltich)

Liege on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1809 . His first See also:

• WORK

work was a masterly Memoire on the See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Liege published in 1832 . A few years later he became See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy and geology and afterwards See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector in the university of Liege . His See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention was now given to the mineralogical and stratigraphical characters of the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological formations in See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium —and the names given by him to many subdivisions of Cretaceous and See also:

• TERTIARY

Tertiary ages have been adopted . His Memoire sur See also:

• LES

les terrains ardennais et rhenan de l'Ardenne, du See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant et du Condroz (1847-1848) is notable for the care with which the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral characters of the strata were described, but the palaeontological characters were insufficiently considered, and neither the terms " See also:

• SILURIAN

Silurian " nor " Devonian " were adopted . During twenty years he laboured at the preparation of a geological See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map of Belgium (1849) . He spared no pains to make his work as See also:

• COMPLETE

complete as possible, examining on See also:

• FOOT

foot almost every See also:

• AREA

area of importance in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . Journeying to the more See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern parts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, he investigated the shores of the Bosphorus, the mountains of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and other tracts, and gradually gathered materials for a geological map of Europe: a work of high merit which was " one of the first serious attempts to establish on a larger See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale the geological correlation of the various countries of Europe." The Geological Society of See also:

• LONDON

London awarded him in 184o the See also:

• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM (1659--1724)
• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE (1766-1828)

Wollaston See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal . He died at Liege on the 28th of February 1857 . See Memoir by See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General J . E . See also:

• PORTLOCK, JOSEPH ELLISON (1794–1864)

Portlock in Address to Geol .

See also:

• SOC

Soc . (London, 1858) . ' Not to be confounded with his contemporary See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Dumons (1687-1779), sometimes called See also:

• DUMONT
• DUMONT, ANDRE HUBERT (1809-1857)
• DUMONT, FRANCOIS (1751-1831)
• DUMONT, JEAN (d. 1726)
• DUMONT, PIERRE ETIENNE LOUIS (1759-1829)

Dumont, best known for his designs for the See also:

• AUBUSSON
• AUBUSSON, PIERRE

Aubusson tapestries .