See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

PETER See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

MARTIN See also:

• DUNCAN
• DUNCAN, ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST VISCOUNT (1731-1804)
• PETER MARTIN DUNCAN (1824-1891)
• DUNCAN, THOMAS (1807—1845)

DUNCAN (1824-1891)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English palaeontologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the loth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1824 at See also:

• TWICKENHAM

Twickenham, and was educated partly at the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school and partly in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland . Having entered the medical See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London, in 1842, he obtained the degree of M.B.(Lond.) in 1846, and then acted for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time as assistant to a doctorat See also:

• ROCHESTER
• ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, 2ND EARL
• ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711)

Rochester . Subsequently he practised at See also:

• COLCHESTER
• COLCHESTER, CHARLES ABBOT, 1ST BARON (1757-1829)

Colchester (1848-186o), and during this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he served for a See also:

• YEAR

year as See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Returning to London in 186o he practised for a few years at See also:

• BLACKHEATH

Blackheath, and then gave his time entirely to scientific See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, first in See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, and later in See also:

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

geology and palaeontology . His See also:

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

attention was directed especially to fossil See also:

• CORALS (KoRAis), ADAMANTIOS [in French, DIAMANT CORAY] (1748–1833)

corals, and in 1863 he contributed to the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Society of London the first of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of papers on the fossil corals of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Islands in which he not only described the See also:

• SPECIES

species, but discussed their See also:

• BEARINGS

bearings on the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography of the See also:

• TERTIARY

Tertiary period . Corals from various parts of the See also:

• WORLD

world and from different geological formations were subsequently dealt with by See also:

• DUNCAN
• DUNCAN, ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST VISCOUNT (1731-1804)
• DUNCAN, PETER MARTIN (1824-1891)
• DUNCAN, THOMAS (1807—1845)

Duncan, and he See also:

• CALVE, EMMA (1864– )

calve to be regarded as a leading authority on these fossils . He prepared also for the Palaeontographical Society (1866—1872) an important See also:

• WORK

work on See also:

• BRITISH

British fossil corals, as a supplement to the monograph by See also:

• HENRI

Henri Milne-See also:

• EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
• EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
• EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
• EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
• EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
• EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
• EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
• EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
• EDWARDS, T
• EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)

Edwards and Jules Haime . He was elected F.R.S. in 1868 . In 187o he was chosen See also:

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

professor of geology at King's College . He was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Geological Society (1876—1877), and in 1881 was awarded the See also:

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

Wollaston See also:

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

medal . In addition to papers on fossil corals, he dealt with some of the living forms, also with the Echinoidea and other See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups, See also:

• RECENT

recent and fossil . He edited the six volumes of See also:

• CASSELL, JOHN (1817–1865)

Cassell's Natural See also:

• HISTORY

History (1877, &c.) .

He died at Gunnersbury on the 28th of May 1891 .