See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

CLEMENT LE NEVE See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE FOSTER (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

FOSTER (1841-1904)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English geologist and mineralogist, the second son of 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 Le Neve See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

Foster (for many years secretary of the Society of Arts), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CAMBERWELL

Camberwell on the 23rd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1841 . After receiving his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education at See also:

• BOULOGNE, or BOULLONGNE

Boulogne and See also:

• AMIENS

Amiens, he studied successively at the Royal School of Mines in See also:

• LONDON

London and at the See also:

• MINING

mining See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg in See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony . In 186o he joined the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, working in the See also:

• WEALDEN

Wealden See also:

• AREA

area and afterwards in See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire . Conjointly with 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 Topley (1841–1894) he communicated to the Geological Society of London in 1865 the now classic See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper " On the superficial deposits of the Valley of the See also:

• MEDWAY

Medway, with remarks on the Denudation of the See also:

• WEALD, THE

Weald." In this paper the sculpturing of the Wealden area by See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain and See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers was ably advocated . Retiring from the Geological Survey in 1865, Foster devoted his See also:

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

attention to See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy and mining in See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall, See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt and See also:

• VENEZUELA

Venezuela . In 1872 he was appointed an inspector of mines under the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office for the S.W. of England, and in 188o he was transferred to the N . See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales See also:

• DISTRICT

district . In 1890 he was appointed See also:

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

professor of mining at the Royal College of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science and he held this See also:

• POST

post until the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of his See also:

• LIFE

life . His later See also:

• WORK

work is embodied largely in the reports of mines and quarries issued annually by the home office . He was distinguished for his extensive scientific and See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical knowledge of metalliferous mining and See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone See also:

• QUARRYING

quarrying . He was elected F.R.S. in 1892 and was knighted in 1903 . While investigating the cause of a mining disaster in the Isle of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man in 1897 his constitution suffered much injury from carbonic-See also:

• OXIDE

oxide See also:

• GAS

gas, and he never fully recovered from the effects .

He died in London on the 19th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1904 . He published Ore and Stone Mining, 1894 (ed . 5, 1904); and The Elements of Mining and Quarrying, 1903 .