See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

ABRAHAM See also:

• GESNER
• ABRAHAM GESNER (1797-1864)
• GESNER, JOHANN MATTHIAS (1691—1761)

GESNER (1797-1864)  , See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Nova See also:

• SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia in 1797 . He qualified as a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1827 . Returning to the Dominion, he published in 1836 Remarks on the See also:

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

Geology and See also:

• MINERALOGY

Mineralogy of Nova Scotia, and continuing his researches he was enabled in 1843 to bring before the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Society of London " A Geological See also:

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

Map of Nova Scotia, with an accompanying Memoir " (Prot . Geol . See also:

• SOC

Soc. iv . 186) . In 1849 he issued a See also:

• VOLUME

volume on the See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial resources of 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 . He dealt also with the geology and mineralogy of New See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick and See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• EDWARD

Edward's See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island . Devoting himself to the economic See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of geology in various parts of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America, he was enabled to bring out in 1861 A See also:

• PRACTICAL

Practical See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on See also:

• COAL

Coal, See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

Petroleum and other Distilled See also:

• OILS (adopted from the Fr. oile, mod. huile, Lat. oleum, olive oil)

Oils . He died at See also:

• HALIFAX
• HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGUE, EARL OF (1661–1715)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF (1716-1771)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1633-1695)

Halifax, N.S., on the 29th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1864 .