See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE BELLAS See also:

• GEORGE BELLAS GREENOUGH (1778-1855)
• GREENOUGH, HORATIO (1805-1852)
• GREENOUGH, JAMES BRADSTREET (1833-1901)

GREENOUGH (1778-1855)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 18th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1778 . He was educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton, and afterwards (1795) entered See also:

• PEMBROKE
• PEMBROKE (Penfro)
• PEMBROKE, EARLS OF

Pembroke See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, but never graduated . In 1798 he proceeded to See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen to prosecute legal studies, but having attended the lectures of See also:

• BLUMENBACH, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1752–1840)

Blumenbach he was attracted to the study of natural See also:

• HISTORY

history, and, coming into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, he abandoned See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and devoted his See also:

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

attention to See also:

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

science . He studied See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy at See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg under See also:

• WERNER, ABRAHAM GOTTLOB (1750-1817)
• WERNER, ANTON ALEXANDER VON (1843– )
• WERNER, FRIEDRICH LUDWIG ZACHARIAS (1768–1823)

Werner, travelled in various parts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and the See also:

• BRITISH

British Isles, and worked at See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry at the Royal Institution . A visit to See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland aroused deep See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

• POLITICAL

political questions, and he was in 1807 elected member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for the See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of Gatton, continuing to hold his seat until 1812 . Meanwhile his interest in See also:

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

geology increased, he was elected F.R.S. in 1807, and he was the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief founder with others of the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Society of London in 1807 . He was the first chairman of that Society, and in 181*_, when it was more regularly constituted, he was the first See also:

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

president: and in this capacity he served on two subsequent' occasions, and did much to promote the See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement of geology . In 1819 he published A See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

Critical Examination of the First Principles of Geology, a See also:

• WORK

work which was useful mainly in refuting erroneous theories . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year was published his famous Geological See also:

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

Map of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, in six sheets; of which a second edition was issued in 1839 . This map was to a large extent based on the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original map of 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 See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith; but much new See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information was embodied . In 1843 he commenced to prepare a geological map of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, which was published in 1854 .