See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

MATTHEW See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

FORSTER See also:

• MATTHEW FORSTER HEDDLE (1828-1897)

HEDDLE (1828-1897)  , Scottish mineralogist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at by in See also:

• ORKNEY, EARL OF
• ORKNEY, ELIZABETH HAMILTON, COUNTESS OF
• ORKNEY, GEORGE HAMILTON, EARL OF (1666–1737)

Orkney on the 28th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1824 . After receiving his See also:

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

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education at the See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy, he entered as a medical student at the university in that See also:

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

city, and subsequently studied See also:

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

chemistry and See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy at Klausthal and See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg . In 1851 he took his degree of M.D. at Edinburgh, and for about five years practised there . Medical See also:

• WORK

work, however, possessed for him little attraction; he became assistant to Prof . Connell, who held the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of chemistry at St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews, and in 1862 succeeded him as See also:

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

professor . This See also:

• POST

post he held until in 188o he was invited to See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on some See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold mines in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . On his return he devoted himself with See also:

• GREAT

great assiduity to mineralogy, and formed one of the finest collections by means of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal exploration in almost every See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . His specimens are now in the Royal Scottish Museum at Edinburgh . It had been his intention to publish a comprehensive work on the mineralogy of Scotland . This he did not live to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete, but the See also:

• MSS

MSS. See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into able hands, and The Mineralogy f Scotland, in 2 vols., edited by J . G . Goodchild, was issued in 1901 .

See also:

• HEDDLE, MATTHEW FORSTER (1828-1897)

Heddle was one of the founders of the Mineralogical Society, and he contributed many articles on Scottish minerals, arid on the See also:

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

geology of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern parts of Scotland, to the Mineralogical See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, as well as to the Transactions of Um Royal Society of Edinburgh . He died on the 19th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 18S e Dr Heddle and his See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Work (with portrait), by J . G . Goodchild, Trans . Edin . Geol . See also:

• SOC

Soc . (1898) vii . 317 .