See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

ALBERT VON ST GALLEN See also:

• ALBERT VON ST GALLEN HEIM (1849- )
• HEIM, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1787-1865)

HEIM (1849- )  , Swiss geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ZURICH
• ZURICH (Fr. Zurich; Ital. Zurigo)

Zurich on the 12th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1849 . He was educated at Zurich and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities . Very See also:

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

early in See also:

• LIFE

life he became interested in the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical features of the See also:

• ALPS

Alps, and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of sixteen he made a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of the See also:

• TODI (anc. Tuder)

Todi See also:

• GROUP

group . This came under the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold Escher von der See also:

• LINTH, or LIMMAT

Linth, to whom See also:

• HEIM, ALBERT VON ST GALLEN (1849- )
• HEIM, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1787-1865)

Heim was indebted for much encouragement and See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological instruction in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field . In 1873 he became See also:

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

professor of See also:

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

geology in the See also:

• POLYTECHNIC (Gr. aroWus, many, and rEXvn, an art)

polytechnic school at Zurich, and in 1875 professor of geology in the university . In 1882 he was appointed director of the Geological Survey of See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, and in 1884 the hon. degree of Ph.D. was conferred upon him at Berne . He is especially distinguished for his researches on the structure of the Alps and for the See also:

• LIGHT

light thereby thrown on the structure of See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain masses in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . He traced the plications from See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor to See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major stages, and illustrated the remarkable foldings and overthrust faultings in numerous sections and with the aid of pictorial drawings . His magnificent See also:

• WORK

work, Mechanismus der Gebirgsbiidung (1878), is now regarded as a classic, and it served to inspire Professor C . See also:

• LAPWORTH, CHARLES (1842– )

Lapworth in his brilliant researches on the Scottish See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands (see Geol . Meg . 1883) .

Heim also devoted consider-able See also:

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

attention to the glacial phenomena of the Alpine regions . The See also:

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

Wollaston See also:

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

medal was awarded to him in 1904 by the Geological Society of See also:

• LONDON

London .