GREGOR VON See also:

• GREGOR VON HELMERSEN (1803-1885)

HELMERSEN (1803-1885)  , See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Laugut-Duckershof, near Dorpat, on the 29th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September (O.S.) 1803 . He received an See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering training and became See also:

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

major-See also:

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

general in the See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of See also:

• MINING

Mining See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

Engineers . In 1837 he was appointed 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 mining See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute at St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg . He was author of numerous See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs on the geology of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, especially on the See also:

• COAL

coal and other See also:

• MINERAL

mineral deposits 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; and he wrote also some explanations to accompany See also:

• SEPARATE

separate sheets of the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological See also:

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

map of Russia . His geological See also:

• WORK

work was continued to an advanced See also:

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

age, one of the later publications being Studien caber See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Wanderblocke and die Diluvialgebilde Russlands (1869 and 1882) . Most of his memoirs were published by the Imperial See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg . He died at St Petersburg on the 3rd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February (O.S.) 1885 .