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 JORY See also:

• WILLIAM JORY HENWOOD (1805-1875)

HENWOOD (1805-1875)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• MINING

mining geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PERRON (a French word meaning properly a "large stone," Ital. Petrone, from Lat. Petra, Fr. pierre, stone)
• PERRON, PIERRE CUILLIER (1755-1834)

Perron See also:

• WHARF

Wharf, See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall, on the 16th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 18o5 . In 182 2 he commenced See also:

• WORK

work as a clerk in a mining See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and soon took an active See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the working of mines and in the metalliferous deposits . In 1832 he was appointed to the office of assay-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master and supervisor of See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin in the duchy of Cornwall, a See also:

• POST

post from which he retired in 1838 . Meanwhile fie. had commenced in 1826 to communicate papers on mining subjects to the Royal See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Society of Cornwall, and the Geological Society of See also:

• LONDON

London, and in 184o he was elected F.R.S . In 1843 he went to take See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the Gongo-Soco mines in See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil ; afterwards he proceeded to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India 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 certain metalliferous deposits for the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government; and in 1858, impaired in See also:

• HEALTH

health, he retired and settled at See also:

• PENZANCE

Penzance . His most important See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs on the metalliferous deposits of Cornwall and See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon were published in 1843 by the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall . At a much later date he communicated with enlarged experience a second See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of Observations on Metalliferous Deposits, and on Subterranean Temperature (reprinted from Trans . R . Geol . See also:

• SOC

Soc . Cornwall, 2 vols., 1871) . In 1874 he contributed a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper on the Detrital Tin-ore of Cornwall (Journ .

R . Inst . Cornwall) . The See also:

• MURCHISON, SIR RODERICK IMPEY (1792-1871)

Murchison See also:

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

medal of the Geological Society was awarded to him in 1875, and the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral Henwoodite was named after him . He died at Penzance on the 5th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1875 .