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:

• HOPKINS, EDWARD WASHBURN (1857— )
• HOPKINS, ESEK (1718-18oz)
• HOPKINS, MARK (1802—1887)
• HOPKINS, SAMUEL (1721–1803)
• WILLIAM HOPKINS (1793–1866)

HOPKINS (1793–1866)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English mathematician and geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)

Kingston-on-Soar, in See also:

• NOTTINGHAM
• NOTTINGHAM, CHARLES HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF1 (1536-1624)
• NOTTINGHAM, EARLS OF

Nottingham-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, on the 2nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1793 . In his youth he learned See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture in See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk and afterwards took an extensive See also:

• FARM

farm in See also:

• SUFFOLK
• SUFFOLK, CHARLES BRANDON, 1ST DUKE OF (c. 1484–'545)
• SUFFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SUFFOLK, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1561-1626)
• SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE

Suffolk . In this he was unsuccessful . At the See also:

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

age of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty he entered St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, taking his degree of B.A. in 1827 as seventh wrangler and M.A. in 183o . In 1833 he published Elements of See also:

• TRIGONOMETRY (from Gr. rpiywvov, a triangle, /ATpov, measure)

Trigonometry . He was distinguished for his mathematical knowledge, and became eminently successful as a private See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor, many of his pupils attaining high distinction . About 1833, through See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting Sedgw•ick at See also:

• BARMOUTH (Abermaw, mouth of the Maw, or Mawddach, in Cardigan Bay, the only haven in Merionethshire, North Wales)

Barmouth and joining him in several excursions, he became intensely interested in See also:

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

geology . Thereafter, in papers published by the Cambridge Philosophical Society and the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Society of See also:

• LONDON

London, he entered largely into mathematical inquiries connected with geology, dealing with the effects which an elevatory force acting from below would produce on a portion of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth's crust, in fissures, faults, &c . In this way he discussed the See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation and denudation of the See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• DISTRICT

district, the See also:

• WEALDEN

Wealden See also:

• AREA

area, and the Bas Boulonnais . He wrote also on the See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion of glaciers and the transport of erratic blocks . So ably had he grappled with many difficult problems that in 185o 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 by the Geological Society of London; and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was elected See also:

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

president . In his second address (1853) he criticized See also:

• ELIE

Elie de See also:

• BEAUMONT
• BEAUMONT, BELMONT, or BELLOMONT
• BEAUMONT, CHRISTOPHE DE (1703-1781)
• BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN (1583–1627)

Beaumont's theory of the elevation 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-chains and showed the imperfect See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence on which it rested .

He brought before the Geological Society in 1851 an important See also:

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

paper On the Causes which may have produced changes in the Earth's superficial Temperature . He was president of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association for 1853 . His later researches included observations on the conductivity of various substances for See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, and on the effect of pressure on the temperature of See also:

• FUSION

fusion of different bodies . He died at Cambridge on the 13th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1866 . Obituary by W . W . See also:

• SMYTH (or SMITH), JOHN (c. 1570-1612)
• SMYTH (or SMITH), WILLIAM (c. 1460-1514)
• SMYTH, CHARLES
• SMYTH, SIR WARINGTON WILKINSON (1817-1890)

Smyth, in Quart . Journ . Geol . See also:

• SOC

Soc . (1867), p. See also:

• XXIX

xxix .