See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

BART See also:

• SIR

SIR 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:

• BART SIR WILLIAM MACCORMAC

MACCORMAC  . (1836-1901), Irish surgeon, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BELFAST

Belfast on the 17th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1836, being the son of Dr See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• MACCORMAC, SIR WILLIAM, BART

MacCormac . He studied See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and See also:

• SURGERY
• SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

surgery at Belfast, See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin and See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and graduated in arts, medicine and surgery at the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's University of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, in which he afterwards became an examiner in surgery . He began practice in Belfast, where he became surgeon to the See also:

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

General See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital, but See also:

• LEFT

left it for See also:

• LONDON

London on his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage in 1861 to See also:

• MISS

Miss Katherine M . Charters . In the Franco-See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 187o he was surgeon-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief to the Anglo-See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• AMBULANCE (from the Fr. ambulance, formerly hopital ambulant, derived from the Lat. amlrulare, to move about)

Ambulance, and was See also:

• PRESENT

present at ;See also:

• SEDAN

Sedan; and he also went through the Turco-Servian War of 1876 . He became in' this way an authority on See also:

• GUN

gun-shot wounds, and besides being highly successful as a surgeon was very popular in society, his magnificent physique and Irish temperament making him a notable and attractive See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality . In 1881 he was appointed assistant-surgeon at St See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas's Hospital, London, and for twenty years continued his See also:

• WORK

work there as surgeon, lecturer and consulting surgeon . In 1881 he acted as honorary secretary-general of the See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

International Medical See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress in London, and was knighted for his services . In 1883 he was elected member of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Surgeons, and in 1887 a member of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of examiners; in 1893 he delivered the See also:

• BRADSHAW, GEORGE (1801–1853)
• BRADSHAW, HENRY (1831—1886)
• BRADSHAW, HENRY (c. 1450–1513)
• BRADSHAW, JOHN (i6o2-1659)

Bradshaw lecture, and in 1896 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, being re-elected to this 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 in 1897, 1898,1899, and 1900 (the See also:

• CENTENARY (from Lat. centenarius, of or belonging to a hundred, from centeni, distributive of centum, hundred)

centenary See also:

• YEAR

year of the college), an unprecedented See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record . In 1897 he was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet, and appointed surgeon-in-See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary to the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales . In 1899 he was Hunterian Orator .

In the same year he volunteered to go,out to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa as consulting surgeon to the forces, and from See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1899 to See also:

• APRIL

April 1900 he saw much active service both in Cape See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony and See also:

• NATAL

Natal, his assistance being cordially acknowledged on his return . In 1901 he was appointed: honorary See also:

• SERJEANT

serjeant-surgeon to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . But during 1898 he had suffered from a prolonged illness, and he had perhaps put too much See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain on his strength, for on the 4th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1901 he died somewhat suddenly at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath . Besides See also:

• TREATISES

treatises on Surgical Operations and Antiseptic Surgery, and numerous contributions to the medical See also:

• JOURNALS

journals, MacCormac was the author of Work under the Red See also:

• CROSS

Cross and of an interesting See also:

• VOLUME

volume commemorating the centenary of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1900 . The latter contains See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical notices of all the masters and presidents up to that date . McCORMICK, See also:

• CYRUS
• CYRUS (Gr. KDpos; Pers. Kuru-sh; Babyl. Kurash; Hebr. Koresh)

CYRUS See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

HALL (1809-1884), American inventor of See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain-harvesting machinery, was born at See also:

• WALNUT (Juglans)

Walnut See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

Grove, in what is now Roane See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, W . Va.,U.S.A., on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1809 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer who had invented numerous labour-saving devices for formwork, but after repeated efforts had failed in his attempts to construct a successful grain-cutting See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine .. In 1831, Cyrus, then twenty-two years old, took up the problem, and after careful study constructed a machine. which was successfully employed in the See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• HARVEST (A.S. hcerfest " autumn," O.H. Ger. herbist, possibly through an old Teutonic root representing Lat. car pere, " to pluck ")

harvest of 1831 and patented in 1834 . The McCormick reaper after further improvements proved a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete success; and in 1847 the inventor removed to See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, where he established large See also:

• WORKS

works for manufacturing his agricultural See also:

• MACHINES

machines .. 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 H . See also:

• SEWARD, ANNA (1747-1809)
• SEWARD, WILLIAM HENRY (180r-1872)

Seward has said of McCormick's invention, that owing to it " the See also:

• LINE

line of See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization moves westward See also:

• THIRTY

thirty See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles each year." Numerous prizes and medals were awarded for his reaper, and he was elected a corresponding member of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences, "as having done more for the cause of See also:

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

agriculture than any other living See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man." He died in Chicago on the 13th of May 1884 .

See See also:

• HERBERT (FAMILY)
• HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1633)
• HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM
• HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (1606-1682)

Herbert N . Casson, Cyrus Hall McCormick: his See also:

• LIFE

Life and Work (Chicago, 1909) . MeCOSH, See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES (r811-1894), Scottish philosophical writer, was born of a Covenanting See also:

• FAMILY

family in See also:

• AYRSHIRE

Ayrshire, on the 1st of April 1811 . He studied at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow and See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, receiving at the latter university his M.A., at the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion of See also:

• SIR

Sir William See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton, for an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on the Stoic See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy . He became a See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the Established See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church of See also:

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

Scotland, first at See also:

• ARBROATH, or ABERBROTHOCK

Arbroath and then at See also:

• BRECHIN

Brechin, and took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• FREE

Free Church See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement of 1843 . In 1852 he was appointed See also:

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

professor of See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic and See also:

• META

meta-physics in Queen's College, Belfast; and in 1868 'was chosen president and professor of philosophy of the college of New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, at See also:

• PRINCETON

Princeton . He resigned. the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency in 1888, but continued as lecturer on philosophy till his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 16th of November 1894 . He was most successful in college See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good lecturer and an effective preacher . His general philosophical attitude and method were Hamiltonian; he insisted on severing religious and philosophical data from merely See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical, and though he added little to See also:

• ORIGINAL

original thodght, he clearly restated and vigorously used the, conclusions ofothers . In his controversial writings he often failed to under-stand the real significance of the views which he attacked, and much of his See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism is superficial . His chief works are: Method of Divine 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, Physical and Moral (Edinburgh, 185o, 5th ed., 1856, and frequently republished in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York) ; The Typical Forms and See also:

• SPECIAL

Special Ends in Creation (Edinburgh, 1855; new See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, New York, 1867=188o) ; Intuitions of the Mind inductively investigated (London and New York, 186o; 3rd rev. ed., 1872) ; An Examination of Mr J . S .

See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

Mill's Philosophy (London and New York, 1866; enlarged 1871, several eds.); Philosophical Papers containing (1) " Examination of Sir W . Hamilton's Logic," (2) " Reply to Mr Mill's third edition," and (3) " Present See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State of Moral Philosophy in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain ;" Religious Aspects of See also:

• EVOLUTION

Evolution (New York, 1888, 2nd ed., 189o) . Fora complete See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his writings see J . H . Dulles, McCosh Bibliography (Princeton, 1895) . McCOY, SIR See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

FREDERICK (1823-1899), See also:

• BRITISH

British palaeontologist, the son of Dr See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon McCoy, was born in Dublin in 1823, and was educated in that See also:

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

city for the medical profession . His interests, however, became See also:

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

early centred in natural See also:

• HISTORY

history, and especially in See also:

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

geology, and at the See also:

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

age of eighteen he published a See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue of Organic Remains compiled from specimens exhibited in the Rotunda at Dublin (1841) . He assisted Sir R . J . See also:

• GRIFFITH, SIR RICHARD JOHN (1784-1878)

Griffith (q.v.) by studying the fossils of the carboniferous and See also:

• SILURIAN

silurian rocks of Ireland, and they prepared a See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint Synopsis of the .. Silurian Fossils of Ireland (1846) . In 1846 See also:

• SEDGWICK, ADAM (1785-1873)
• SEDGWICK, JOHN (1813–1864)

Sedgwick secured his services, and for at least four years he devoted himself to the determination and arrangement of the fossils in the Woodwardian Museum at See also:

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

Cambridge .

Sedgwick wrote of him as " an excellent naturalist, an incomparable and most philosophical palaeontologist, and one of the steadiest and quickest workmen that ever undertook the arrangement of a museum" (Life and Letters of Sedgwick, ii . 194) . Together they prepared the important and now classic work entitled A Synopsis of the See also:

• CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

Classification of the British Palaeozoic Rocks, with a Systematic Description of the British Palaeozoic Fossils in the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge (1855) .. Meanwhile McCoy in 1850 had been appointed professor of geology in Queen's College, Belfast, and in 1854 he accepted the newly founded professorship of natural See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science in the university of See also:

• MELBOURNE
• MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848)

Melbourne . There he lectured for upwards of thirty years; he established the See also:

• NATIONAL

National Museum of Natural History and Geology in Melbourne, of which he was director; and becoming associated with the geological survey of See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria as palaeontologist, he issued a See also:

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

series of decades entitled Prodrornus of the Palaeontology of Victoria . He also issued the Prodromus of the See also:

• ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

Zoology of Victoria . To See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies he contributed many papers, and he continued his active scientific work for fifty-eight years—his last contribution, " See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

Note on a new Australian Pterygotus," being printed in the Geological See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine for May 1899 . He was elected F.R.S. in 188o, and was one of the first to, receive the Hon . D.Sc. from the university of Cambridge . In 1886 he was made C.M.G., and in 1891 K.C.M.G . He died in Melbourne on the 16th of May 1899 . Obituary (with bibliography) in Geol .

Mag . 1899, p . 283 . M`CRIE, THOMAS (1772-1835), Scottish historian and divine, was born at See also:

• DUNS

Duns in 'See also:

• BERWICKSHIRE

Berwickshire in November 1772 . He studied in Edinburgh University, and in 1796 he was ordained minister of the Second See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

Associate See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

Congregation, Edinburgh In 1806; however, with some others M'Crie seceded from the " general associate See also:

• SYNOD
• SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

synod," and formed the constitutional associate See also:

• PRESBYTERY

presbytery," afterwards merged in the " original seceders." He was consequently deposed by the associate synod, and his congregation withdrew with him and built another See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship in which he officiated until his death . M'Crie devoted himself to investigations into the history, constitution and polity of the churches of the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation; and the first-fruits of his study were given to the public in November 1811 as The Life of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806)
• KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
• KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

Knox, containing Illustrations of the History of the Reformation in Scotland, which procured for the author the degree of D.D. from Edinburgh University, an See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour conferred then for the first See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time upon a Scottish dissenting minister . This work, of See also:

• GREAT

great learning and value, exercised an important See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion at the time . At the solicitation of his friend See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson, M'Crie became 'a contributor to The Edinburgh See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Instructor, and in 1817 he subjected some of Sir W . See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott's works, to a criticism which took the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a vindication of the See also:

• COVENANTERS

Covenanters . Preserving the continuity of his See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical studies, he followed up his first work with The Life of Andrew See also:

• MELVILLE, ANDREW (1545-1622)
• MELVILLE, ARTHUR (1858-1904)
• MELVILLE, JAMES (1556-1614)
• MELVILLE, SIR JAMES (1535-1617)

Melville (1819) . In 1827 he published a History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and in 1829 a History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reformation in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . His latest See also:

• LITERARY

literary undertaking was a life of John See also:

• CALVIN, JOHN (1509-1564)

Calvin .

Only three chapters were completed when the Writer died on the 5th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1835, leaving four sons and one daughter . See Thomas M'Crie (1797-1875), Life of T . M'Crie (184o), and See also:

• HUGH
• HUGH, ST

Hugh See also:

• MILLER, HUGH (1802–1856)
• MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE) (1841- )
• MILLER, JOE (JosEPH or JosIAS( (1684-1738)
• MILLER, SAMUEL FREEMAN (1816-1890)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1782-1849)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1795-1861)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1796–1882)
• MILLER, WILLIAM HALLOWES (18o1–188o)

Miller, My See also:

• SCHOOLS

Schools and Schoolmasters (1869) .