See also:

• OTHNIEL

OTHNIEL See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• OTHNIEL CHARLES MARSH (1831-1899)

MARSH (1831-1899)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American palaeontologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LOCKPORT

Lockport, 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, on the 29th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1831 . He graduated at Yale See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 186o, and studied See also:

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

geology and See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy in the See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield scientific school, New Haven, and afterwards palaeontology and See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy in See also:

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

Berlin, See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg and See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau . Returning to See also:

• AMERICA

America in 1866 he was appointed See also:

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

professor of vertebrate palaeontology at Yale College, and there began the researches of the fossil See also:

• VERTEBRATA

vertebrata of the western states, whereby he established his reputation . He was aided by a private See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune from his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• PEABODY
• PEABODY, ANDREW PRESTON (1811–1893)
• PEABODY, ELIZABETH PALMER (1804-1894)
• PEABODY, GEORGE (1795-1869)

Peabody, whom he induced to establish the Peabody Museum of Natural See also:

• HISTORY

History (especially devoted to See also:

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

zoology, geology and mineralogy) in the college . In May 1871 he discovered the first pterodactyl remains found in America, and in subsequent years he brought to See also:

• LIGHT

light from See also:

• WYOMING

Wyoming and other regions many new genera and families, and some entirely new orders of See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct vertebrata, which he described in monographs or periodical articles . These included remains of the Cretaceous toothed birds Hesperornis and Ichthyornis, the Cretaceous flying-See also:

• REPTILES (Lat. Reptilia, creeping things, from reptilis; ref ere, to creep; Gr. Ep7rety, whence the term " herpetology," for the science dealing with them)

reptiles (Pteranodon), the See also:

• SWIMMING (from " swim," A.S. swimman, the root being common in Teutonic languages)

swimming reptiles or Mosasauria, and the Cretaceous and See also:

• JURASSIC

Jurassic See also:

• LAND

land reptiles (Dinosauria) among which were the Brontosaurus and Atlantosaurus . The remarkable mammals which he termed Brontotheria (now grouped as See also:

• TITANOTHERIIDAE (also known as Menodontidae and Brontotheriidae)

Titanotheriidae), and the huge Dinocerata, one being the Uintatherium, were also brought to light by him . Among his later discoveries were remains of See also:

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

early ancestors of horses in America . On becoming See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

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

president of the American Association for the See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

Advancement of See also:

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

Science in 1875 he gave an address on the " Introduction and See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

Succession of Vertebrate See also:

• LIFE

Life in America," summarizing his conclusions to that date . He repeatedly organized and often accompanied scientific exploring expeditions in the Rocky Mountains, and their results tended in an important degree to support the doctrines of natural selection and See also:

• EVOLUTION

evolution . He published many papers on these, and found 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—besides that necessarily given to the See also:

• ACCUMULATION (from Lat. accumulare, to heap up)

accumulation and care of the most extensive collection of fossils in the See also:

• WORLD

world—to write See also:

• ODONTORNITHES

Odontornithes: A Monograph on the Extinct Toothed Birds of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North America (188o) ; Dinocerata: A Monograph on an Extinct See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order of Gigantic Mammals (1884) ; and The Dinosaurs of North America (1896) . His See also:

• WORK

work is full of accurately recorded facts of permanent value .

He was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long in See also:

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

charge of the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of vertebrate palaeontology in the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey, and received many scientific honours, medals and degrees, American and See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign . He died in New Haven on the 18th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1899 . Mag . (1899), p . 237 .