See also:

• DENISON
• DENISON, GEORGE ANTHONY (1805-1896)
• DENISON, GEORGE TAYLOR (1839- )

DENISON See also:

• DENISON OLMSTED (1791-1859)
• OLMSTED, F
• OLMSTED, FREDERICK LAW (1822-1903)

OLMSTED (1791-1859)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

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

science, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, U.S.A., on the 18th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1791, and in 1813 graduated at Yale, where he acted as See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college See also:

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

tutor from 1815 to 1817 . In the latter See also:

• YEAR

year he was appointed to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy and See also:

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

geology in the university of See also:

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

North Carolina . This chair he exchanged for that of See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics and physics at Yale in 1825; in 1836, when this professorship was divided, he retained that of See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy and natural See also:

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

philosophy . He died at New Haven, Connecticut, on the 13th of May 1859 . His first publication (1824-1825) was the 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 of his See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological survey of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of North Carolina . It was followed by various See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-books on natural philosophy and astronomy, but he is chiefly known to the scientific See also:

• WORLD

world for his observations on See also:

• HAIL (O. Eng. kcegl and hagol, 1 cf. the cognate Teutonic hagel, as in German, Dutch, Swedish, &c.; the Gr. K&XX17E, pebble, is probably allied)

hail (1830), on meteors and on the See also:

• AURORA
• AURORA (perhaps through a form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to burn ; the common idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, gold)

aurora borealis (see Smithsonian Contributions, vol. viii.) .