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:

• PHILLIPS
• PHILLIPS, ADELAIDE (1833-1882)
• PHILLIPS, EDWARD (163o-1696)
• JOHN PHILLIPS (1800—1874)
• PHILLIPS, SAMUEL (1814—1854)
• PHILLIPS, STEPHEN (1868– )
• PHILLIPS, THOMAS (1770-1845)
• PHILLIPS, WENDELL (1811-1884)

PHILLIPS (1800—1874)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 25th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1800 at Marden in See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire . His See also:

• FATHER

father belonged to an old Welsh See also:

• FAMILY

family, but settled in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England as an officer of See also:

• EXCISE (derived through the Dutch, excijs or accijs, possibly from Late Lat. accensare,—ad, to, and census, tax; the word owes something to a confusion with excisum, cut out)

excise and married the See also:

• SISTER

sister of 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:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, the " Father of English See also:

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

Geology." Both parents dying when he was a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, See also:

• PHILLIPS
• PHILLIPS, ADELAIDE (1833-1882)
• PHILLIPS, EDWARD (163o-1696)
• PHILLIPS, JOHN (1800—1874)
• PHILLIPS, SAMUEL (1814—1854)
• PHILLIPS, STEPHEN (1868– )
• PHILLIPS, THOMAS (1770-1845)
• PHILLIPS, WENDELL (1811-1884)

Phillips came under the See also:

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

charge of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle; and after being educated at various See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, he accompanied Smith on his wanderings in connexion with his See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological maps . In thespring of 1824 Smith went to 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 to deliver a course of lectures on geology, and his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew accompanied him . Phillips accepted engagements in the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire towns to arrange their museums and give courses of lectures on the collections contained therein . York became his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, where he obtained, in 1825, the situation of keeper of the Yorkshire museum and secretary of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society . From that centre he extended his operations to towns beyond the 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; and in 1831 he included University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London, in the See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere of his activity . In that See also:

• YEAR

year the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association for the See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

Advancement of See also:

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

Science was founded at York, and Phillips was one of the active minds who organized its machinery . He became in 1832 the first assistant secretary, a See also:

• POST

post which he held until 18J9 . In 1834 he accepted the professorship of geology at 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's College, London, but retained his post at York . In 1834 he was elected F.R.S.; in later years he received hon. degrees of LL.D. from See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin and See also:

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

Cambridge, and D.C.L. from See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford; while in 1845 he was awarded the See also:

• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM (1659--1724)
• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE (1766-1828)

Wollaston See also:

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

Medal by the Geological Society of London . In 1840 he resigned his charge of the York museum and was appointed on the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the geological survey of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

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

Britain under De la Beche . He spent some 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 in studying the Palaeozoic fossils of See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon, See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset, of which he published a descriptive memoir (1841); and he made a detailed survey of the region of the See also:

• MALVERN

Malvern Hills, of which he prepared the elaborate See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account that appears in vol. ii. of the See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Survey (1848) .

In 1844 he became See also:

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

professor of geology in the university of Dublin . Nine years later, on the See also:

• DEATH

death of H . E . See also:

• STRICKLAND, AGNES (18061874)
• STRICKLAND, HUGH EDWIN (1811—1853)

Strickland, who had acted as substitute for See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

Dean See also:

• BUCKLAND, FRANCIS TREVELYAN (1826–188o)
• BUCKLAND, WILLIAM (1784–1856)

Buckland in the readership of geology in the university of Oxford, Phillips succeeded to the post of See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy, and at the dean's death in 1856 became himself reader, a post which he held to the time of his death . During his residence in Oxford he took a leading See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation and arrangement of the new museum erected in 1859 (see his Notices of Rocks and Fossils in the University Museum, 1863; and The Oxford Museum, by H . W . See also:

• ACLAND, CHRISTIAN HENRIETTA CAROLINE (1750-1815)
• ACLAND, SIR HENRY WENTWORTH, BART

Acland and J . See also:

• RUSKIN, JOHN (1819-1goo)

Ruskin, 1859; reprinted with additions 1893) . Phillips was also keeper of the Ashmolean museum from 1854—1870 . In 1859—186o he was 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 Geological Society of London, and in 1865 president of the British Association . He dined at All Souls College on the 23rd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1874, but on leaving he slipped and See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell down a See also:

• FLIGHT

flight of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone stairs, and died on the following See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . From the time he wrote his first See also:

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

paper " On the Direction of the Diluvial Currents in Yorkshire " (1827), down to the last days of his See also:

• LIFE

life, Phillips continued a See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant contributor to the literature of science .

The pages of the Philosophical See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of the Geological Society, the Geological Magazine and other publications contain valuable essays by him . He was also the author of numerous See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• WORKS

works, which were of great benefit ,in extending a See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound knowledge of geology . Among these may be specially mentioned: Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire (in two parts, 1829 and 1836; 2nd ed. of pt . 1 in 1835, 3rd ed., edited by R . See also:

• ETHERIDGE, JOHN WESLEY (1804-1866)
• ETHERIDGE, ROBERT (1819-1903)

Etheridge, in 1875) ; A See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on Geology (1837–1839) ; Memoirs of William Smith (1844); The See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

Rivers, Mountains and See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea-See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast of Yorkshire (1853); See also:

• MANUAL

Manual of Geology, See also:

• PRACTICAL

Practical and Theoretical (1855); Life on 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: its Origin and See also:

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

Succession (186o) ; See also:

• VESUVIUS (also Vesevus in ancient poets)

Vesuvius (1869) ; Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the See also:

• THAMES

Thames (1871) . To these should be added his Monograph of British Belemnitidae (1865), for the Palaeontographical Society, and his geological See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map of the British Isles (1847) . ' See See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

Biographical Memoir, with portrait, in Geol . Mag . (See also:

• JULY

July 1870) .