See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

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

ANDREW CROMBIE See also:

• RAMSEY
• SIR ANDREW CROMBIE RAMSEY (1814—1891)

RAMSEY (1814—1891)  ,' See also:

• BRITISH

British geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow on the 31st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1814, being the son 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:

• RAMSAY, ALLAN (1686-1758)
• RAMSAY, ALLAN (1713-1784)
• RAMSAY, ANDREW MICHAEL (1686-1743)
• RAMSAY, DAVID (1749—1815)
• RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM (1852– )
• RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM MITCHELL (185r– )

Ramsay, manufacturing chemist . He was for a 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 actually engaged in business, but from spending his holidays in See also:

• ARRAN
• ARRAN, EARLS OF

Arran he became interested in the study of the rocks of that See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, and was thus led to acquire the rudiments of See also:

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

geology . A See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of Arran, made by him on the See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale of two inches to the mile, was exhibited at the 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 of the British Association at Glasgow in 184o, and attracted the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of See also:

• SIR

Sir R . I . See also:

• MURCHISON, SIR RODERICK IMPEY (1792-1871)

Murchison, with the result that he received from De la Beche an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment on the Geological Survey, on which he served for See also:

• FORTY

forty years, from 1841 to 1881 . He was first stationed at See also:

• TENBY

Tenby, and to that circumstance may be attributed the fact that so much of his geological See also:

• WORK

work dealt with See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales . His first See also:

• BOOK

book, The Geology of the Isle of Arran, was published in 1841 . In 1845 he became See also:

• LOCAL

local director for See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

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

Britain, but he continued to carry on a certain amount of See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field-work until 1854 . To the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of the See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Geological Survey (1846) he contributed a now classic 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 Denudation of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Wales and the Adjacent Counties of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England," in which he advocated the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the 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 to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form great plains of denudation, although at the time he under-estimated the See also:

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

influence of subaerial agents in sculpturing the scenery . In 1866 he published The Geology of See also:

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

North Wales (vol. iii. of the Memoirs), of which a second edition was published in 1881 . He was chosen See also:

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

professor of geology at University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• LONDON

London, in 1848, and afterwards lecturer in the same subject at the School of Mines in 1851 . Eleven years later he was elected to the presidential 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 the Geological Society, and in 1872 he succeeded Murchison as director-See also:

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

general of the Geological Survey .

In 188o he acted as 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 British Association at See also:

• SWANSEA

Swansea, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year retired from the public service, receiving at the same time the 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 of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood . In 186o he published a little book entitled The Old Glaciers of See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland and North Wales . The study of this subject led him to discuss the Glacial Origin of Certain Lakes in Switzerland, the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• FOREST

Forest, &c . He dealt also with the origin of The Red Rocks of England (1871) and The See also:

• RIVER

River Courses of England and Wales (1872) . He was especially interested in tracing out the causes which have determined the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical configuration of a See also:

• DISTRICT

district, and he devoted much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the effects produced by See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice, his name being identified with the See also:

• HYPOTHESIS (from Gr. inrorcOivat, to put under; cf. Lat. suppositio, from sub-ponere)

hypothesis, which, however, has never commanded general assent, that in some cases See also:

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

lake basins have been scooped out by glaciers . A See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in the broader questions of stratigraphy and physical geology, he was a dear exponent of facts, but rather impatient of details, while hisoriginal and often bold theories, expressed both in lectures and in writings, stirred others with See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm and undoubtedly exercised great influence on the progress of geology . His lectures to working men, given in 1863 in the Museum of See also:

• PRACTICAL

Practical Geology, formed the See also:

• NUCLEUS (Lat. for the kernal of a nut, nux, the stone of fruit)

nucleus of his famous Physical Geology and See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

Geography of Great Britain (5th ed., 1878; 6th ed., by H . B . See also:

• WOODWARD, JOHN
• WOODWARD, SAMUEL (179o-1838)

Woodward, 1894) . He received a Royal See also:

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

medal in 188o from the Royal Society, of which he became a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow in 1862; he was also the recipient of the See also:

• NEILL, JAMES GEORGE SMITH (1810-1857)

Neill See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of the Royal Society of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh in 1866, and of the See also:

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

Wollaston medal of the Geological Society of London in 1871 . He died at See also:

• BEAUMARIS

Beaumaris on the 9th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1891 . See Memoir, by Sir A .

See also:

• GEIKIE
• GEIKIE, JAMES (1839- )
• GEIKIE, SIR ARCHIBALD (1835- )

Geikie, 1895 .