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:

• WILLIAM SCORESBY (1789-1857)

SCORESBY (1789-1857)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic explorer, scientist and divine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• WHITBY

Whitby, See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, on the 5th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1789 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, 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:

• SCORESBY, WILLIAM (1789-1857)

Scoresby (176o-1829), made a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune in the Arctic See also:

• WHALE

whale See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery . The son made his first voyage with his father when he was eleven years of See also:

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

age, but on his return he was sent back to school, where he remained till 1803 . After this he was his father's See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion, and was with him on the 25th of May 18o6, as See also:

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

chief officer of the whaler " See also:

• RESOLUTION

Resolution," when he succeeded in reaching 81° 30' N. See also:

• LAT

lat . (19° E. See also:

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

long.), for twenty-one years the highest See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• LATITUDE (Lat. latitudo, latus, broad)

latitude attained in the eastern hemisphere . During the following See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter, Scoresby attended the natural See also:

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

philosophy and See also:

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

chemistry classes at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh university, and again in 5809 . In his voyage of 1807 he began the study of the See also:

• METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

meteorology and natural See also:

• HISTORY

history of the polar regions, among the earlier results of which are his See also:

• ORIGINAL

original observations on See also:

• SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow and crystals; and in 1809 See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• JAMESON (or JAMESONE), GEORGE (c. 1587–1644)
• JAMESON, ANNA BROWNELL (1794-1860)
• JAMESON, LEANDER STARR (1853– )
• JAMESON, ROBERT (1774-1854)

Jameson brought certain Arctic papers of his before the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh, of which he was at once elected a member . In 1811 his father resigned to him the command of the " Resolution," and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he married the daughter of a Whitby shipbroker . In his voyage of 1813 he established 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 the fact that the temperature of the polar ocean is warmer at considerable depths than it is on the See also:

• SURFACE

surface, and each subsequent voyage in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of whales found him no less eager of fresh additions to scientific knowledge . His letters of this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period to See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

Banks, whose acquaintance he had made a few years earlier, no doubt gave the first impulse to the search for the See also:

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

North-See also:

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

West Passage which followed . In 1819 he was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and about the same time communicated a See also:

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

paper to the Royal Society of See also:

• LONDON

London " On the See also:

• ANOMALY (from Gr. lwvw)

Anomaly in the Variation of the Magnetic See also:

• NEEDLE (O. Eng. ncedl; the word appears in various forms in Teutonic languages, Ger. Nadel, Dutch naal, the root being ne-, to sew, cf. Ger. nahen, and probably Lat. nere, to spin, Gr. vi)ats, spinning)

Needle." In 1820 he published An See also:

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

Account of the Arctic Regions and Northern Whale Fishery, in which he gathers up the results of his own observations, as well as those of previous navigators . In his voyage of 1822 to See also:

• GREENLAND (Danish, &c., Gronland)

Greenland he surveyed and charted with remarkable accuracy 400 M. of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

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

coast, between 69° 30' and 72° 30', thus contributing to the first real and important geographic knowledge of East Greenland .

This, however, was the last of his Arctic voyages . On his return he was met by the See also:

• NEWS

news of his wife's See also:

• DEATH

death, and this event, with other influences acting upon his naturally pious spirit, decided him to enter the 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 . After two years of See also:

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

residence in See also:

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

Cambridge he took his degree (1825) and was appointed to the curacy of Bassingby, Yorkshire . Meantime had appeared at Edinburgh his See also:

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

Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale Fishery, including Researches and Discoveries on the Eastern Coast of Greenland (1823) . The See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of his clerical duties at Bassingby, and later at See also:

• LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

Liver-See also:

• POOL

pool, at See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter and at See also:

• BRADFORD
• BRADFORD, JOHN (1510?—1555)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1590—1657)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1663—1752)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

Bradford, did not prevent him from continuing his See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

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

science . In 1824 the Royal Society elected him a fellow, and in 1827 he was elected an honorary corresponding member of the 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 See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences, 'while in 1839 he took the degree of D.D . From the first he was an active member and See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association, and he contributed especially to the knowledge of terrestrial See also:

• MAGNETISM
• MAGNETISM, TERRESTRIAL

magnetism . Of his sixty papers in the Royal Society 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 many are more or less connected with this See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research . But his observations extended into many other departments, including ,ertaln oranches of See also:

• OPTICS

optics . In 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 to obtain additional datafor his theories on magnetism he made a voyage to See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia in 1856, the results of which were published in a See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous See also:

• WORK

work—Journal of a Voyage to Australia for Magnetical Re-search, edited by See also:

• ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

Archibald 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 (1859) . He made two visits to See also:

• AMERICA

America, in 1844 and 1848; on his return See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home from the latter visit he made some valuable observations on the height of See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic waves, the results of which were given to the British Association . He interested himself much in social questions, especially the improvement of the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of factory operatives .

He also published numerous See also:

• WORKS

works and papers of a religious See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . In 1850 he published a work urging the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of the search for the See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin expedition and giving the results of his own experience in Arctic See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation . He was twice married after the death of his first wife . After his third See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage (1849) he built a See also:

• VILLA

villa at See also:

• TORQUAY

Torquay, where he died on the 21st 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 1857 . See the See also:

• LIFE

Life fey his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, Dr R . E . Scoresby-See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson (1861) .