See also:

• ALFRED

ALFRED See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• CECIL

CECIL See also:

• ALFRED RICHARD CECIL SELWYN (1824-1902)
• SELWYN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (1719-1791)
• SELWYN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (1809-1878)

SELWYN (1824-1902)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British geologist, son of the Rev . See also:

• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES (1725-1767)
• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES TOWNSHEND, 2ND VISCOUNT (1674-1738)
• TOWNSHEND, GEORGE TOWNSHEND, 1ST MARQUESS (1724-1807)

Townshend See also:

• SELWYN, ALFRED RICHARD CECIL (1824-1902)
• SELWYN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (1719-1791)
• SELWYN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (1809-1878)

Selwyn, See also:

• CANON

Canon of See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Kilmington in, 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 on the 28th of See also:

• JULY

July 1824 . Educated in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, he there became interested in See also:

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

geology, and in 1845 he joined 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 See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

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

Britain . He was actively engaged in the survey of See also:

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

North See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales and bordering portions of See also:

• SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire, and a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of splendid geological maps resulted from his See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

• WORK

work with A . C . 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 and J . B . See also:

• JUKES, JOSEPH BEETE (1811-1869)

Jukes . In 1852 he was appointed director of the Geological Survey of See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria, See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, where he gave See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

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

attention to the See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold-bearing rocks, until in 1869 the Colonial Legislature brought the Survey to an abrupt termination . At this date See also:

• SIR

Sir W . E . See also:

• LOGAN
• LOGAN, JOHN (1748-1788)
• LOGAN, JOHN (c. 1725-1780)
• LOGAN, JOHN ALEXANDER (1826-1886)
• LOGAN, SIR WILLIAM EDMOND (1798-1875)

Logan had just retired from the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of director of the Geological Survey of See also:

• CANADA

Canada, and Selwyn was appointed his successor .

In this new See also:

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

sphere of activity he continued his geological work with marked success, devoting particular attention to the Pre-See also:

• CAMBRIAN

Cambrian rocks of See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec . He retired in 1894 . Meanwhile in 1874 he had been elected F.R.S., in 1876 he was awarded the See also:

• MURCHISON, SIR RODERICK IMPEY (1792-1871)

Murchison See also:

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

Medal of the Geological Society of See also:

• LONDON

London, and he was created C.M.G. in 1886 for his distinguished work as assistant to the See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian Commissioners at the exhibitions in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia (1876), 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 (1878) and London (1886) . He retired to See also:

• VANCOUVER
• VANCOUVER, GEORGE (c. 1758-1798)

Vancouver in British See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia, where he died on the 19th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1902 . See memoir with portrait in Geol . Meg . (Feb . 1899) .