See also:

• SIR

SIR WARINGTON See also:

• WILKINSON, JAMES (1757–1825)
• WILKINSON, JAMES JOHN GARTH (1812-1899)
• WILKINSON, JOHN (1728-1808)
• WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER (1797—1875)
• WILKINSON, TATE (1739—1803)

WILKINSON See also:

• SMYTH (or SMITH), JOHN (c. 1570-1612)
• SMYTH (or SMITH), WILLIAM (c. 1460-1514)
• SMYTH, CHARLES
• SIR WARINGTON WILKINSON SMYTH (1817-1890)

SMYTH (1817-1890)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples on the 26th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1817, his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral W . H . See also:

• SMYTH (or SMITH), JOHN (c. 1570-1612)
• SMYTH (or SMITH), WILLIAM (c. 1460-1514)
• SMYTH, CHARLES
• SMYTH, SIR WARINGTON WILKINSON (1817-1890)

Smyth (1788-1865), being at the 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 engaged in the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty Survey of the Mediterranean . He was educated at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster and See also:

• BEDFORD

Bedford schocls, and after-wards at Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1839 . Having gained a travelling scholarship he spent more than four years in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, See also:

• SYRIA

Syria and See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, paying See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

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

attention to See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy and See also:

• MINING

mining, examining coalfields, metalliferous mines and See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt-See also:

• WORKS

works, and making acquaintance with many distinguished geologists and mineralogists . On his return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1844 he was appointed mining geologist on the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey, and in 1851 lecturer at the School of Mines, a See also:

• POST

post which he held until 1881 when he relinquished 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 mineralogy but continued as See also:

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

professor of mining . In later years he became See also:

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

chief See also:

• MINERAL

mineral inspector to 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 See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

Woods and Forests, and also to the Duchy of See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall . He was elected F.R.S. in 1858 . He became 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 See also:

• LONDON

London in 1866-1868, and in 1879 he was chairman of a Royal See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission appointed to inquire into accidents in mines, the See also:

• WORK

work in connexion with which continued until 1886 . He contributed sundry papers to the See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Geological Survey, the Quarterly See also:

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

Journal of the Geological Society and the Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall . He was author also of A See also:

• YEAR

Year with the See also:

• TURKS

Turks (1854), and of A See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on See also:

• COAL

Coal and Coal-mining (1867) . He was knighted in 1887 .

He died in London on the 19th of See also:

• JUNE

June 189o, and was buried at St Erth, not far from his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

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

home at See also:

• MARAZION

Marazion in Cornwall . A portrait and some reminiscences of W . W . Smyth will be found in the Memoir of See also:

• SIR

Sir 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 (1895), by Sir A . See also:

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

Geikie .