See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• ABEL (better ABELL), THOMAS (d. 1540)
• ABEL (Hebrew for breath)
• ABEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1725-1787)
• ABEL, NIELS HENRIK (1802-1829)
• ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, BART

ABEL BRIMAGE See also:

• THOMAS ABEL BRIMAGE SPRATT (1811-1888)

SPRATT (1811-1888)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, hydrographer and geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• TEIGNMOUTH
• TEIGNMOUTH, JOHN SHORE, 1ST BARON (1751-1834)

Teignmouth on the 11th of May 1811 . He was the eldest son of See also:

• COMMANDER

Commander See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• SPRATT, THOMAS ABEL BRIMAGE (1811-1888)

Spratt, R.N., and entered the See also:

• NAVY

navy in 1827 . He was attached to the See also:

• SURVEYING

surveying See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch, and was engaged almost continuously until 1863 in surveying the Mediterranean . As commander of the " Spitfire" he rendered distinguished service in the See also:

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

Black 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 during the See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and was appointed C.B. in 1855 . At an earlier date he was associated with See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• FORBES
• FORBES, ALEXANDER PENROSE (1817-1875)
• FORBES, ARCHIBALD (1838-1900)
• FORBES, DAVID (1828--1876)
• FORBES, DUNCAN
• FORBES, EDWARD (1815—1854)
• FORBES, JAMES DAVID (1809—1868)
• FORBES, SIR JOHN (1787—1861)

Forbes, then naturalist to the " See also:

• BEACON (from the O. Eng. beacn, a sign, cf. " beckon," another form of the same word)

Beacon," and during the years 1841-1843 they made observations on the bathymetrical See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of marine See also:

• LIFE

life . To Forbes he was specially indebted for his See also:

• INTEREST

interest in natural See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

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

geology, and together they published Travels in See also:

• LYCIA

Lycia, &c . (1847) . Spratt blending of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood and See also:

• WATER

water makes the See also:

• SPREEWALD

Spreewald in summer a investigated the caves at See also:

• MALTA
• MALTA (or MEDITERRANEAN) FEVER

Malta and obtained remains of the pigmy See also:

• ELEPHANT

elephant (Elephas melitensis), which was described by Dr H . See also:

• FALCONER, HUGH (18o8–1865)
• FALCONER, WILLIAM (1732–1769)

Falconer . He investigated the geology of several See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek islands, also the shores of See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

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

Minor, and made detailed observations on the See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

Delta of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile . He was especially distinguished for his Travels and Researches in See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete (2 vols., 1865), in which he ably described the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

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

geography, geology, See also:

• ARCHAEOLOGY (from Gr. &pxa1a, ancient things, and Xoyos, theory or science)

archaeology and natural history of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island . He was commissioner_ of See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries from 1866 to 1873; and acting See also:

• CONSERVATOR (Lat. conservare, to preserve)

conservator of the See also:

• MERSEY

Mersey from 1879 until the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of his life .

He died at Tunbridge See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells on the loth 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 1888 .