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• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

FERDINAND See also:

• FERDINAND STOLICZKA (1838-1874)

STOLICZKA (1838-1874)  , See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian palaeontologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Hochwald, in See also:

• MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

Moravia, in May 1838 . He was educated at See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague and at the university of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna where he graduated Ph.D . He was encouraged to See also:

• WORK

work at See also:

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

geology and palaeontology by See also:

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

Professor E . See also:

• SUESS, EDUARD (1831– )

Suess and Dr M . Hoernes; and as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1859 he communicated to the Vienna See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy a description of some See also:

• FRESHWATER

freshwater See also:

• MOLLUSCA

mollusca from the Cretaceous rocks of the See also:

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

north-eastern See also:

• ALPS

Alps . In 1861 he joined the Austrian See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was appointed palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . In See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta the description of the Cretaceous fossils of See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern India was placed in his hands, and the publication of this See also:

• GREAT

great work which formed See also:

• PART

part of the Palaeontologia indica, was commenced with the assistance of H . F . See also:

• BLANFORD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1832-1905)

Blanford in 1863 and completed in 1873 . During the last ten years of his See also:

• LIFE

life he published geological See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs on the western Himalayas and See also:

• TIBET, or THIBET

Tibet, and numerous papers on all branches of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology, from mammals to See also:

• INSECTS

insects and See also:

• CORALS (KoRAis), ADAMANTIOS [in French, DIAMANT CORAY] (1748–1833)

corals . In 1873 he was selected as naturalist and geologist to accompany a See also:

• MISSION

mission despatched by the Indian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to Yarkund and See also:

• KASHGAR

Kashgar under Mr (afterwards See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• DOUGLAS
• DOUGLAS, GAVIN (1474?-1522)
• DOUGLAS, JOHN (1721—1807.)
• DOUGLAS, SIR CHARLES
• DOUGLAS, SIR HOWARD
• DOUGLAS, STEPHEN ARNOLD (18,3–1861)

Douglas) Forsyth . His See also:

• HEALTH

health, which had been severely affected by his previous 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 in India, proved unequal to the See also:

• STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain, and he died on the 19th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1874, at Shayok, in Ladak, while " returning loaded with the spoils and notes of nearly a year's 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 in one of the least-known parts of Central See also:

• ASIA

Asia." Memoir (with bibliography) by V .

See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

Ball, appended to Scientific Results of the second Yarkand Mission, 1886; Obituary by W . T . Blanford, Nature, See also:

• JULY

July 9, 1874 .