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BERNHARD STUDER (1794-1887)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 1051 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STUDER (1794-1887)  , Swiss geologist, was See also:born at Buren, near Berne, in See also:August 1794 . Although educated as a clergyman, he became so interested in See also:geology at the university of See also:Gottingen that he devoted his See also:life to its pursuit . He subsequently studied at See also:Freiburg, See also:Berlin and See also:Paris, and in 1816 was appointed teacher of See also:mathematics and physics in the Berne See also:Academy . In 1825 he published Beytrdge zu einer Monographie der Molasse . Later on he commenced his detailed investigations of the western See also:Alps, and published in 1834 his Geologie der westlichen Schweizer-Al See also:pen . In the same See also:year, largely through his See also:influence, the university of Berne was established and he became the first See also:professor of See also:mineralogy . His Geologie der Schweiz in two vols . (1851-1853), and his See also:geological maps of See also:Switzerland prepared with the assistance of See also:Arnold Escher von der See also:Linth, are monuments of his See also:research . In 1859 he organized the geological survey of Switzerland, being appointed See also:president of the See also:commission, and retaining this position until the See also:close of his life . It has been remarked by See also:Marcou that See also:Studer was See also:present at the first See also:meeting of the Societe helvetique See also:des sciences naturelles at See also:Geneva on the 6th of See also:October 1815, and remained a member during 72 years . He was awarded the See also:Wollaston See also:medal by the Geological Society of See also:London, 1874 . He died at Berne on the 2nd of May 1887 .

Obituary by Jules Marcou, See also:

Ann. See also:rep. amer. acad. sci. for 1888 . aspired to make his illegitimate son, Giacomo Buoncompagno, See also:king of See also:Ireland . He set See also:sail from Civita Vecchia in See also:March 1578, but put into See also:Lisbon, where he was to meet his confederate, See also:James Fitzmaurice See also:Fitzgerald, and to secure better See also:ships before sailing for Ireland . There he was turned from his purpose by King See also:Sebastian, with whom he sailed for See also:Morocco . He commanded the centre in the See also:battle of Alcazar on the 4th of August 1578, and was killed, in See also:fair fight apparently, though tradition asserted that he was murdered by his See also:Italian soldiers after the battle . See also:Stucley's adventurous career made considerable impression on his contemporaries . A See also:play generally assigned to See also:George See also:Peele, The Battell of Alcazar . . . with the See also:Death of See also:Captain Stukely, printed by E . Allde in 1594, was probably acted in 1592, and is perhaps identical with a popular piece referred to by See also:Henslowe as Muley surnamed Abdelmilech . It deals with Stucley's arrival in Lisbon and his Moorish expedition, but in a See also:long speech before his death he recapitulates the events of his life . A later piece, The Famous See also:History of the Life and Death of Captain See also:Thomas See also:Stukeley, printed for Thomas Panyer (1605), which is possibly the Stewtlq played, according to Henslowe, on the 11th of See also:December 1596, is a See also:biographical piece dealing with successive episodes, and seems to be a patchwork of older plays on See also:Don See also:Antonio and on Stucley . His adventures also See also:form the subject of various See also:ballads .

There is a detailed See also:

biography of Stucley, based chiefly on the See also:English, Venetian and See also:Spanish See also:state papers, in R . See also:Simpson's edition of the 1605 play (School of See also:Shakespeare, 1878, vol . I.), where the Stucley ballads are also printed .

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