EDUARD See also:

• EDUARD SUESS (1831– )

SUESS (1831– )  , See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1831, his See also:

• FATHER

father, a native of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, having settled there as a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant . Three years later the See also:

• FAMILY

family removed to See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, and in 1845 to See also:

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

Vienna . Eduard See also:

• SUESS, EDUARD (1831– )

Suess was educated for commercial See also:

• LIFE

life, but See also:

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

early displayed a See also:

• BENT
• BENT (E1. BENI)
• BENT, JAMES THEODORE (1852–1897)

bent for See also:

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

geology . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of nineteen he published a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of the geology of See also:

• CARLSBAD

Carlsbad and its See also:

• MINERAL

mineral See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters; and in 1852 he was appointed an assistant in the Imperial museum of Vienna . There he studied the fossil See also:

• BRACHIOPODA

Brachiopoda, and manifested such ability that in 1857 he was appointed See also:

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

professor of geology at the university . In 1862 he relinquished his museum duties, and gave his whole 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 to See also:

• SPECIAL

special 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 and teaching, retaining his professorship until 1901 . Questions of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

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

geography, such as the former connexion between See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa and See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, occupied his See also:

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

attention; and in 1862 he published an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on the soils and See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of Vienna . He was elected a member of the See also:

• TOWN

town See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, and in 1869 to a seat in the See also:

• DIET

Diet of See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, which he retained until 1896 . Meanwhile he continued his See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological and palaeontological See also:

• WORK

work dealing with the See also:

• TERTIARY

Tertiary strata of the Vienna See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

Basin, also turning his attention to the problems connected with the See also:

• EVOLUTION

evolution of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth's See also:

• SURFACE

surface-features, on which he wrote a monumental See also:

• TREATISE

treatise . This, the See also:

• GREAT

great task of his life, embodied the results of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal research and of a comprehensive study of the work of the leading geologists of all countries; it is entitled Antlitz der Erde, of which the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume was published in 1885, the second in 1888, and pt. i. of the third volume in 1901 . The work has been translated into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, and (in See also:

• PART

part) into See also:

• ENGLISH

English . Suess was elected a corresponding member of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in 1889, and a See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign member of the Royal Society in 1894 .

In 1896 the Geological Society of London awarded to him the See also:

• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM (1659--1724)
• WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE (1766-1828)

Wollaston See also:

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

medal . Memoir (with portrait), by See also:

• SIR

Sir A . See also:

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

Geikie, Nature (May 4, 1905) .