See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE 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:

• SYMONS
• GEORGE JAMES SYMONS (1838-1900)

SYMONS (1838-1900)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English meteorologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Pimlico, See also:

• LONDON

London, on the 6th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1838 . In 186o he obtained a See also:

• POST

post in the meteorological See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade under See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• FITZROY
• FITZROY, ROBERT (1805-1865)

Fitzroy, who was then deeply interested in the subject of See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm-warnings, and, in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he published the first See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• VOLUME

volume of See also:

• BRITISH

British Rainfall, which contained records from 168 stations in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, but none from See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland or See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland . Three years later he resigned his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment at the Board of Trade, where his rainfall inquiries were not appreciated—at least not as a See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior study of storm-warnings—and devoted his whole energies to the organization of a See also:

• BAND

band of volunteer observers for the collection of particulars of rainfall throughout the British Isles . So successful was he in this See also:

• OBJECT

object that by 1866 he was able to show results which gave a See also:

• FAIR

fair See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation of the See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of rainfall, and the number of recorders gradually increased until the last volume of British Rainfall which he lived to edit (that for 1899) contained figures from 3528 stations—2894 in England and Wales, 446 111 Scotland, and 188 in Ireland . Apart from their scientific See also:

• INTEREST

interest, these annual reports are of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical importance, since they afford See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers and others engaged in See also:

• WATER

water See also:

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

supply much-needed data for their calculations, the former See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of which had on some occasions given rise to See also:

• GRAVE

grave mistakes . See also:

• SYMONS
• SYMONS, GEORGE JAMES (1838-1900)

Symons himself devoted See also:

• SPECIAL

special study not only to rainfall, but also to the evaporation and percolation of water as affecting underground streams, and his extensive knowledge rendered him a valuable See also:

• WITNESS
• WITNESS (from O. Eng. witan, to know)

witness before See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary committees . In other branches of See also:

• METEOROLOGY (Gr. JerEwpa, and hb'yos, i.e. the science of things in the air)

meteorology also he took a keen interest, and he was particularly indefatigable, though consistently unsuccessful, in the quest of a genuine thunderbolt . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science too attracted his See also:

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

attention, and he possessed a See also:

• FINE

fine library of meteorological See also:

• WORKS

works, which passed to the Meteorological Society at his See also:

• DEATH

death . Of that society he became a member when only eighteen, and he retained his connexion with it in various See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official capacities up to the end of his See also:

• LIFE

life . He served as its See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president in 18So, and in view of the celebration of its See also:

• JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

jubilee was re-elected to that 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 in 1900, but the illness that caused his death prevented him from acting . He died in London 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 1900 .