Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias

Terms from various encyclopedias and reference books.

Contributors in Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias

Geologist, born in London; wrote the "Depth and Temperature of the Lake of Geneva," and published a "Manual of Geology" and the "Geological Observer"; was appointed head of the Geological Survey in ...

Sir Humphry Davy

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A great English chemist, born at Penzance; conceived early in life a passion for the science in which he made so many discoveries; made experiments on gases and the respiration of them, particularly ...

Sir George Webbe Dasent

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Icelandic scholar, born at St. Vincent, West Indies; studied at Oxford; from 1845 to 1870 was assistant-editor of the Times; has translated "The Prose, or Younger, Edda" and Norse tales and sagas; ...

Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes

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Soldier and administrator in India, born at Frodesley, Shropshire; was actively engaged in the first Sikh War and in the Mutiny; served under Sir Henry Lawrence, whose Life he partly wrote ...

Sir Howard Douglas

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An English general and writer on military subjects, born at Gosport; saw service in the Peninsula; was Governor of New Brunswick and Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands (1776-1861).

Sir Henry Doulton

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The reviver of art pottery, born in Lambeth; knighted in the Jubilee year for his eminence in that department; born 1820.

Thomas Edward

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Naturalist, born at Gosport; bred a shoemaker; settled in Banff, where he devoted his leisure to the study of animal nature, and collected numerous specimens of animals, which he stuffed and ...