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See also:ATHERSTONE, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM GUYBON (1813-1898) , See also:British geologist, one of the pioneers in See also:South See also:African See also:geology, was See also:born in 1813, in the See also:district of See also:Uitenhage, Cape See also:Colony. Having qualified as M.D. he settled in See also:early See also:life as a medical practitioner at Grahamstown, subsequently becoming F.R.C.S. In 1839 his See also:interest was aroused in geology, and from that date he " devoted the leisure of a See also:long and successful medical practice " to the pursuit of See also:geological See also:science. In 1857 he published an See also:account of the rocks and fossils of Uitenhage (the latter described more fully by R. See also:Tate, Quart. See also:Journal Geol. See also:Soc., 1867). He also obtained many fossil reptilia from the See also:Karroo beds, and presented specimens to the British Museum. These were described by See also:Sir See also:Richard See also:Owen. Atherstone's See also:identification in 1867 as a See also:diamond of a crystal found at De See also:Kalk near the junction of the Riet and See also:Vaal See also:rivers, led indirectly to the See also:establishment of the See also:great diamond See also:industry of South See also:Africa. He encouraged the workings at See also:Jagersfontein, and he also called See also:attention to the diamantiferous See also:neck at See also:Kimberley. He was one of the founders of the Geological Society of South Africa at See also:Johannesburg in 1895; and for some years previously he was a member of the Cape See also:parliament.
He died at Grahamstown, on the 26th of See also:June 1898.
See the obituary by T. See also:Rupert See also:- JONES
- JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
- JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
- JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
- JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
- JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
- JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
- JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
- JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
- JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
- JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
- JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
- JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
- JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
- JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
- JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)
Jones, Natural Science, vol. xiv. (See also:January 1899).
End of Article: ATHERSTONE, WILLIAM GUYBON (1813-1898)
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