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See also:BOWERBANK, 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:SCOTT (1797-1877) , See also:English naturalist and palaeontologist, was See also:born in Bishopsgate, See also:London, on the 14th of See also:July 1797, and succeeded in See also:conjunction with his See also:brother to his See also:father's distillery, in which he was actively engaged until 1847. In See also:early years See also:astronomy and natural See also:history, especially See also:botany, engaged much of his See also:attention; he became an enthusiastic worker at the See also:microscope, studying the structure of shells, See also:corals, See also:moss-agates, flints, &c., and he also formed an extensive collection of fossils. The organic remains of the London See also:Clay attracted particular attention, and about the See also:year 1836 he and six other workers founded " The London Clay See also:Club "—the members comprising Dr Bowerbank, See also:Frederick E. See also:- EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
- EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
- EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
- EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
- EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
- EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
- EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
- EDWARDS, T
- EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)
Edwards (x799-1875), author of The See also:Eocene See also:Mollusca (Palaeontograph. See also:Soc.), Searles V. See also:Wood, See also:John See also:Morris, See also:Alfred See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White (zoologist), N. T. Wetherell, surgeon of See also:Highgate (1800-1875), and James de Carle See also:Sowerby. In 184o Bowerbank published A History of the Fossil Fruits and Seeds of the London Clay, and two years later he was elected F.R.S. In 1847 he suggested the See also:establishment of a society for the publication of undescribed See also:British Fossils, and thus originated the Palaeontographical Society. From 1844 until 1864 he did much to encourage a love of natural See also:science by being " at See also:home " every See also:Monday evening at his See also:residence in See also:Park See also:Street, See also:Islington, and afterwards in Highbury See also:Grove, where the treasures of his museum, his4microscopes, and his See also:personal assistance were at the service of every See also:earnest student. In the study of See also:sponges he became specially interested, and he was author of A Monographof the British Spongiadae in 4 vols., published by the See also:Ray Society, 1864-1882.
He retired in 1864 to St Leonards, where he died on the 8th of See also:March 1877.
End of Article: BOWERBANK, JAMES SCOTT (1797-1877)
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