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CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)

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GEORGE
GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
GEORGE, LAKE
GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)
GEORGE See also:
EARL
EARL (1835–1910) , See also:

AMERICAN

American geographer, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in New See also:

BEDFORD

Bedford, See also:

MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 7th of See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1835. He was educated as a See also:

CIVIL

civil engineer, and was See also:

early engaged on the Hoosac See also:

TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

Tunnel. In 1858 he joined an exploring expedition to See also:

South See also:

AMERICA

America. During the American Civil See also:

War he served (1862–1865) in the See also:

Army of the See also:

POTOMAC

Potomac, rising to the command of a See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade and the See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel; and in 1866–1867 he was war correspondent of the New See also:

York See also:

HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

Herald in See also:

Mexico. He explored the See also:

AMAZON

Amazon (1868–1879), and gradually became the leading authority on that region of South America, being appointed See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

COMMISSIONER

commissioner to See also:

REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on See also:

ECUADOR (officially La Republica del Ecuador)

Ecuador in 188o, and visiting See also:

Costa Rica in 1895 to report on its See also:

DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt and See also:

RAILWAYS

railways. He wrote extensively on South and Central American See also:

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

geography, and became avice-See also:

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

president of the Royal See also:

GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society (See also:

LONDON

London), and in 1898 president of the geographical See also:

section of the See also:

BRITISH

British Association.

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