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GREENOUGH, GEORGE BELLAS (1778-1855)

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GREENOUGH, See also:GEORGE BELLAS (1778-1855) , See also:English geologist, was See also:born in See also:London on the 18th of See also:January 1778. He was educated at See also:Eton, and afterwards (1795) entered See also:Pembroke See also:College, See also:Oxford, but never graduated. In 1798 he proceeded to See also:Gottingen to prosecute legal studies, but having attended the lectures of See also:Blumenbach he was attracted to the study of natural See also:history, and, coming into the See also:possession of a See also:fortune, he abandoned See also:law and devoted his See also:attention to See also:science. He studied See also:mineralogy at See also:Freiburg under See also:Werner, travelled in various parts of See also:Europe and the See also:British Isles, and worked at See also:chemistry at the Royal Institution. A visit to See also:Ireland aroused deep See also:interest in See also:political questions, and he was in 1807 elected member of See also:parliament for the See also:borough of Gatton, continuing to hold his seat until 1812. Meanwhile his interest in See also:geology increased, he was elected F.R.S. in 1807, and he was the See also:chief founder with others of the See also:Geological Society of London in 1807. He was the first chairman of that Society, and in 181*_, when it was more regularly constituted, he was the first See also:president: and in this capacity he served on two subsequent' occasions, and did much to promote the See also:advancement of geology. In 1819 he published A See also:Critical Examination of the First Principles of Geology, a See also:work which was useful mainly in refuting erroneous theories. In the same See also:year was published his famous Geological See also:Map of See also:England and See also:Wales, in six sheets; of which a second edition was issued in 1839. This map was to a large extent based on the See also:original map of See also:William See also:Smith; but much new See also:information was embodied. In 1843 he commenced to prepare a geological map of See also:India, which was published in 1854.

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