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See also:JESSE, See also:EDWARD (178o–1868) , See also:English writer on natural See also:history, was See also:born on the 14th of See also:January 178o, at See also:Hutton Cranswick, See also:Yorkshire, where his See also:father was See also:vicar of the See also:parish. He became clerk in a See also:government See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office in 1798, and for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time was secretary to See also:Lord See also:Dartmouth, when See also:president of the See also:Board of See also:Control. In 1812 he was appointed See also:commissioner of See also:hackney coaches, and later he became See also:deputy surveyor-See also:general of the royal parks and palaces. On the abolition of this office he retired on a See also:pension, and he died at See also:Brighton on the 28th of See also:March 1868.
The result of his See also:interest in the habits and characteristics of animals was a See also:series of pleasant and popular books on natural history, the See also:principal of which are Gleanings in Natural History (1832–1835),; An See also:Angler's Rambles (1836); Anecdotes of See also:Dogs (1846); and Lectures on Natural History (1863). He also 'edited Izaak See also:Walton's Com pleat Angler, See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert 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's See also:Selborne, and L. See also:Ritchie's See also:Windsor See also:Castle, and wrote a number of handbooks to places of interest, including Windsor and See also:Hampton See also:Court.
End of Article: JESSE, EDWARD (178o–1868)
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