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PHILLIPS . 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 (1775-1828), See also:British mineralogist and geologist, son of 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 Phillips, printer and bookseller in See also:London, was See also:born on the loth of May 1775. He See also:early became interested in See also:mineralogy and See also:geology, and was one of the founders of the See also:Geological Society of London (1807). His Outlines of Mineralogy and Geology (1815) and Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy (1816) became See also:standard textbooks. His See also:digest of See also:English geology, A selection of Facts from the Best Authorities, arranged so as to See also:form an Outline of the Geology of See also:England and See also:Wales (1818), formed the See also:foundation of the larger See also:work undertaken by Phillips in See also:conjunction with W. D. See also:Conybeare, of which only the first See also:part was published, entitled Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales (1822). This See also:volume made an era in geology. As a See also:model of careful See also:original observation, of judicious compilation, of succinct description and of luminous arrangement it has been of the utmost service in the development of geology in See also:Britain. In this work Phillips reprinted his admirable description of the See also:chalk cliffs of See also:Dover and other parts of See also:East See also:Kent, published in 1819 in Trans. Geol. See also:Soc. vol. v. Phillips was a member of the Society of See also:Friends. He was elected a See also:Fellow of the Royal Society in 1827. He died on the 2nd of See also:April 1828.
His See also:brother, See also:RICHARD PHILLIPS (1778-1851), was distinguished as a chemist, and became F.R.S. in 1822. He was appointed chemist and See also:curator to the Museum of Economic (afterwards See also:Practical) Geology, then situated in See also:Craig's See also:Court (1839). He was the author of papers published in the See also:Annals of See also:Philosophy and Philosophical See also:Magazine. In 1996 the two See also:brothers, together with William See also:- ALLEN, BOG OF
- ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
- ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
- ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
- ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
- ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)
Allen and See also:Luke See also:Howard, took part in forming the Askesian Society.
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