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See also:WEBSTER, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1773-1844) , See also:British geologist, was See also:born in the See also:Orkney Isles in 1773, and was educated at See also:Aberdeen. He subsequently went to See also:London and studied See also:architecture, the Royal Institution in See also:Albemarle See also:Street being built from his See also:design. In 1826 he was appointed See also:house-secretary and See also:curator to the See also:Geological Society of London, and for many years he rendered important services in editing and illustrating the Transactions of the Society. In 1841-1842 he was See also:professor of See also:geology in University See also:College, London. He was distinguished for his researches on the See also:Tertiary formations of the Isle of See also:Wight, where he recognized the occurrence of both fresh-See also:water and marine strata; he continued his observations on the mainland of See also:Hampshire, and
subsequently in See also:Dorsetshire, where he described the Purbeck and See also:Portland rocks. To him See also:Sir See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry C. See also:Englefield (1752—1822) was indebted for the geological descriptions and the effective geological views and sections of the Isle of Wight and See also:Dorset that enriched his Description of the See also:Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phenomena of the Isle of Wight (1816). The See also:mineral Websterite was named after him. He died in London on the 26th of See also:December 1844.
End of Article: WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
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