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South African geologist (1814–1898)
William Guybon Atherstone (/ˈæθərstoʊn/; 1814–1898) was a medical practitioner, naturalist and geologist, one of the pioneers of South African geology
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South African railway engineer
Guybon Damant Atherstone M. Inst. C.E. AKC (1843–1912), South African railway engineer. Atherstone was the son of William Guybon Atherstone (medical practitioner
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Topics referred to by the same term
a surname Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872), poet and novelist William Guybon Atherstone (1814—1898) medical practitioner, naturalist and geologist, one of
Atherstone_(disambiguation)
Scottish-born Cape Colony explorer, geologist, and engineer
copy of Lyell's Elements of Geology. He was friendly with William Guybon Atherstone, who was also a keen geologist and fossil collector and who happened
Andrew_Geddes_Bain
First diamond discovered in South Africa
ordinary paper envelope to Dr. William Guybon Atherstone, the colony's foremost mineralogist, in Grahamstown. Atherstone confirmed that it was a 21.25 carat
Eureka_Diamond
British colonists in the Cape Colony
particularly ex-servicemen, into the country as settlers." William Guybon Atherstone John Burnet Biddulph Alexander Biggar Henry Hare Dugmore George Henry
1820_Settlers
Town in Eastern Cape, South Africa
strong presence in Makhanda. Robert Armitage – cricketer William Guybon Atherstone – medical doctor, naturalist, geologist, and member of the Cape Parliament
Makhanda,_South_Africa
(1879–1960) Giovanni Arcangeli (1840–1921) David Ashton (1927–2005) William Guybon Atherstone (1814–1898) Anna Atkins (1799–1871) Daniel E. Atha (b. 1962) Armen
List_of_botanists
Stegosaurian dinosaur genus from Early Cretaceous South Africa
be identified in Paranthodon. In 1845, amateur geologists William Guybon Atherstone and Andrew Geddes Bain discovered several fossils near Dassieklip
Paranthodon
College in South Africa
aviator Ernest Edward Galpin, botanist Francis Wilson, economist Guybon Atherstone, railway engineer James Henry Greathead, engineer renowned for his
St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
St._Andrew's_College,_Grahamstown
Extinct genus of reptiles
described by Richard Owen a year earlier after its donation by William Guybon Atherstone in 1875. Numerous other fossils have been recovered since from localities
Procolophon
Extinct genus of therapsids
atherstonei were collected and donated to the British Museum by William Guybon Atherstone. They were described by Richard Owen, who described and named the
Tapinocephalus
Extinct genus of reptiles
of South Africa and Tanzania. In 1845, amateur geologists William Guybon Atherstone and Andrew Geddes Bain discovered several fossils near Dassieklip
Anthodon_(reptile)
British railway engineer (1831–1905)
Transcription. 1867. Retrieved 26 September 2014 – via Findmypast. Guybon Atherstone South African locomotive history Drawings for the construction of
Frederick_Slessor
British nursing pioneer and Anglican religious sister
Sister Henrietta persuaded influential figures, notably Dr William Guybon Atherstone of Grahamstown, to back legislation providing for registration of
Henrietta_Stockdale
British botanist (1830-1909)
mosses. This interest was furthered by his association with Dr William Guybon Atherstone, Henry Hutton and Mrs. F. W. Barber. He entered into a fruitful exchange
Peter_MacOwan
service is started between Great Britain and the Cape 27 May - William Guybon Atherstone, medical practitioner, naturalist and geologist, (d. 1898) 5 June
1814_in_South_Africa
2010, with readings from the Diamond Fields Advertiser, William Guybon Atherstone, Emil Holub, Sol Plaatje and Dan Jacobson. Roger Webster interviews
Barkly_West_Museum
Africa, in Wepener, Orange Free State. (died 1980) - 26 March William Guybon Atherstone, medical practitioner, naturalist and geologist, (born 1814) Cape
1898_in_South_Africa
English military engineer and naturalist (1793–1860)
In reporting the news to Sir William Hooker in July, Dr William Guybon Atherstone asserted that "he was a great lover of plants and an excellent geologist
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English
Son of Gilbert.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Galen, GAYLON means "calm, tranquil."
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English and French
English and French : variant of Guy, from the subject case of the name in Old French.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
My lion cub.
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English
English : habitational name from any of several places in Merseyside, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, and Staffordshire called Gayton, or from Gayton le Marsh or Gayton le Wold in Lincolnshire. The Northamptonshire and Staffordshire place names are from an Old English personal name Gǣga + tūn ‘farmstead’; the others are from Old Norse geit ‘goat’ + tún ‘farmstead’.French : diminutive of Gayte, a southern variant of guette ‘watch’, and hence an occupational name for a watchman.
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English
English : patronymic from Gibbon 1.German : patronymic from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with geba ‘gift’.
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English
English : patronymic from a variant of the personal name Gibbon, a pet form of Gibb.
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English
English : nickname for a swift runner, from northern Middle English ray ‘roebuck’ + bane, bone ‘bone’, ‘leg’.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Agree in anything
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English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : possibly a variant of the habitational name Gayton.French : from a derivative of the personal name Guy.
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English
English : patronymic from Gibbon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Game.English : from Anglo-Norman French gambon ‘ham’, a diminutive of gambe, Norman-Picard form of Old French jambe ‘leg’ (Late Latin gamba), hence probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the legs or gait.
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English
English : from the medieval personal name Gibbon, a pet form of Gibb.
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English
English : apparently a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. Only two bearers of the surname, both female, were recorded in the 1881 British Census, and it now appears to be extinct in the British Isles. In the U.S. it is concentrated in NC, where it is common, and also in TN.
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English
English : reduced form of Gunnison.
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English
English : patronymic from Gibbon 1.
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English
English : habitational name from either of two places in East Anglia, one in Norfolk and the other in Suffolk, both named with the Old Norse personal name Gunni (see Gunn 1) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Son of the Guru
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American, Australian, British, English, French, German
Guide; Lively
Boy/Male
English
Lively.
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GUYBON ATHERSTONE
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Hindu, Indian
God
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Hindu
Earned
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of numerous places named Woodhouse; there are examples in Leicestershire, South and West Yorkshire, and Peebleshire, all named from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + hūs ‘house’.William Woodhouse, a Jacobite, emigrated from Alnwick in Northumberland, England, to Philadelphia in 1766.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
United
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French American English
Prosperous protector. A FrenchOld English name Eadmund, meaning rich or happy, and protection.
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Hindu
Lord Shiva, Lord Ram
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Lucky Women
Boy/Male
Indian, Malayalam
God Shiva
Boy/Male
English American German
Serious; determined.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Beautiful butterfly
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n.
The okra plant or its pods.
n.
See Griffin.
n.
A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon.
n.
A small black gibbon (Hylobates hoolock), found in the mountains of Assam.
n.
One of several long-tailed Oriental monkeys, of the genus Cercocebus, as the green monkey and grivet.
n.
Any species of the genus Hylobates; a gibbon, or long-armed ape. See Gibbon.
a.
Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon.
n.
See Gumbo.
n.
An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo.
n.
A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web.
n.
The crowned gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), native of Siam, Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with a white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a dark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also wooyen, and wooyen ape.
v. t.
One of a community established at Rome, by Charlemagne, to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land.
n.
Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.
n.
The agile, or silvery, gibbon; -- called also camper. See Gibbon.
v. t.
One who carries a flag.
n.
The agile gibbon; -- called also ungka-pati, and ungka-etam. See Gibbon.
n.
A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner.
n.
A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.
n.
A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.
v. t.
A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea; also, the flag of a guild or fraternity. In the United States service, each company of cavalry has a guidon.