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David T. Ansted

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David Thomas Ansted FRS (5 February 181413 May 1880) was an English professor of geology and author of numerous books on geology. [1]

33 relations: Adam Sedgwick, Addiscombe Military Seminary, American Civil War, Ansted, West Virginia, Bituminous coal, Business magnate, Charles Darwin, College for Civil Engineers, East India Company, Fayette County, West Virginia, Fellow of the Royal Society, Geological Society of London, Gold rush, Goshen, Virginia, Institution of Civil Engineers, Jesus College, Cambridge, Kensal Green Cemetery, King's College London, Melton, Suffolk, Midland Trail, Mining engineering, New River (Kanawha River tributary), Paul Jacob Naftel, Putney, Robert Gordon Latham, Royal Society, Telford Medal, University of Cambridge, Virginia, West Virginia, William Nelson Page, Winding Gulf Coalfield, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Adam Sedgwick

Adam Sedgwick (22 March 1785 – 27 January 1873) was a British priest and geologist, one of the founders of modern geology.

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Addiscombe Military Seminary

The East India Company Military Seminary was a British military academy at Addiscombe, Surrey, in what is now the London Borough of Croydon.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Ansted, West Virginia

Ansted is a town in Fayette County in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Bituminous coal

Bituminous coal or black coal is a relatively soft coal containing a tarlike substance called bitumen or asphalt.

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Business magnate

A business magnate (formally industrialist) refers to an entrepreneur of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise or field of business.

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Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin, (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.

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College for Civil Engineers

The College for Civil Engineers in Putney, west London, was one of the earliest educational establishments to teach civil engineering.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India Company (HEIC) or the British East India Company and informally as John Company, was an English and later British joint-stock company, formed to trade with the East Indies (in present-day terms, Maritime Southeast Asia), but ended up trading mainly with Qing China and seizing control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent.

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Fayette County, West Virginia

Fayette County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society judges to have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".

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Geological Society of London

The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom.

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Gold rush

A gold rush is a new discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune.

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Goshen, Virginia

Goshen is a town in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States.

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Institution of Civil Engineers

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom.

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Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.

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Kensal Green Cemetery

Kensal Green Cemetery is in Kensal Green in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England.

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King's College London

King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a founding constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Melton, Suffolk

Melton is a village in Suffolk, England, located approximately one mile north east of Woodbridge.

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Midland Trail

For the trail's section in West Virginia see: The Midland Trail in West Virginia. The Midland Trail, also called the Roosevelt Midland Trail, was a national auto trail spanning the United States from Washington, D.C. west to Los Angeles, California and San Francisco, California (though the Lincoln Highway guide published in 1916 states the original eastern terminus was in New York City). First road signed in 1913, it was one of the first, if not the first, marked transcontinental auto trails in America.

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Mining engineering

Mining engineering is an engineering discipline that applies science and technology to the extraction of minerals from the earth.

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New River (Kanawha River tributary)

The New River is a river which flows through the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia before joining with the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River at the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.

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Paul Jacob Naftel

Paul Jacob Naftel (10 September 1817 – 13 September 1891) was a watercolour painter from Guernsey, the only Guernsey-born professional painter of the 19th century.

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Putney

Putney is a district in south-west London, England in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Robert Gordon Latham

Robert Gordon Latham FRS (24 March 1812 – 9 March 1888) was an English ethnologist and philologist.

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Royal Society

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.

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Telford Medal

The Telford Medal is a prize awarded by the British Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) for a paper or series of papers.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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William Nelson Page

William Nelson Page (January 6, 1854 – March 7, 1932) was an American civil engineer and industrialist.

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Winding Gulf Coalfield

The Winding Gulf Coalfield is located in western Raleigh County and eastern Wyoming County, in southern West Virginia.

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Woodbridge, Suffolk

Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, about from the sea coast.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_T._Ansted

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