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Professor Phillips, F.R.S., President of the British Association for 1865, (1865). Creator: Unknown.

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Professor Phillips, F.R.S., Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford, President of the British Association for 1865, (1865). Engraving of a photograph by Mr. Guggenheim. 'Dr. John Phillips...as secretary to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, took a leading part, with Sir David Brewster and others, in establishing the British Association...[He] has held the office of Assistant General Secretary to that association since 1832...Being attached to the Geological Survey of Great Britain, under the direction of Sir Henry de la Beche, Mr. Phillips was for some time engaged in a laborious examination and description of the palaeozoic fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset, published by authority of Government. In...1844...he was appointed Professor of Geology in the University of Dublin...One of his most recent works is entitled "Life on the Earth; its Origin and Succession".' From "Illustrated London News", 1865.

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HRM24A26_358

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20,7Mo (1,3Mo) / 21,3cm x 24,4cm / 2510 x 2886 (300dpi)

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