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    John Walter Gregory, FRS, FRSE, FGS (27 January 1864 – 2 June 1932) was a British geologist and explorer, known principally for his work on glacial geology...
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  • Bristol's 'poet cobbler' John Walter Gregory (1864–1932), British and Australian geologist and explorer John Duncan Gregory (1878–1951), British diplomat...
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    in the southern part of the Gregory Rift. The Gregory Rift is named in honour of the British geologist John Walter Gregory who explored the geology of...
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    twentieth century were examined by geologist John Walter Gregory in a report for the Smithsonian Institution. Gregory concluded that the results were a matter...
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    incidents recorded in their folklore. — John Walter Gregory, Dead Heart of Australia After examining fossils, Gregory concluded that the story was a combination...
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    erosive force. John Walter Gregory argued that fjords are of tectonic origin and that glaciers had a negligible role in their formation. Gregory's views were...
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    described in 1980 and named after the British geologist and author John Walter Gregory (1864–1932), who studied the East African Rift Valley. It occurs...
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    Le Marchant Moore described the species in 1894, naming it after John Walter Gregory. Within the genus Thunbergia, it is most closely related to T. alata...
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  • Jack Gregory may refer to: John Walter Gregory (1864–1932), Australian geologist, commonly known as Jack Gregory Jack Gregory (cricketer) (1895–1973),...
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    Transactions. 65: 389–393. doi:10.1039/CT8946500382. John Walter Gregory, a naturalist, wrote a 9-page obituary of John Tyndall in 1894 in a natural science journal...
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    Gregory Walter Graffin (born November 6, 1964) is an American singer and evolutionary biologist. He is most recognized as the lead vocalist and only constant...
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    was sent. Other accounts from people that met George Wilson like John Walter Gregory claim that George was persuaded to retire from his IBEA post by the...
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    first president of independent Tanzania) and gregoryite (named after John Walter Gregory, one of the first geologists to study the East African Rift and author...
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    time it was thought to be a coastal point and was named "Gregory Point," for John Walter Gregory, director of the civilian staff of the expedition. It was...
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    Kamnarok is another small lake. Lake Baringo, August 1999 Sketch by John Walter Gregory from his expedition to East Africa in 1892-3. "[Mount] Kenya from...
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    1925 "Of scientific literature on British East Africa", remarked John Walter Gregory in 1896, "there is unfortunately little to record. There is nothing...
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    the latest map came from the original map drawn by Edward Strong. John Walter Gregory, a British geologist, drowned in the river on June 2, 1932 while...
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    Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590...
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    James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002) was an American character actor who played roles such as Schaffer in Al Capone (1959), the McCarthy-like...
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  • while the amber-brick Geology Building (opened 1980, named for John Walter Gregory in 1998, renamed for Silas Molema in 2021) was built to a low-rise...
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  • throughout the world, 2 vols. (1902), with Henry Neville Hutchinson and John Walter Gregory Mostly Mammals: Zoological Essays (1903) Guide to the Gallery of...
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  • geologist, founding member and first President of the Geological Society John Walter Gregory (1864–1932), English, geology of Australia and East Africa, glacial...
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    Committee had, with Markham's acquiescence, secured the appointment of John Walter Gregory, Professor of Geology at the University of Melbourne and former assistant...
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    John Walter Jr. (23 February 1776 – 28 July 1847) was an English newspaper editor and politician. He was the son of John Walter, the founder of The Times...
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    Walter Marsden MC (1882–1969) was an English sculptor born in Lancashire. He saw active service in the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross...
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    geology. The artifacts were first discovered by the British geologist John Walter Gregory in 1919, but it was not until 1943 that excavation began in earnest...
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  • in geology in 1902. Skeats moved to Australia in 1904, succeeding John Walter Gregory in the chair of geology and mineralogy at the University of Melbourne...
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    Gregory Walter Olsen (born March 11, 1985) is an American football sportscaster and former tight end who played for 14 seasons in the National Football...
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    cross-breeding in animals could be applied to miscegenation. In 1931, with John Walter Gregory, he delivered the annual Conway Hall lecture entitled "Race as a...
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    Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999...
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