Christopher Packe (physician and cartographer) — Christopher Packe (1686–1749) was a physician and geologist. His 1743 work A New Philosophico chorographical Chart of East Kent was the first geological map of Southern England.[1] Packe was born at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, on 6 March 1686. He… … Wikipedia
Christopher Packe (chemist) — Christopher Packe (born in or before 1657, died in or after 1708), was an English chemist.[1] Packe set up his laboratory in 1670 at the sign of the Globe and Chemical Furnaces in Little Moorfields, London, and styled himself a professor of… … Wikipedia
Christopher Packe (painter) — Christopher Packe or Pack (1760–1840) was an English painter.[1][2] Life Packe, born in Norwich in 1760,[1] was son of a quaker merchant belonging to a family which claimed connection with that of Sir Christopher Packe, lord mayor of London.[2]… … Wikipedia
Christopher Packe (politician) — Sir Christopher Packe (1593? – 1682), Lord Mayor of London; member of the Drapers Company; lord mayor, 1654; a prominent member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers; knighted and appointed an admiralty commissioner, 1655; a strong partisan of… … Wikipedia
Christopher Crabb Creeke — Born 11 March 1820 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Died 1886 Bournemouth, Hampshire now Dorset, England Work Projects … Wikipedia
Chorography — (from χῶρος khōros; place + γράφειν graphein, writing ) is a term deriving from the writings of the ancient geographer Ptolemy, meaning the geographical description of regions. However, its resonances have varied with time and place … Wikipedia
Timeline of geology — Timeline of geology: see also geologic time scale.* c. 1025 Abū Rayhān al Bīrūnī publishes the Kitab fi Tahqiq ma li l Hind ( Researches on India ), in which he discusses the geology of India and hypothesizes that it was once a sea. [A. Salam… … Wikipedia
1743 in science — The year 1743 in science and technology involved some significant events.Geology* Sir Christopher Packe produces a geological map of south east England.Awards*Copley Medal: Abraham TrembleyBirths* February 13 Joseph Banks, naturalist and botanist … Wikipedia
1743 in Great Britain — Events from the year 1743 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.Incumbents*Monarch George II of the United Kingdom *Prime Minister Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Whig (to 2 July), Henry Pelham, WhigEvents* 14 February Henry Pelham becomes… … Wikipedia
1686 in England — Events from the year 1686 in the Kingdom of England.Incumbents*Monarch James II of England Events * 10 July Court of Ecclesiastical Commission created.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British… … Wikipedia
