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Endowed lecture series on bibliography
Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography E. A. Lowe Lectures McKenzie Lectures Panizzi Lectures Sandars Lectures The Lyell Lectures. R. W. Hunt, ‘The Lyell bequest’
Lyell_Lectures
Scottish geologist (1797–1875)
Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet (14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875) was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining
Charles_Lyell
Annual lecture series in bibliography given at Cambridge University
Panizzi Lectures at the British Library and the Lyell Lectures at Oxford University, it is considered one of the major British bibliographical lecture series
Sandars_Lectures
world." The Lyell Lectures are considered to be a major British bibliographical lecture series. The Papers of James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell are in the
James_Patrick_Ronaldson_Lyell
lecture series alongside the Sandars Lectures at the University of Cambridge and the Lyell Lectures at Oxford University. The first Panizzi Lectures were
Panizzi_Lectures
Librarian
England. The Lyell Lectures, 2018. By David Pearson." Library 2022: 115–116. Samantha Zani; Book Ownership in Stuart England: Lyell Lectures in Bibliography
David_Pearson_(librarian)
American academic librarian (born 1943)
Cambridge, the A. S. W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Lyell Lectures at the University of Oxford. His focus
Paul_Needham_(librarian)
Recurrent series of notable public lectures are presented in various countries. The Boyer Lectures delivered by prominent Australians, broadcast annually
List_of_public_lecture_series
Furniture used to store books
subject. The Pictorial Catalogue; mural decoration in libraries: the Lyell Lectures, Oxford 1972-1973 by André Masson (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981) deals
Bookcase
Australian film and television industry lifetime achievement award
The Longford Lyell Award is a lifetime achievement award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation
Longford_Lyell_Award
British classicist and academic (born 1958)
Latin. In 2024, he held the Lyell Readership in Bibliography at the University of Oxford, giving the associated Lyell Lectures on the transmission of Latin
Stephen_Oakley
British librarian and specialist in medieval manuscripts (born 1950)
2003–2004 Sandars Readership in Bibliography. He delivered the 2009 Lyell Lectures at Oxford University on the subject of "Fragments in Book Bindings"
Christopher_de_Hamel
British historian (1954–2020)
the University of Oxford's 2018–2019 Lyell Reader in Bibliography, Sharpe delivered that year's Lyell Lectures on the topic of "Libraries and Books in
Richard_Sharpe_(historian)
American historian
Revolution. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1992. ISBN 0-19-812259-4. Series : Lyell lectures 1990-1991. Print culture and enlightenment thought. [Chapel Hill]: Hanes
Elizabeth_Eisenstein
British geologist (1788–1869)
refusal to admit women to his lectures, Charlotte persisted in her attendance, leading to Lyell's opening of his lectures to both men and women. Charlotte
Charlotte_Murchison
century A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography E. A. Lowe Lectures Lyell Lectures Panizzi Lectures Sandars Lectures McKenzie Lectures. University of Oxford
McKenzie_Lectures
Lectureship at the University of Pennsylvania
Copies of Books" E. A. Lowe Lectures Lyell Lectures McKenzie Lectures Panizzi Lectures Sandars Lectures “Rosenbach Lectures.” The Oxford Companion to the
A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography
A.S.W._Rosenbach_Lectures_in_Bibliography
October 1995. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2017. Lyell Lectures McKenzie Lectures Panizzi Lectures Sandars Lectures
E._A._Lowe_Lectures
American academic
machine." He was chosen to deliver the 2014 to 2015 J. R. Lyell Readership in Bibliography lectures at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University for which he
Michael_F._Suarez
British geologist
Horner Lyell (9 October 1808 – 24 April 1873) was a conchologist and geologist. She was married to the famed British geologist Charles Lyell and assisted
Mary_Horner_Lyell
New Zealander bibliographer and literary scholar
fellow of Pembroke College. McKenzie gave the Sandars Lectures at Cambridge in 1976 and the Lyell Lectures in Oxford in 1988, exploring the 17th century book
Donald_McKenzie_(academic)
British theologian (born 1953)
——— (2012). Textual Scholarship and the Making of the New Testament. Lyell lectures, 2011. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199657810. OCLC 780482794
David_C._Parker
British engraver (1690–1756)
8 December 2012. Suarez, Michael. "The Reach of Bibliography: 2015 Lyell Lectures". Livestream. Oxford University. Retrieved 23 July 2015. "Pine, Simonneau"
John_Pine
English chemist and physicist (1791–1867)
Christmas lectures, Faraday delivered chemistry lectures for the City Philosophical Society from 1816 to 1818 in order to refine the quality of his lectures. These
Michael_Faraday
English librarian and academic
Cambridge University Press. McKitterick, David. 1983. The Sandars and Lyell Lectures: A Checklist with an Introduction. New York: Jonathan A. Hill. McKitterick
David_McKitterick
Burgundian priest and scribe
Parkes, Their Hands before our Eyes: a closer look at scribes : the Lyell lectures delivered in the University of Oxford, 1999 (2008), p. 119; Google Books
Quentin_Poulet
British paleographer and medievalist
P. R. Lyell Reader in Bibliography at the University of Oxford. She therefore delivered the Lyell Lectures for that academic year: her lecture series
Teresa_Webber
English Franciscan friar
(2008), Their Hands Before Our Eyes: A Closer Look at Scribes, The Lyell Lectures, 1999, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7546-6337-9. Salzman, L.F., ed
William_of_Nottingham_II
English palaeographer (1908–1982)
1960: English Manuscripts in the Century after the Norman Conquest: the Lyell lectures,1952-3. Ker, N. R. (1964). Medieval libraries of Great Britain; a list
Neil_Ripley_Ker
Non-scientific term for a transitional fossil
an evolutionary context relating to gaps in the fossil record. Charles Lyell employed the term a few years later in 1851 in his third edition of Elements
Missing link (human evolution)
Missing_link_(human_evolution)
American codicologist
love of books and reading”. In 2004, Scott delivered the prestigious Lyell Lectures at the University of Oxford; a revised version of her address was subsequently
Kathleen_L._Scott
British bibliographer and librarian
London. 6 June 1902. p. 11. McKitterick, David. 1983. The Sandars and Lyell Lectures: A Checklist with an Introduction. New York: Jonathan A. Hill,p.11.
Edward_Gordon_Duff
English naturalist (1823–1913)
became friendly with both Lyell and the philosopher Herbert Spencer. During the 1860s, Wallace wrote papers and gave lectures defending natural selection
Alfred_Russel_Wallace
British paleographer
1993) focuses on "visual reading aids" and was highly influential. His Lyell Lectures at Oxford discussed the prosopography of English scribes and focussed
Malcolm_Parkes
British palaeontologist
Edinburgh Gifford Lectures for 2007 in a series titled "Darwin's Compass: How Evolution Discovers the Song of Creation". In these lectures Conway Morris explained
Simon_Conway_Morris
French visual artist (1873–1941)
Tanselle, G. Thomas (2002). "The Art Deco Book in France: The 1985 Lyell Lectures". Studies in Bibliography. 55: 1–131. ISSN 0081-7600. Wikimedia Commons
François-Louis_Schmied
English writer and science educator
child. Her work was labelled as lectures rather than chapters, mirroring how she would teach young people. One of her lectures, "The Two Great Sculptors –
Arabella_Buckley
Responses to Charles Darwin's 1859 book
wrote telling Lyell that it was "extremely malignant, clever & I fear will be very damaging. He is atrociously severe on Huxley's lecture, & very bitter
Reactions to On the Origin of Species
Reactions_to_On_the_Origin_of_Species
English polymath (1635–1703)
Waller, R.S. Secr. 1705. Lectures de potentia restitutiva 1678 copy of Hooke's Lectures de potentia restitutiva Title page of Lectures de potentia restitutiva
Robert_Hooke
Series 4 and 5 changes from each story. This is the first series set at the Lyell Center in London. This series also saw the introduction of Dr. Leo Dalton
List of Silent Witness episodes
List_of_Silent_Witness_episodes
University of Cambridge, 1904 McKitterick, David. 1983. The Sandars and Lyell Lectures: A Checklist with an Introduction. New York: Jonathan A. Hill. The Cambridge
Samuel_Sandars
English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
observations and theories he developed during his voyage supported Charles Lyell's concept of gradual geological change. Publication of his journal of the
Charles_Darwin
Award
John William Lubbock, "On the Tides of the Port of London". 1835 Charles Lyell, "On the Proofs of a gradual Rising of the Land in certain parts of Sweden"
Royal_Society_Bakerian_Medal
Italian anatomist (1522/23–1562)
their lectures, in particular, on ulcers, tumors, medical cosmetics, and other surgical topics and on botany and mineral waters. In his lectures, Falloppio
Gabriele_Falloppio
Scientific dating of the Earth
long it took to lay down stratigraphic layers. In 1830, geologist Charles Lyell, developing ideas found in James Hutton's works, popularized the concept
Age_of_Earth
1859 book on evolution by Charles Darwin
request to send it on to Lyell if Darwin thought it worthwhile. The mechanism was similar to Darwin's own theory. Darwin wrote to Lyell that "your words have
On_the_Origin_of_Species
English journalist and broadcaster (1956–2024)
Alastair Gordon Lyell Down (9 February 1956 – 1 November 2024) was an English journalist and broadcaster who wrote for Sporting Life and Racing Post and
Alastair_Down_(journalist)
Japanese writer (1914–2006)
in Tokyo. Following June 1949, Kinoshita enthusiastically attended Lyell’s lectures for two or three years. Kinoshita believed that this opportunity gave
Junji_Kinoshita
Life and work of Charles Darwin from Orchids to Variation
wrote "God Bless you" at the bottom of the note. Lyell attended Huxley's continuing working-men's lectures, and was "astonished at the attentiveness and
Darwin from Orchids to Variation
Darwin_from_Orchids_to_Variation
Publication of theory of natural selection
career as a geologist whose observations and theories supported Charles Lyell's uniformitarian ideas, and to publication of the findings from the voyage
Publication of Darwin's theory
Publication_of_Darwin's_theory
1940 book by Mortimer J. Adler
Interpretation of Dreams; Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis; Civilization and Its Discontents; New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis George Bernard
How_to_Read_a_Book
Institutional Members are now Subscribers to the Geological Society of London's Lyell Collection. The Annual General Meeting of members elects the Officers and
Yorkshire_Geological_Society
British political and economics writer
according to a written answer given by the Attorney General, Nicholas Lyell, on 28 October 1993. In 1994, Atkinson co-authored the book Treason at Maastricht
Rodney_Atkinson
Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
translated as Call to Arms (Yang and Yang), Cheering from the Sidelines (Lyell) and Outcry (Lovell): Diary of a Madman (Chinese: 狂人日記; pinyin: Kuángrén
Lu_Xun
Australian film director (born 1944)
related to Peter Weir. Peter Weir at IMDb Peter Weir's 2010 David Lean lecture at BAFTA Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database Peter Weir
Peter_Weir
Geologic formation in Nova Scotia, Canada
a series of lectures - the "Lowell lectures" - delivered at the Lowell Institute several weeks later. It was around this time that Lyell and Dawson became
Joggins_Formation
British geologist
entered into correspondence with Charles Lyell. He started a debate regarding Mountain Limestone country. Lyell and Hughes went on many geological expeditions
Thomas_McKenny_Hughes
50-volume anthology of classic works from world literature
enhanced when the Lectures on The Harvard Classics was added in 1914 and Fifteen Minutes a Day - The Reading Guide in 1916. The Lectures on The Harvard Classics
Harvard_Classics
Historic figure in geology
supply to the British Army in Egypt and the Middle East. He was awarded the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society of London in 1919. He served as president
William_Fraser_Hume
Obsolete theory that rocks formed from crystallisation of minerals in early oceans
lasted into the early years of the 19th century, but the works of Charles Lyell in the 1830s gradually won over support for the uniformitarian ideas of
Neptunism
20th-century geologist
and British geologist and petrologist who won the Geological Society's Lyell Medal in 1966. Tomkeieff was born on 20 October 1892 in Vilna, in the Russian
Sergei_Ivanovich_Tomkeieff
Scottish minister and scientist (1748–1819)
that Hutton's principle of uniformitarianism, later taken up by Charles Lyell, first reached a wide audience. Playfair's textbook Elements of Geometry
John_Playfair
English civil engineer
ICE (the 1968 James Alfred Ewing Medal), the Geological Society (the 1972 Lyell Medal), Newcomen Society, and a gold medal from the Institution of Structural
Alec_Skempton
British geologist
He founded the Liverpool Geological Society in 1859, and was awarded the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1892. Morton was born in Liverpool
George_Highfield_Morton
Type of fossilized remains
appearance of humanity; Lyell drew on new findings in his Antiquity of Man to put the origin of human beings much further back. Lyell wrote that it remained
Transitional_fossil
Italian medical scientist, physician and naturalist
the fathers of modern geology and his work was highly valued by Charles Lyell. Vallisneri was born at Trassilico in the duchy of Modena on 3 May 1661
Antonio_Vallisneri
American bibliographer and scholar
(1980) Editor. Cyrus Hoy, author. Lectures on literature (1980) Editor. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, author. Lectures on Russian literature (1980) Editor
Fredson_Bowers
Geography professor (born 1953)
Charles Lyell Lecturer, British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1994–95. Hettner Lectures, University of Heidelberg, 2001. Murrin Lectures, University
David_N._Livingstone
British paleontologist (1840-1930)
Later, he did work on chimaeroid fish fossils. In 1893, Newton won the Lyell Medal. He was the president of the Geologists' Association in 1896–1898
Edwin_Tulley_Newton
Professor of Biogeochemistry
November 2018. "Ros Rickaby awarded Lyell Medal". University of Oxford. 1 March 2018. "The Geological Society of London - Lyell Medal". geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved
Ros_Rickaby
English geologist (1920–2006)
honorary D.Sc. in 1974 from the University of London. He received in 1978 the Lyell Medal from the Geological Society of London, in 1983 the Twenhofel Medal
Robin Gilbert Charles Bathurst
Robin_Gilbert_Charles_Bathurst
Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath (384–322 BC)
too slow to be observed in one person's lifetime. The geologist Charles Lyell noted that Aristotle described such change, including "lakes that had dried
Aristotle
French geologist (1787 – 1856)
those of southern England; in this he had the collaboration of Charles Lyell. From 1821-1829 he was professor of geology at the Athenaeum at Paris, and
Constant_Prévost
American businessman (1798–1881)
geologist, Sir Charles Lyell, Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz, and novelists Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray. The lectures were so immensely
John_Amory_Lowell
American historian (born 1961)
MacArthur Fellows Program 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship 2019 Panizzi Lectures 2022-2023 Lyell Readership in Bibliography 2023 Honorary doctorate from the University
Ann_M._Blair
18th and 19th-century evolutionary ideas
the anatomists Georges Cuvier and Richard Owen, and the geologist Charles Lyell, was intense. The debate over them was an important stage in the history
Transmutation_of_species
English geologist (1787–1857)
Regions," in Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 7 (1829), 142–152. "On Mr Lyell's 'Principles of Geology,'" in Philosophical Magazine and Annals, n.s. 8
William_Conybeare_(geologist)
American librarian (1911–1991)
Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography in 1963. He was President of the Bibliographical Society of America from 1966-1967. He was the Lyell Lecturer in
Edwin_Wolf_II
Irish-born geologist
Geological Society. In 1933 the Geological Society of London awarded him their Lyell Medal. In 1934 he was given an honorary doctorate (DSc). In 1938 he was
James_Ernest_Richey
English anthropologist (1832–1917)
scientific study of anthropology, based on the evolutionary theories of Charles Lyell. He believed that there was a functional basis for the development of society
Edward_Burnett_Tylor
English palaeontologist (1784–1856)
subsequently of deep submergence by a new generation of geologists such as Charles Lyell, was in fact evidence of a major glaciation. He continued to live in Corpus
William_Buckland
British/Australian geologist and naturalist (1868–1937)
1937) was a British-Australian geologist, naturalist, and winner of the Lyell Medal in 1927. Kitson was born in North Street, Audenshaw, Cheshire, England
Albert_Kitson
English mathematician, philosopher, and engineer (1791–1871)
incorporates extracts from related correspondence of Herschel with Charles Lyell. Babbage put forward the thesis that God had the omnipotence and foresight
Charles_Babbage
British linguist and librarian (1919–1986)
director of the Bodleian Library. In 1983-84 he held the Lyell Readership in Bibliography and lectured on "The Bibliographical History of Montesquieu." From
Robert_Shackleton
English banker and politician (1834–1913)
Times about Charles Lyell: Note.—In his celebrated work on the Antiquity of Man, he coined the term Neolithic in 1865. Sir Charles Lyell has made much use
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
John_Lubbock,_1st_Baron_Avebury
American philanthropist
geologist, Sir Charles Lyell, Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz, and novelists Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray. The lectures were so immensely
John Lowell Jr. (philanthropist)
John_Lowell_Jr._(philanthropist)
American biochemist and computational biologist (born 1962)
Icosavax which was acquired by AstraZeneca in 2023, Sana Biotechnology, Lyell Immunotherapeutics, and Xaira Therapeutics. For his work on protein folding
David_Baker_(biochemist)
English biologist (1825–1895)
they were published (the group included Joseph Dalton Hooker and Charles Lyell). The first publication by Darwin of his ideas came when Wallace sent Darwin
Thomas_Henry_Huxley
Learned society for the study and dissemination of taxonomy and natural history
Alfred Russel Wallace was made, sponsored by Joseph Hooker and Charles Lyell, as neither author could be present. The society's connection with evolution
Linnean_Society_of_London
English baseball player (1869–1954)
Industry Builder. Humanity publishing company. 1930. "Direct Credits". Henry, Lyell D. (1991). Zig-Zag-and-Swirl: Alfred W. Lawson's Quest for Greatness. University
Alfred_Lawson
Termination of a species' lineage
species changed over time in response to the changing environment. Charles Lyell, a noted geologist and founder of uniformitarianism, believed that past
Extinction
English clergyman and writer
Discourse,' Manchester, 1840. 'Lectures on the Millennium,' London, 1841. The millennium is to begin in 1868. 'Lectures on the World before the Flood,'
Charles_Burton_(theologian)
British climate scientist
Change Conference. She won the 2016 British Science Association Charles Lyell Award for Environmental Sciences. She discussed how computer models can
Tamsin_Edwards
Stone, bronze and iron ages of pre-history
however, was relying heavily on Charles Lyell. In the 1833 edition of Principles of Geology (the first) Lyell devised the terms Eocene, Miocene and Pliocene
Three-age_system
American palaeoclimatologist and professor
eventually led to our most recent series of Ice Ages. He was awarded the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London for 2010. He has written several
William_Ruddiman
British structural geologist, explorer and cartographer
in 1943. In 1961 the Geological Society of London had awarded him their Lyell Medal for outstanding contributions to geology. He retired in 1959 and died
John_Vernon_Harrison
English fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)
when she visited London in 1829. Anning's correspondents included Charles Lyell, who wrote to ask her opinion on how the sea was affecting the coastal cliffs
Mary_Anning
19th-century scientific controversy
discussed his interest in transmutation with friends including Charles Lyell, and Hooker eventually read Darwin's Essay in 1847. When Thomas Henry Huxley
Great_Hippocampus_Question
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997
Ubben Lecture at DePauw University More about John Major on the Downing Street website. 'Prime-Ministers in the Post-War World: John Major', lecture by Vernon
John_Major
History of the evolutionary theory
Beagle Darwin became convinced by Charles Lyell's uniformitarian theory of gradual geological process (see Lyell's Principles of Geology, which Darwin took
Inception_of_Darwin's_theory
LYELL LECTURES
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Boy/Male
Scottish
Surname meaning loyal.
Female
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from the Old Norse personal name Liulfr, possibly LYALL means "shield wolf."
Boy/Male
English Scottish
From the open dell.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the bird (Old English hrÅc), most likely given to a person with very dark hair or a dark complexion or to someone with a raucous voice.English : some early examples, such as Robert of ye Rook (London 1318) and Henry del Rook (Staffordshire 1332), point clearly to a local name of some kind. The first of these could be from a house sign, the second may be a variant of Rock 1.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrok, of uncertain origin; perhaps a cognate of 1 or from Middle High German rÅhen ‘to cry or yell (in battle)’ or Old High German ruoh ‘intent’.Perhaps an altered spelling of German Ruck.
Surname or Lastname
English (Essex)
English (Essex) : unexplained; perhaps from the personal name Yuel, a form of the Biblical name Joel.Scottish (Shetland) : from the name of the principal island of the Shetlands. According to Black, ‘Persons of this name in Shetland have changed to Dalziel, probably from the idea of its being more aristocratic, and spell
Boy/Male
American, British, English, Scottish
From the Open Dell; A Surname Often Used as a Given Name
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Island
Boy/Male
French, Hindu, Indian
From the Island; Lion 'Wolf; Loyal
Boy/Male
Scottish
Surname meaning loyal.
Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from the Old Norse personal name Liulfr, LYALL means "shield wolf."
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Famous Elf
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Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
A Pious; Righteous and Intelligent Woman of Egypt; She Respected the Ulama
Male
Egyptian
, the builder of the Third Pyramid of Giza.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Oriya, Sanskrit, Telugu
Lord Vishnu
Surname or Lastname
English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : habitational name from an unidentified place, possibly Ansford in Somerset, which is recorded in Domesday Book as Almundesford, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Ealhmund (composed of the elements ealh ‘temple’ + mund ‘protection’) + Old English ford ‘ford’.
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, French, Hebrew, Italian
Feminine of Michael Gift from God
Surname or Lastname
English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : variant spelling of Sugar.
Boy/Male
Indian
Insight, Wisdom
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Possessing Good Character
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Wanted; Desired
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n.
One who lectures; an assistant preacher.
n.
A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.
n.
One who professed, or publicly teaches, any science or branch of learning; especially, an officer in a university, college, or other seminary, whose business it is to read lectures, or instruct students, in a particular branch of learning; as a professor of theology, of botany, of mathematics, or of political economy.
imp. & p. p.
of Yell
n.
The office of a lecturer.
v. t.
To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Yell
v. i.
To yell.
n.
A reader of lectures or discourses; a lecturer.
v. i.
To yell; to yowl.
v. i.
To cry out, or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.
n.
One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris (1159-1160), a school divine.
n.
One who reads lectures on scientific subjects.
n.
A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.
v. i.
To cry out like a dog or cat; to howl; to yell.
v. i.
To utter a loud, long, and mournful cry, as a dog; to howl; to yell.
v. i.
To deliver a lecture or lectures.
n.
Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.
n.
A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.
n.
A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.