William Turton, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 19 relations: Bideford, Bivalvia, Carl Linnaeus, Conchology, Devon, Dublin, Gloucestershire, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, John Keats, Natural history, Olveston, Oriel College, Oxford, Seashell, Smithsonian Institution, Swansea, Systema Naturae, Teignmouth, Torquay, Tuberculosis.

2. People from Olveston

Bideford

Bideford is a historic port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, South West England.

See William Turton and Bideford

Bivalvia

Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.

See William Turton and Bivalvia

Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

See William Turton and Carl Linnaeus

Conchology

Conchology is the study of mollusc shells.

See William Turton and Conchology

Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

See William Turton and Devon

Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

See William Turton and Dublin

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

See William Turton and Gloucestershire

Johann Friedrich Gmelin

Johann Friedrich Gmelin (8 August 1748 – 1 November 1804) was a German naturalist, chemist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist, and malacologist. William Turton and Johann Friedrich Gmelin are Conchologists.

See William Turton and Johann Friedrich Gmelin

John Keats

John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.

See William Turton and John Keats

Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

See William Turton and Natural history

Olveston

Olveston is a small village and larger parish in South Gloucestershire, England.

See William Turton and Olveston

Oriel College, Oxford

Oriel College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England.

See William Turton and Oriel College, Oxford

Seashell

A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a hard, protective outer layer usually created by an animal or organism that lives in the sea.

See William Turton and Seashell

Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

See William Turton and Smithsonian Institution

Swansea

Swansea (Abertawe) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales.

See William Turton and Swansea

Systema Naturae

(originally in Latin written with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy.

See William Turton and Systema Naturae

Teignmouth

Teignmouth is a seaside town, fishing port and civil parish in the English county of Devon.

See William Turton and Teignmouth

Torquay

Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay.

See William Turton and Torquay

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.

See William Turton and Tuberculosis

See also

People from Olveston

• Basil Harwood
• Edmund Sturge
• Heather Standring
• Henry Moseley (mathematician)
• Hugh Denys
• Maurice Denys (sheriff)
• William Turton

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Turton

Also known as Turton W., Turton, William.