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A. F. Sealy
Alfred Forbes Sealy (25 October 1831 – 29 October 1894) was a British clergyman, educationist and naturalist. He worked as the first principal of the Rajah's High School (now Maharaja's College) in Cochin in India where he died. He was a founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union. Sealy was born in Clevedale near Bristol to Major General Benjamin Dowden Sealy of the Honorable East India Company and his wife Mary Annie Byers. He went to study under Rev. G. Despard, of Redland, Clifton and Rev. C. Pritchard at Clapham before joining as a pensioner at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1850. He received a BA in 1854 and an MA in 1857 with a Junior Optime in the Mathematical Tripos and a second class in the Natural Science Tripos. He made collections of insects and birds eggs which were presented to the Cambridge University museum. He was a founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union. He moved to India to become the founding principal at the Rajah's High Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Forbes Sealy
Alfred Forbes Sealy (25 October 1831 – 29 October 1894) was a British clergyman, educationist and naturalist. He worked as the first principal of the Rajah's High School (now Maharaja's College) in Cochin in India where he died. He was a founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union. Sealy was born in Clevedale near Bristol to Major General Benjamin Dowden Sealy of the Honorable East India Company and his wife Mary Annie Byers. He went to study under Rev. G. Despard, of Redland, Clifton and Rev. C. Pritchard at Clapham before joining as a pensioner at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1850. He received a BA in 1854 and an MA in 1857 with a Junior Optime in the Mathematical Tripos and a second class in the Natural Science Tripos. He made collections of insects and birds eggs which were presented to the Cambridge University museum. He was a founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union. He moved to India to become the founding principal at the Rajah's High Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharaja's College, Ernakulam
The Maharaja's College is a government college of higher education located in Kochi, Kerala. Established in 1875, it is one of the oldest colleges in India. Located in the heart of the city, the college is spread over a campus of on the banks of Vembanad Lake. Blanketed by tall and rare species of trees, its campus features is a mix of old and modern architecture and covers a total area of , providing infrastructural facilities for the 22 departments of the college. History This multidisciplinary centre of higher learning had its humble beginnings as a single room English school started by the Royal (Kingdom of Cochin) Shankara Warrier in 1845 "to impart such instruction to the students as would enable them to converse with Englishmen without the aid of an interpreter". The school was upgraded to a college in 1875 and in June 1925 the college acquired its present name. The college provided instruction in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, History and Economics. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Ornithologists' Union
The British Ornithologists' Union (BOU) aims to encourage the study of birds ("ornithology") and around the world, in order to understand their biology and to aid their conservation. The BOU was founded in 1858 by Professor Alfred Newton, Henry Baker Tristram and other scientists. Its quarterly journal, ''Ibis'', has been published continuously since 1859. The Records Committee (BOURC) is a committee of the BOU established to maintain the British List, the official list of birds recorded in Great Britain. BOU is headquartered in Peterborough and is a registered charity in England & Wales and Scotland. Objectives and activities * Publishes ''Ibis'' as a leading international journal of ornithological science. * Organises a programme of meetings and conferences. * Awards grants and bursaries for ornithological research. * Encourages liaison between those actively engaged in ornithological research. * Provides a representative body of the scientific community able to provide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rev Alfred Forbes Sealy Plaque
Rev or Rév may refer to: Abbreviations Rev. * Rev., an abbreviation for revolution, as in Revolutions per minute * Rev., an abbreviation for the religious style The Reverend * Rev., the abbreviation for Runtime Revolution, a development environment * Rev., an abbreviation for the Book of Revelation * Rev., an abbreviation for Reverse * Rev., an abbreviation for Revision * Rev., an abbreviation for Revolver * Rev., an abbreviation for Review, as in: ** Chem. Rev. (Chemical Reviews), a peer-reviewed scientific journal ** Phys. Rev. (Physical Review), an American scientific journal Revs * ''Revs'' (video game), a 1984 Formula Three simulation computer game * Revs (graffiti artist), tag name of a graffiti artist in New York City * The Revs, an Irish rock band * Revs, the nickname for the New England Revolution soccer club in America Acronyms * REV Bremerhaven, a professional hockey team in Germany's 2nd Bundesliga league * REV (Conference), the International Conference on Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonville And Caius College, Cambridge
Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of the wealthiest. The college has been attended by many students who have gone on to significant accomplishment, including fifteen Nobel Prize winners, the second-highest of any Oxbridge college after Trinity College, Cambridge. The college has long historical associations with the teaching of medicine, especially due to its prominent alumni in the medical profession. It also has globally-recognized and prestigious academic programmes in law, economics, English literature, and history. Famous Gonville and Caius alumni include physicians John Caius (who gave the college the caduceus in its insignia) and William Harvey. Other alumni in the sciences include Francis Crick (joint discoverer of the structure of DNA with James Watson), James Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernakulam Public Library
Ernakulam Public Library is a public library in Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1870, it is the oldest public library in Kerala. The library serves as the most important information store and cultural centre of Ernakulam and has a collection of several books on various subjects. This library contributed a lot to the social and cultural improvements of the city over the past three centuries. History T. Sankunni Menon, Thottakattu Sankunni Menon, Diwan of the Cochin Kingdom presents his idea of a Public Library in Cochin State to Rama Varma XIV, King of Cochin. Based upon this a meeting was held on 8 October 1869 at the school building premises now occupied by Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam. The first president of the library was the principal of the College, A. F. Sealy, A.F. Sealy. The minutes of the meeting says : ''that a Public Library and Reading Room be established for the benefit of the community''. Thus was born, this in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Saint Francis, Kochi
Saint Francis Church, in Fort Kochi (Fort Cochin), Kochi, originally built in 1503, is one of the oldest European churches in India and has great historical significance as a mute witness to the European colonial struggle in the subcontinent. The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama died in Kochi in 1524 when he was on his third visit to India. His body was originally buried in this church, but after fourteen years his remains were moved to Lisbon and now located at Jerónimos Monastery.Ayub, Akber (ed), ''Kerala: Maps & More'', ''Fort Kochi'', 2006 edition 2007 reprint, pp. 20–24, Stark World Publishing, Bangalore, History Vasco da Gama, who discovered the sea route from Europe to India, landed at Kappad near Kozhikode (Calicut) in 1498. He was followed by Pedro Álvares Cabral and Afonso de Albuquerque. They built Fort Emmanuel at the Fort Kochi Beach with permission from the Raja of Cochin. Within the fort, they built a church with a wooden structure, which was dedicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Madras
The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public university, public State university (India), state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an act of the Council of India, Legislative Council of India under the British India, British government. It is a collegiate university, collegiate research university and has six campuses in the city: Chepauk, Marina Beach, Marina, Guindy, Taramani, Maduravoyal and Chetpet. It offers more than 230 courses under 87 academic departments of post-graduate teaching and research grouped under 18 schools, covering diverse areas such as sciences, social sciences, humanities, management and medicine along with 121 affiliated colleges and 53 approved research institutions. The university houses the national centres for advanced research in nanotechnology, photonics and neurotoxicity. In addition, it has thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1831 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti-slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts. * January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Kyoto established. * February–March – Revolts in Modena, Parma and the Papal States are put down by Austrian troops. * February 2 – Pope Gregory XVI succeeds Pope Pius VIII, as the 254th pope. * February 5 – Dutch naval lieutenant Jan van Speyk blows up his own gunboat in Antwerp rather than strike his colours on the demand of supporters of the Belgian Revolution. * February 7 – The Belgian Constitution of 1831 is approved by the National Congress. *February 8 - Aimé Bonpland leaves Paraguay. * February 14 – Battle of Debre Abbay: Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray, and defeats and kills the warlord Sabagadis. * February 25 – Battle of Olszynka Grochowska (Grochów): Polish rebel forces divide a Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 Deaths
Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * January 9 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard, in Lexington, Massachusetts. * February 12 ** French anarchist Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. ** The barque ''Elisabeth Rickmers'' of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved. * February 15 ** In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant Revolution, a massive revolt of followers of the Donghak movement. Both China and Japan send military forces, claiming to come to the ruling Joseon dynasty government's aid. ** At 04:51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin dies of an accidental detonation of his own bom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
