A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840: Corrections and Additions to the Third Edition (Yale University Press 1995)

2000 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 334-342
Author(s):  
Howard Colvin
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
British Library ◽  
Yale University ◽  
The Third ◽  
Biographical Dictionary ◽  
Local Map ◽  
First Time

This is the fifth list of corrections and additions to the third edition of my Dictionary. For the first time a section of ‘Additional Biographies’ has been included to provide details of some further architects active during the period 1600–1840, of whose careers enough can be reconstructed to justify giving them a place. The remaining sections are as usual lists of bare facts to be added, subtracted or amended.Attention should be drawn to the Biographical Dictionary of Architects at Reading by Sidney M. Gold, privately published at Reading, 1999, and to the Dictionary of Land Surveyors and Local Map-Makers of Great Britain and Ireland 1530–1850 by Sarah Bendall, published by the British Library, 1997.

The variation of the British harvest mite (Trombiculidae, Acarina)

Parasitology ◽  
1950 ◽  
Vol 40 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 105-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. S. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Intermediate Type ◽  
Normal Type ◽  
The Third ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Genetically Determined ◽  
First Time ◽  
Range Of Variation

Five main types of harvest mite larvae have been found in Great Britain. These may be distinguished according to the following key:(1) Galeal setae ciliatedGaleal setae not ciliated (2)(2) Scutal setae duplicatedScutal setae not duplicated (3)(3) Humeral setae duplicated Humeral setae not duplicated (4)(4) Eight setae in both the second andthe third rows of dorsal setae Normal type aSix setae in both the second andthird rows of dorsal setae Normal type bEight setae in the second dorsalrow but only six in the third Normal type cType a and type b may be further divided into groups based on differences in scutal width and setal length. Nevertheless, scutal width, setal length and setal number are not correlated with each other. Were larvae to be separated into two species on the hypothesis that one of these characters (e.g. differences in setal number) is genetically determined, then the range of variation with respect to the other two characters (namely scutal width and setal length) would be the same for each species. Forms with duplicated humeral setae do not differ otherwise from the normal type. The ciliation of the galeal setae and the duplication of the scutal setae is not consistent and larvae of mixed or intermediate type are known. It seems to me that these morphological differences may not be genetically determined but are solely phenotypic (and in the case of setal number may be influenced by rainfall and temperature). This, together with the lack of points of distinction among nymphs and adults, suggests that there is only one British species which was first described as Acarus autumnalis (Shaw, 17 90). As no type is known to exist, a lectotype has been selected from British material and deposited in the British Museum.The systematic position of this species is difficult to determine. Until larvae of known ancestry can be reared under controlled conditions the systematic significance of the variations described above must remain in doubt.Nymphs and adults do not appear to differ greatly from those described by André (1930). The adult is recorded for the first time in England. The male genitalia are described.

ABEL PRIZE AS THE FLAGSHIP OF WORLD MATH ADVANCES

2020 ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Nataliya V. Grishina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Famous Scientist ◽  
International Authority ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

The annual prize, awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, bears the name of the famous scientist Niels-Henrik Abel and has a reputation as a Nobel Prize for mathematicians, with its size in terms of money of about $1 million. Since Alfred Nobel, in his will, determined the range of scientific areas for the payment of bonuses that did not include mathematics, the Norwegian mathematician Sofus Lee at the end of his life devoted all his efforts and his international authority to create a foundation for awarding prizes to mathematicians. He wanted to give the award the name of Niels Henrik Abel, also a Norwegian mathematician. The article presents a historical background for the formation of the Abel Prize. The winners of the main mathematical prize for all the years of its existence and their major achievements are shown. Among laureates of the Abel Prize there are outstanding scientists from 11 countries: France, Great Britain, Lebanon, USA, Hungary, Sweden, India, Belgium, Russia, Canada and Israel. Three times the prize was at once awarded to two scientists. And in 2019, for the first time ever the woman – Karen Keskalla Uhlenbeck – professor, American mathematician, became the winner of the prestigious mathematics award.

scholarly journals The Death of May’s Law: Intra- and Inter-Party Value Differences in Britain’s Labour and Conservative Parties

2021 ◽  
pp. 003232172199563
Author(s):  
Alan Wager ◽  
Tim Bale ◽  
Philip Cowley ◽  
Anand Menon
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Value Differences ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
Members Of Parliament ◽  
Significant Disagreement ◽  
Party Members ◽  
First Time

Party competition in Great Britain increasingly revolves around social or ‘cultural’ issues as much as it does around the economic issues that took centre stage when class was assumed to be dominant. We use data from surveys of members of parliament, party members and voters to explore how this shift has affected the internal coalitions of the Labour and Conservative Parties – and to provide a fresh test of ‘May’s Law’. We find a considerable disconnect between ‘neoliberal’ Conservative members of parliament and their more centrist voters on economic issues and similarly significant disagreement on cultural issues between socially liberal Labour members of parliament and their more authoritarian voters. We also find differences in both parties between parliamentarians and their grassroots members, albeit that these are much less pronounced. May’s Law, not for the first time, appears not to be borne out in reality.

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