De la Beche, Sir Henry Thomas, geologist, born in London; wrote the “Depth and Temperature of the Lake of Geneva,” and published a “Manual of Geology” and the “Geological Observer”; was appointed head of the Geological Survey in England (1796‒1855).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Dekker, Thomas * Delacroix, Eugène