Definition of Gideon Algernon Mantell

1. Noun. English geologist remembered as the first person to recognize that dinosaurs were reptiles (1790-1852).

Exact synonyms: Mantell
Generic synonyms: Geologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gideon Algernon Mantell

Gibraltar fever
Gibraltarian
Gibraltarians
Gibralter
Gibran
Gibson
Gibson's bandage
Gibson Desert
Gibson girl
Gibson murmur
Gibsonian
Gibsons
Gida
Gidar
Gide
Gideon Algernon Mantell (current term)
Gielgud
Giemsa
Giemsa chromosome banding stain
Giemsa stain
Gierke's disease
Gierke's respiratory bundle
Gierke cells
Giffard injector
Giffard injectors
Giffen good
Gifford's reflex
Gift Aid
Gifu
Giganto

Literary usage of Gideon Algernon Mantell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1846)
"By Gideon Algernon Mantell, Esq. LL.D., FR.S., fyc., in a Letter to Sir HENRY ELLIS, KH, FRS, Secretary. Read llth Dec. 1845. IT is not a little remarkable ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1851)
"... as illustrative of the connexion between Archaeology and Geology. By GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL, Esq., LL.D., FRS, Vice-Président of the Sussex ..."

3. Catalogue of the Library and a Brief List of the Engravings and Etchings by Theodore Irwin, John Pierpont Morgan (1887)
"PETRIFACTIONS and their TEACHINGS; or, a Hand-Book to the Gallery of Organic remains of the British Museum. By Gideon Algernon Mantell. Post Sve, half calf. ..."

4. Catalogue of Books in English Later Than 1700, Forming a Portion of the by Robert Hoe, Carolyn Shipman (1905)
"The Medals of Creation; or first lessons in Geology and the study of organic remains. By Gideon Algernon Mantell . . . second edition, entirely rewritten. ..."

5. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry by Bernard Burke (1891)
"The second son, Gideon Algernon Mantell, Esq., FRS, of 19, Chester-square, Pimlico, London, formerly of Castle-place, Lewes, со. Sussex; Brighton, со. ..."

6. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1853)
"An abridged Catalogue of the Collection of Organic Remains, etc. of Gideon Algernon Mantell, Esq., FRS, Castle Place, Lewes, 1829. 16. ..."

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