Thomas Belt ( eng. Thomas Belt ) (1832–1878) - English geologist and naturalist .
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 Frontispiece from Belt’s book The Naturalist in Nicaragua (1874) | |
| Date of Birth | 1832 |
| Place of Birth | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Date of death | September 21, 1878 |
| Place of death | Denver, CO |
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| Scientific field | geology and biology |
| Known as | geologist and naturalist |
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Biography
Born and educated in the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ( Newcastle-on-Tyne ) in England , in 1832.
From a young age he began to be interested in natural science through the society Tyneside Naturalists Field Club . In 1852, he went to Australia , where he worked for 8 years as a gold miner, but in 1860, due to a severe injury, he was forced to return to England.
In 1861, Belt published his work, Mineral Veins: an Inquiry into Their Auriferous Quartz Veins of Australia . 4 years he worked in Nicaragua , then published a new and most famous work " The Naturalist in Nicaragua " (1874), in which he described many aspects of the life of tropical ants . Belt was the first to notice that leaf cutter ants do not eat the leaves of trees that they cut, but turn them into a chewed mass, on which they grow mushrooms that serve them as food.
Also known for its glacial studies, including in England. Among the places of his further expeditions: Russia , Siberia and the state of Colorado .
He died in Denver (Colorado) on September 21, 1878 and was buried in the Riverside Cemetery cemetery [1] .
Major Works
- " Mineral Veins: An Inquiry to the Origin of the Quartz Veins of Australia " (1861)
- The Naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)
Notes
- ↑ Belt, Thomas. The Naturalist in Nicaragua. - Cosimo, 2005. - P. xxii. - ISBN 1596052171 .
Links
- Works by Thomas Belt in the Gutenberg Project
- This article (section) contains a text taken (translated) from the eleventh edition of the British Encyclopedia , which has been transferred to the public domain .