Geeffrey of Mon mouth

a famous English chronicler; born probably in Mon mouth about 1100. He was the author of a famous chronicle or history of the first British kings, often quoted by men of letters, and remarkable for its curious legends. Geoffrey was succe ively archdeacon of Mon mouth, bishop of St. Asaph, and abbot of Abingdon, where he died in 1152 or 1154.; Geeffroy St. Hilaire, Etienne, a French naturalist; born in Ktampes, France, April 15, 1772. At the age of 21 he obtained the chair of zoblogy in the Paris i an Jardin des Plantes. As a member of the Egyptian expedition in 1798 he founded the Institute of Cairo, and returned about the end of 1801 with a rich collection of zoélogical specimens. In 1807 he was made a member of the Institute, and in 1809 Profe or of Zoology at the Faculty of Sciences. He devoted himself especially to the philosophy of natural history. He died in Paris, June 19, 1844.