The Burgess Shale was discovered by palaeontologist Charles Walcott in 1909, towards the end of the season's fieldwork.

Describing the fossils was a vast task, pursued by Walcott until his death in 1927.

Excavations were resumed at the Walcott Quarry by the Geological Survey of Canada under the persuasion of trilobite expert Harry Blackmore Whittington, and a new quarry, the Raymond, was established about 20 metres higher up Fossil Ridge.

The Walcott quarry produced such spectacular fossils because it was so close to the Stephen Formation — indeed the quarry has now been excavated to the very edge of the Cambrian cliff.

* In 1952 he was awarded the Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal by the National Academy of Sciences for his contributions to Cambrian paleontology.

They were originally described by Walcott as separate fossils under the genus name Helenia, ( Walcott's wife was named Helena and his daughter Helen ); Runnegar adopted the name helen when they were recognized as part of the hyolith organism.

* Footballer Theo Walcott, current Arsenal and England player, was born in Stanmore in 1989.

Walcott was the first geologist to identify pre-Cambrian fossil bacteria from microscopic examination of thin rock slices.

Walcott was founded in 1880.

Marrella was the first fossil collected by Charles Doolittle Walcott from the Burgess Shale.

Farrakhan was born Louis Eugene Wolcott ( also mistakenly spelled Walcott ) in The Bronx, New York, the younger of two sons of Sarah Mae Manning ( 16 January 1900 – 18 November 1988 ) and Percival Clark, immigrants from the Caribbean islands.

At the time of the stoppage, Walcott was leading on all scorecards, 8 – 4, 7 – 5 and 7 – 4.

His first defense came a year later, a rematch against Walcott, 39, who this time was knocked out in the first round.

Amiskwia was originally categorized by paleontologist Charles Walcott.

Parris, Mary Sibly ( aunt of the afflicted Mary Walcott ), instructed John Indian, one of the minister's slaves, to make a witch cake, using traditional English white magic to discover the identity of the witch who was afflicting the girls.

Charles Walcott at Cornell was able to demonstrate that while pigeons from one loft were confused by a magnetic anomaly in the Earth it had no effect on birds from another loft a mile away.

The Burgess Shale was discovered in 1909 by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

It was interpreted by paleontologist C. D. Walcott in 1911 as a polychaete worm.

Arnold Raymond Cream ( January 31, 1914 – February 25, 1994 ), better known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was a world heavyweight boxing champion.

Walcott was born in Merchantville, New Jersey, the son of immigrants from St. Thomas.

Most ringside observers and boxing writers felt Walcott deserved the win, and so there was a rematch on June 25, 1948, when Louis prevailed once again, this time by a knockout in round 11.

Walcott was in the scoring clearly ahead in the 13th round and Marciano needed a knockout to win, according to two of the three official scorecards.

In this round Marciano landed a right hand on Walcott ´ s jaw, that is considered one of the hardest punches thrown in boxing history and the fight was over.

There was a rematch in Chicago, on May 15, 1953, and the second time around, Walcott was again defeated by Marciano by a knockout in the first round.

Walcott also became a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

He and his family spent their summers on Walcott Avenue in Jamestown, Rhode Island, where he was a member of the Connanicut Yacht Club.

Further specimens were found by American paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1911 as a result of one of his field trips to the nearby Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and he classified it as a member of the polychaete group of annelid worms.

Guy Lowell ( August 6, 1870 – February 4, 1927 ), American architect, was the son of Mary Walcott ( Goodrich ) and Edward Jackson Lowell, and a member of Boston's well-known Lowell family.

By 1969, both were working musicians living in New York ; while collaborating with folksinger Tim Hardin they were introduced to world music pioneer Paul Winter's " Consort " ensemble, particularly member Collin Walcott, with whom Towner began improvising as an informal duo.

Named as a member of the West Indian team to tour Australia in 1951 / 52, Weekes was troubled by a range of injuries throughout the tour, including a ongoing thigh injury and a badly bruised right thumb when a door slammed shut on it while he was helping an injured Walcott out of his room, subsequently leaving his performances below expectations.

At the age of 17 he became an apprentice machinist at the shop of Walcott & Harris in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, and following two or three other jobs in quick succession after graduation, he went into business for himself in 1831, making lathes and small tools.

Walcott thought he saw three buccal spines in the fossils, and therefore categorized Amiskwia as a chaetognath worm ( arrow worm ).

From 1978 to 1982, he recorded three albums for ECM with " world jazz " group Codona, consisting of Cherry, percussionist Nana Vasconcelos and sitar and tabla player Collin Walcott.

Walcott, disappointed but eager to see his dream of being a champion come true, went on, and in 1950, he won four of his five bouts, including a three round knock-out of future world light heavyweight champion Harold Johnson.

He was selected by EA Sports as one of the three football stars on the cover of the FIFA 10 football game pack globally, along with Theo Walcott and Wayne Rooney.

Note: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn are the first Bright Eyes albums on which Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott became the three permanent members of Bright Eyes.

In three fights with Walcott, Ray suffered a three round knockout on September 25, 1937, rebounded to outpoint Walcott on November 15, 1946, and lost the third fight by decision ( April 3, 1947 ).

The first three caldera-forming rhyolites-Blacktail Tuff, Walcott Tuff and Conant Creek Tuff-totaled at least 2250 km < sup > 3 </ sup > of erupted magma.

Their batting was led the celebrated batting trio, the three W's: Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott .< Ref name =" p227 "/> Lindwall entered the First Test in Brisbane in good form, having taken nine wickets in a Sheffield Shield match against Queensland in the lead-up.

The three were all born within seventeen months of each other and within a mile of Kensington Oval in Barbados and Walcott believed that the same midwife delivered each of them.

Walcott believed that Weekes was the best all-round batsman of the three, while Worrell was the best all-rounder and modestly referred to himself as the best wicket keeper of the trio.

Venues used to host performances include Pigeon Point National Park (" Main Stage " & " Side Lawn "), Derek Walcott Square in central Castries (" Jazz on the Square "), The Great House, Fond D ' or Heritage Park, Rudy John Beach Park, Vieux Fort Square, Balenbouche Estate, Soufrière Waterfront ( the previous three events making up " Jazz in the South "), La Place Carenage (" Teatime Jazz "), Duty Free Pointe Seraphine (" Jazz on the Pier "), Rodney Bay Beachfront (" Jazz on the Beach "), Mindoo Phillip Park, Royal St. Lucian Hotel, Rodney Bay Marina and Gaiety on Rodney Bay.