Early Cyrillic alphabet Bulgarian Empire in order to write the Old Church Slavonic language. The modern Cyrillic script is still used primarily for some Slavic languages and for East European and Asian languages that were under Russian cultural influence during the 20th century. Among some of the traditionally culturally influential countries using it are Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine. The earliest form of manuscript Cyrillic, known as "ustav," was based on Greek uncial script, augmented by ligatures and by letters from the Glagolitic alphabet for consonants not found in Greek. The Glagolitic alphabet was created by the monk Saint Cyril, possibly with the aid
Cyril Crossland papers result from his stay on the Sudan Coast; his large manuscript on the biology and cultivation of the pearl oyster never found publication. The World Register of Marine Species lists 67 marine species named by Crossland, many of which have become synonyms. Sixty marine species were named after him with the epithet "crosslandi". Cyril Crossland Cyril Crossland (1878 – 1943) was an English zoologist. He worked as an assistant to Charles Eliot. He studied several groups of marine animals, especially the Protozoa, Corals and Molluscs. Cyril Crossland (1878-1943) was born in Sheffield, the son of landscape painter James Henry