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List Of Presidents Of The Geologists' Association
This is a list of presidents of the Geologists' Association. *1858β59 Smith, Toulmin *1859β62 WILTSHIRE, The Revd. Thomas DSc FLS FGS *1862β64 Tennant, Professor James FGS FRGS *1864β66 CRESY, Edward *1866β68 RICHARDSON, Christopher Thomas MD *1868β71 Morris, Professor John MA FGS *1871β73 WILTSHIRE, The Revd. Thomas DSc FLS FGS *1873β75 Woodward, Henry LLD FRS FGS FZS *1875β77 Carruthers, William FRS FLS FGS *1877β79 Morris, Professor John MA FGS *1879β81 Jones, Professor T. Rupert FRS FGS *1881β83 Hudleston, W. H. MA FRS FGS FCS *1883β85 Hicks, Henry MD FRS FGS *1885β87 Topley, W. FRS FGS AssocInstCE *1887β89 Rudler, F. W. ISO FGS *1889β91 HOLMES, Thomas Vincent FGS *1891β93 Blake, The Revd. Professor J. F. MA FGS *1893β94 Woodward, Horace B. FRS FGS *1894β96 McMahon, Lt-General C. A. FRS FGS *1896β98 Newton, E. T. FRS FGS FZS *1898β00 Teall, Sir J. J. H. MA FRS FGS *1900β02 Whitaker, W. BA FRS FGS *1902β04 MONCK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geologists' Association
The Geologists' Association, founded in 1858, is a British organisation with charitable status for those concerned with the study of geology. It publishes the ''Proceedings of the Geologists' Association'' and jointly with the Geological Society of London, ''Geology Today''. See also * List of geoscience organizations This is a list of organizations dealing with the various geosciences, including geology, geophysics, hydrology, oceanography, petrophysics, and related fields. * * * * * * * * * *Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) * * * (Can ... * List of presidents of the Geologists' Association References External links Geologists' Association website Scientific organizations established in 1858 Geology societies Learned societies of the United Kingdom 1858 establishments in the United Kingdom Scientific organisations based in the United Kingdom {{geology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Smith Woodward
Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, FRS (23 May 1864 β 2 September 1944) was an English palaeontologist, known as a world expert in fossil fish. He also described the Piltdown Man fossils, which were later determined to be fraudulent. He is not related to Henry Woodward, whom he replaced as curator of the Geology Department of the British Museum of Natural History. Biography Woodward was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England and was educated there and at Owens College, Manchester. He joined the staff of the Department of Geology at the Natural History Museum in 1882. He became assistant Keeper of Geology in 1892, and Keeper in 1901. He was appointed Secretary of the Palaeontographical Society and in 1904, was appointed President of the Geological Society. He was elected in June 1901 a Fellow of the Royal Society He was the world expert on fossil fish, writing his ''Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum'' (1889β1901). His travels included journeys to South America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Hancock
John Michael Hancock (1928β2004), known professionally as Jake, was a geologist with particular interests in chalk and the Cretaceous Period. Biography Hancock was born on 10 August 1928 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, educated at Dauntsey's School near Devizes and was a national serviceman in the Royal Air Force between 1947 and 1949, before going to the University of Cambridge to read geology and petrology as an undergraduate. He graduated in 1952 and stayed on to work for his doctorate under the supervision of Maurice Black. His thesis was entitled ''The marginal facies of the British Chalk'' and in 1955 he joined the junior academic staff at King's College, London. He became Senior Lecturer in 1970 and Reader in 1977. In 1986 he moved to Imperial College London where he was awarded the 1989 Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of LondonGeological Society of LondonLyell Medal Award Winners Verified 31 January 2011. and retired in 1993 to Shaftesbury but continued to teach at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sutton (geologist)
John Sutton (8 July 1919 β 6 September 1992) was an English geologist. Born in London into the family that established Suttons Seeds, John's father, John Gerald Sutton, was an engineer credited with inventing the motor lawn-mower, among other things, and his mother, Kathleen Richard, was a teacher of classics. In 1937 he began a general science degree at Imperial College, graduating in geology in 1941 with an Abbreviated Honours degree (not an Honours degree) for war service in the army. From 1946-1949 he undertook research on the Lewisian gneiss of N.W.Scotland with fellow student Janet Watson. Both finished their PhDs, and married, in 1949. Their joint work on the Precambrian rocks of Scotland, which they first published in 1951 was highly influential. Sutton and Watson were later jointly recognised for this work with the awards of the Lyell Fund of the Geological Society of London in 1954, and of the Bigsby Medal in 1965. Sutton was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Curry
Dennis Curry (18 May 1912 β 3 March 2001) was a British businessman, geologist and philanthropist. He was born into the family that owned and ran the Currys electrical goods retail chain, and took his place in the family business, rising to become its chairman. While at school he developed a passion for geology and studied this subject, initially at Jesus College, Cambridge, and subsequently as a hobby for the rest of his life. His scientific contributions earned the recognition of professional colleagues β most notably in the award of the Prestwich Medal of the Geologists' Association in 1966 β as well as a visiting professorship and part-time teaching position at University College London. He collected many thousands of specimens and published over 120 scientific papers, endowed a number of societies and institutions with funds and gifts of Currys' shares, and shortly before his death, passed his scientific collections of specimens and books to London's Natural History Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Williams (geologist, Born 1898)
David Williams (1898 β 8 May 1984) was a noted British geologist. Williams was born of Welsh parents in Liverpool, England. After studying civil engineering at the University of Liverpool, he became interested in geology after his twin brother Howel began to study geology. David Williams studied under Percy Boswell at the University of Liverpool. There David Williams received his Ph.D. for research on paleozoic volcanic rock in Snowdonia. He was the Head of the Department of Geology at Imperial College London from 1950 to 1964; his predecessor as Head was H. H. Read and his successor was John Sutton. David Williams was awarded the Lyell Medal The Lyell Medal is a prestigious annual scientific medal given by the Geological Society of London, equal in status to the Murchison Medal. This medal is awarded based on one Earth Scientist's exceptional contribution of research to the scientific ... in 1959. Selected publications * * * References 20th-century British ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud William Wright
Claud William Wright Order of the Bath, CB (9 January 1917, Ellenborough, Yorkshire, Ellenborough, Yorkshire, England β 15 February 2010, Burford, Oxfordshire, England), aka Willy Wright, was a senior United Kingdom, British civil servant who was also an expert in the disciplines of geology, palaeontology, and archaeology. Life He was educated at Charterhouse School, Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford. At University of Oxford, Oxford, he was influenced by the geologist W. J. Arkell, an interest that became a serious hobby. His professional career was in the War Office/Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence, where he reached the rank of Deputy Secretary. In 1971, he transferred to the Ministry of Education (United Kingdom), Ministry of Education and there was involved with the establishment of the first Minister for the Arts (United Kingdom), Ministry of Arts. In these posts, he worked directly with Margaret Thatcher and David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Reginald Cox
Leslie Reginald Cox FRS (22 November 1897, Islington β 5 August 1965) was an English palaeontologist and malacologist. Education Cox was born to parents who worked as government servants, in the Post Office telephone engineers' department. When he was still young, the family moved to Harringay, where he at age six started attendance at the South Harringay County School. In 1909, he entered Owen's School in Islington, one of the old London grammar schools. Awards and honours Cox was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1950. His nomination reads: He was elected president of the Geologists' Association The Geologists' Association, founded in 1858, is a British organisation with charitable status for those concerned with the study of geology. It publishes the ''Proceedings of the Geologists' Association'' and jointly with the Geological Society ... for 1954β56. Career In August 1916, Cox began his war service. Publications Cox's most important publications include: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Harold Read
Herbert Harold Read FRS, FRSE, FGS, (17 December 1889, in Whitstable – 29 March 1970) was a British geologist and Professor of Geology at Imperial College. From 1947-1948 he was president of the Geological Society. Life He was born at Whitstable in Kent on 17 December 1889 the son of Herbert Read, a dairy farmer, and his wife, Caroline Mary Kearn. He attended St Alphege Church School in Whitstable then Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury. He then studied Sciences at the University of London, graduating BSc in 1911. In the First World War he served in the Royal Fusiliers seeing active service on the Somme and at Gallipoli. He was invalided out of service in 1917 and returned to HM Geological Survey (Scottish section), where he had begun briefly in 1914. He stayed with the survey until 1931. In 1927 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Horne, Sir John Smith Flett, Murray Macgregor and Sir Edward Battersby Bail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Leader Hawkins
Herbert Leader Hawkins FRS (1887 β 29 December 1968) was a British geologist. Awarded the Lyell Medal in 1940. In the First World War he was a conscientious objector, exempted from military service conditional upon continuing his then work. Hawkins spent his entire academic career at the University of Reading, after first being appointed Acting Part Time Lecturer in Geology in 1909. He was appointed Professor of Geology in 1920, and oversaw the expansion of the department over the next few decades. Among those staff he appointed was Lawrence Wager, in 1929. It was from Reading that Wager completed his work on both Greenland and Everest for which he was later celebrated. In 1937, Hawkins was elected Fellow of the Royal Society, for his distinguished work on the Echinoidea (sea urchins), and his textbook on 'Invertebrate Palaeontology' (Methuen, 1920) which was 'much esteemed and illustrates his broad and philosophical outlook'. His nomination notes that 'He would have published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Ernest Kitson
Sir Albert Ernest Kitson, (21 March 1868 β 8 March 1937) was a British-Australian geologist, naturalist, and winner of the Lyell Medal in 1927. Early life Kitson was born in North Street, Audenshaw, Cheshire, England, the son of John Kitson from Manchester and Margaret, nΓ©e Neil, from Edinburgh, Scotland. On his father's side the family had been stonemasons, while his maternal grandfather was a Scottish Presbyterian minister. Albert's early childhood was spent in Nagpur in the Central Provinces of India where his family moved when he was a year old. Around 1876 they emigrated to Victoria. Here John and Margaret taught at a State School in the gold-mining settlement of Enoch's Point in the Victorian Alps before John was appointed as head teacher of the, recently created, North Winton State School near Benalla. John died of angina in 1879 and so until her death in 1898 Margaret took over the running of the school which was attended by both her surviving children β Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Frederick Norman Green
John Frederick Norman Green (26 June 1873 β 11 December 1949) was an English geologist who won the prestigious Lyell Medal in 1925 and served as president of the Geological Society of London between 1934 and 1936. He was born in Stibbard, Norfolk, England, the son of Rev. William Frederick Green and Florence Agnes (Coles) Green. of East Budleigh, Devon. He was educated at Bradfield College Bradfield College, formally St Andrew's College, Bradfield, is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils aged 11β18, located in the small village of Bradfield in the English county of Berkshire. It is note ... and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.''Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900'' He died in Bournemouth in 1949. Published works *''The older PalΓ¦ozoic Succession of the Duddon Estuary'' (London, 1913) *''Note on the Correlation of the Ingleton Slates'' (London, 1917) *''The Vulcanicity of the Lake District'' (London, 1919) *''The Geological Struc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
