Dr Henry Howe Arnold Bemrose FGS (13 March 1857,

Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby g ...

– 17 July 1939, Derby) was an English printer, publisher, and geologist. He, early in life, assumed the name of "Arnold-Bemrose" to distinguish his name from that of his father, Sir

Henry Howe Bemrose Sir Henry Howe Bemrose (19 November 1827 – 4 May 1911) was a British printer and publisher, as well as mayor and later Conservative Member of Parliament for Derby. Life Bemrose was the first son of William Bemrose, and was educated at Derby ...

(1827–1911) and, upon the death of his father, reverted to the name "Bemrose". Arnold-Bemrose graduated B.A. 1879 from

Clare College, Cambridge Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. It was refound ...

and then entered his father's printing firm of Bemrose and Sons, where he remained active for over fifty years. Arnold-Bemrose received his M.A. in 1882 and his Sc.D. in 1908 from Clare College, Cambridge. He was the

Mayor of Derby Names of the Mayors for the Borough of Derby from the first that was chosen on 3 July 1638 by the king's charter then granted to the town. The two last bailiffs were the two first mayors, Mr Mellor being proclaimed 3 July 1638 to be the mayor u ...

for 1909. He published over twenty papers dealing mostly with geology, as well as the 1910 book ''Derbyshire'' on the county's geology, history, antiquities, and architecture. He received the

Murchison Medal The Murchison Medal is an academic award established by Roderick Murchison, who died in 1871. First awarded in 1873, it is normally given to people who have made a significant contribution to geology by means of a substantial body of research and ...

in 1938.

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* 1857 births 1939 deaths People from Derby Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge English geologists Mayors of Derby Fellows of the Geological Society of London {{Geologist-stub