Henry Hurd Swinnerton (1875–1966) was a British
geologist
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. He was professor of geology at
University College Nottingham
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from 1910 to 1946.
Swinnerton was educated at the
Royal College of Science
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, and earned a doctorate in zoology (D.Sc.) from the
University of London
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in July 1902.
In the 1930s Swinnerton was a member of the Fenland Research Committee, contributing valuable knowledge of the geomorphology of the
Lincolnshire
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coast. In 1937 he served as President of the
Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union; he gave his Presidential address on "The Problem of the
Lincoln Gap".
In 1942 he was awarded the
Murchison Medal
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of the
Geological Society of London
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.
Selected bibliography
*Swinnerton H.H. (1910) ''Nottinghamshire'',
Cambridge County Geographies
Cambridge County Geographies is a book series published by Cambridge University Press.
Volumes
*Aberdeenshire by Mackie, Alexander
*Argyllshire and Buteshire by MacNair, Peter (wikisource)
*Ayrshire by Foster, John
*Banffshire by Barclay, W.
*Bedf ...
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*Swinnerton H.H. (1912) The palmistry of the rocks. ''Rep Trans Notts Nat Soc''; 60: 65–68.
*Swinnerton H.H.;
Trueman, A.E. (1917). The Morphology and Development of the Ammonite Septum. ''Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society'', London 73, 26–58
*Swinnerton H.H. (1923) ''Outlines of Palaeontology''. Third edition. London, Edward Arnold, 1958.
*Swinnerton H.H. (1935) The Rocks Below the Red Chalk of Lincolnshire, and Their Cephalopod Faunas. ''Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society'', London 91, 1–46.
*Swinnerton H.H. (1937). A monograph of British Lower Cretaceous belemnites. Part 2. Monograph of the Palaeontological Society, 90 (for 1936): xvii-xxxii + 17–30.
*Swinnerton H.H. (1938). Presidential Address. The Problem of the Lincoln Gap. ''Transactions of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union'' 9, 145–153.
*Swinnerton H.H. (1941). Further observations on the Lower Cretaceous rocks of Lincolnshire. ''Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association'' 52, 198–207.
*Swinnerton H.H. (1943) Belemnites from East Greenland. ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. II'' 10 (66), 406–410.
*Swinnerton H.H. (1936–1955) A Monograph of British Cretaceous Belemnites. Lower Cretaceous. ''Palaeontographical Society'', London 1–5, 1–86.
*Swinnerton H.H. & Kent P.E. (1949) ''The Geology of Lincolnshire'' (Lincolnshire Natural History Brochure No. 1.) Lincoln, Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union 1949 (2nd Ed, 1981).
*Swinnerton H.H. (1958) ''The Earth Beneath Us'' Harmondsworth: Pelican .
*Swinnerton H.H. (1960) ''Fossils'' (New Naturalist Series). London: Collins.
References
External links
Swinnerton (1910) ''Nottinghamshire'', Cambridge County Geographies
1875 births
1966 deaths
Academics of the University of Nottingham
New Naturalist writers
Members of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union
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