Sir Jethro Justinian Harris Teall
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FRSE
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PGS (5 January 1849 – 2 July 1924) was a
British
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geologist and
petrographist.
Teallite
Teallite is a sulfide mineral of tin and lead with chemical formula: Pb Sn S2. It occurs in hydrothermal veins and is sometimes mined as an ore of tin. Teallite forms soft silvery grey mica-like plates and crystallizes in the orthorhombic syste ...
is named after him.
Life
He was born to Jethro Teall of
Sandwich, Kent
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(1816-1848) and his wife, Mary Hathaway (1820-1880) in
Northleach
Northleach is a market town and former civil parish, now in parish Northleach with Eastington, in the Cotswold district, in Gloucestershire, England. The town is in the valley of the River Leach in the Cotswolds, about northeast of Cirencester ...
, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Northleach Grammar School then Berkeley Villa School in
Cheltenham
Cheltenham (), also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort, following the discovery of mineral s ...
.
He studied Sciences at
St John's College, Cambridge
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, specialising in Geology. In 1874, he was awarded the
Sedgwick Prize for his study of lower-level greensand, a form of sandstone.
He was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society
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in 1890, mainly on account of his book ''British Petrography'', written in 1888. He won the
Bigsby Medal
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in 1889. He was President of the
Geological Society of London
The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe with more than 12,000 Fellows.
Fe ...
1900–1902,
and won the
Wollaston Medal
The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.
The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), t ...
of the Society in 1905. He was awarded honorary doctorates by the
University of Dublin
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(DSc) and the
University of Oxford
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, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
(DSc) and by the
University of St Andrews
(Aien aristeuein)
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, mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best
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, type = Public research university
Ancient university
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(LLD).
In 1901, he became the Director of His Majesty's
Geological Survey
A geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model. Geological surveying employs techniques from the traditional walk-over survey, studying outc ...
, personally completing much work in north west
Scotland
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. He was knighted in 1916 for his contribution to the survey.
He was a member of the
Athenaeum Club, London
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.
He died at Rosendale Road in
London
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on 2 July 1924.
Family
He married Harriet Moore Cowen (1856-1940) in 1879 and had two children, Major George (1880-1939) and Frederick Teall (1882-1952).
Publications
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References
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1849 births
1924 deaths
Fellows of the Royal Society
Knights Bachelor
British geologists
Wollaston Medal winners
People from Northleach
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Presidents of the Geologists' Association