Prof John Kaye Charlesworth

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FGS (1889–1972) was a British geologist and academic author. He was an expert in the geology of Northern Ireland.

Life

He was born in

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

on 3 January 1889, the son of George Charlesworth. He graduated BSc from

Leeds University , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

in 1910. He began lecturing in Geology in 1914 at

Queen's University, Belfast , mottoeng = For so much, what shall we give back? , top_free_label = , top_free = , top_free_label1 = , top_free1 = , top_free_label2 = , top_free2 = , established = , closed = , type = Public research university , parent = ...

, but then undertook postgraduate studies, first in London, then travelling to what was then Breslau in Germany (now Wroclaw in Poland) where he obtained a PhD in Geology. Back in Leeds he was awarded a DSc in 1921 and then briefly transferred to

Manchester University , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

as a Senior Lecturer, before returning to Queen’s University in Belfast as a full Professor. He held the latter role from 1921 until 1954. He was elected a Fellow of the

Royal Society of Edinburgh The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland. It was established i ...

in 1950 and was awarded their Neill Prize for the period 1951-53. He was made a

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(CBE) in the

1957 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1957 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the ''Lon ...

for his services to Northern Ireland with particular reference to the field of geology. He died in

Ballycastle, County Antrim Ballycastle () is a small seaside town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is on the northeasternmost coastal tip of Ireland, in the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The harbour hosts the ferry to Rathlin Island, whi ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

Family

He married Janet Cumming Gibson in 1922 and had two children - Marian Louise Kaye who marrie
Derek Lyddon
an
Henry Alexander Kaye Charlesworth
who married Jacqueline Davidson and was also a Geologist.

Publications

Charlesworthy was a regular contributor of articles to the Journal of the Geological Society. He also published the following: *''The Glacial Retreat of Iar Connacht'' (1929) *''Geological Observations on the Origins of Irish Flora and Fauna'' (1930) *''Geology of Ireland'' (1953) *''The Quaternary Era'' (1957) *''Geology Around the University Towns: North-East Ireland'' (1960) *''A Historical Geology of Ireland'' (1963)

References

1889 births 1972 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 20th-century British geologists Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society {{UK-geologist-stub