Dr John Pringle

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FGS (21 October 1877–2 August 1948) was a Scottish geologist who won the

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in 1938.

Life

He was born in Selkirk on 21 October 1877 and studied geology at Heriot Watt College in

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, graduating around 1900. From 1901 he worked for HM Geological Survey, initially as a fossil collector. In 1913 he became Assistant Palaeontologist to the Survey. The University of Wales awarded him an honorary doctorate (DSc) in 1931. In 1932 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were

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and Robert Campbell. In 1934 he became the official Palaeontologist to the Survey. In 1935, he published ''British Regional Geology: The South of Scotland''. He retired in 1937 and died on 2 August 1948.

References

1877 births 1948 deaths Scottish geologists Scottish palaeontologists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows of the Geological Society of London Lyell Medal winners {{UK-geologist-stub