Thomas Green (c. 1738 – 2 June 1788) was an English geologist,
Woodwardian Professor of Geology The Woodwardian Professor of Geology is a professorship held in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. It was founded by John Woodward in 1728 under the title of Professor of Fossils. Woodward's will left to the University ...
at the University of Cambridge between 1778 and his death.
Green was born in
Wymeswold
Wymeswold () is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood (borough), Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It is in the north of Leicestershire, and north-east of Loughborough. The village has a population of about 1,000, measured ...
, Leicestershire, and his father was also called Thomas. He was educated at the Loughborough school of Mr Parkinson (now
Loughborough Grammar School
, religion = Christian
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, head = Dr Daniel Koch
, r_head_label = Chaplain
, r_head = Revd E J York
, chair_label = Chairman ...
). He was admitted to
Trinity College, Cambridge
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as a
sizar
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on 11 June 1756, and
matriculated
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Australia
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in the
Michaelmas term
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of 1756. He became a scholar in 1759, was awarded a B.A. in 1760 and an M.A. in 1763.
Green was appointed
Woodwardian Professor of Geology The Woodwardian Professor of Geology is a professorship held in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. It was founded by John Woodward in 1728 under the title of Professor of Fossils. Woodward's will left to the University ...
in 1778,
succeeding
Samuel Ogden
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. He was succeeded by
John Hailstone
John Hailstone (13 December 1759 – 9 June 1847) was an English geologist.
Biography
Early life
He was placed at an early age under the care of a maternal uncle at York, and was sent to Beverley school in the East Riding of Yorkshire, East ...
.
References
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1730s births
1788 deaths
Woodwardian Professors of Geology
People educated at Loughborough Grammar School
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
18th-century British geologists
People from Wymeswold