University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
. It was founded by
John Woodward John Woodward or ''variant'', may refer to:
Sports
* John Woodward (English footballer) (born 1947), former footballer
* John Woodward (Scottish footballer) (born 1949), former footballer
* Johnny Woodward (1924–2002), English footballer
* Jo ...
in 1728 under the title of Professor of Fossils. Woodward's will left to the University a large collection of fossils and also dictated that the professor should be elected by the
Archbishop of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...
, the
Bishop of Ely
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, the President of the
Royal Society
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, the President of the
Royal College of Physicians
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, the Member of Parliament for the
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
, and the University Senate.
Incumbents of the Woodwardian Professorship of Geology
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Conyers Middleton
Conyers Middleton (27 December 1683 – 28 July 1750) was an English clergyman. Mired in controversy and disputes, he was also considered one of the best stylists in English of his time.
Early life
Middleton was born at Richmond, North Yorkshir ...
John Michell
John Michell (; 25 December 1724 – 21 April 1793) was an English people, English natural philosophy, natural philosopher and clergyman who provided pioneering insights into a wide range of scientific fields including astronomy, geology, opti ...
, 1762
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Samuel Ogden
Colonel Samuel Ogden (December 9, 1746 — December 1, 1810) was a colonial businessman in New Jersey who had an iron works. He fought on the winning side during the American Revolutionary War. Afterward, he became a developer and land speculator f ...
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. Samuel Hailston ...
, 1788
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Adam Sedgwick
Adam Sedgwick (; 22 March 1785 – 27 January 1873) was a British geologist and Anglican priest, one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Cambrian and Devonian period of the geological timescale. Based on work which he did on W ...
, 1818
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Thomas McKenny Hughes
Thomas McKenny Hughes (17 December 1832 – 9 June 1917) was a Wales, Welsh geologist. He was Woodwardian Professor of Geology at Cambridge University.
Private life
Thomas M. Hughes was born in Aberystwyth, one of the nine children (six sist ...
, 1873
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John Edward Marr
John Edward Marr FGS FRS (14 June 1857 – 1 October 1933) was a British geologist. After studying at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, he matriculated to St John's College, Cambridge, graduating with First Class Honours in 1878. Following under ...
, 1917
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Owen Thomas Jones
Owen Thomas Jones, FRS FGS (16 April 1878 – 5 May 1967) was a Welsh geologist.
Education
He was born in Beulah, near Newcastle Emlyn, Cardiganshire, the only son of David Jones and Margaret Thomas. He attended the local village school in Trewen ...
, 1930
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William Bernard Robinson King
William Bernard Robinson King (12 November 1889 – 23 January 1963) was a British geologist.
Education
King was educated at the University of Cambridge graduating a first-class Honours degree in geology in 1912
Career
He joined the British Ge ...
, 1943
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Oliver Meredith Boone Bulman
Oliver Meredith Boone Bulman (20 May 1902 – 18 February 1974) was a British palaeontologist. He was Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge.
Early life
Oliver Bulman was born in Chelsea to artist Henry Herbert Bul ...
, 1955
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Harry Blackmore Whittington
Harry Blackmore Whittington FRS (24 March 1916 – 20 June 2010) was a British palaeontologist who made a major contribution to the study of fossils of the Burgess Shale and other Cambrian fauna. His works are largely responsible for the conce ...
, 1966-1983
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Ian Nicholas McCave
Ian Nicholas McCave (born 3 February 1941) is a British geologist, who was the Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences from 1985 to 2008 and a fellow of St John's College from 1986 to present ...
, 1985-2008
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David A. Hodell David A. Hodell (born 1958) is a geologist and paleoclimatologist. He currently holds the position of Woodwardian Professor of Geology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a fellow of Clare College ...