Edward Hull (21 May 1829 – 18 October 1917) was an Irish

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and stratigrapher who held the position of Director of the

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. He was also a professor of geology in the

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. His dates are listed in the

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Biography

He was born in Antrim,

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, the eldest son of the Reverend J.D. Hull. He graduated B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin. He joined the Geological Survey of Ireland and worked in Wales and on the

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. He worked for the Geological Survey of Scotland (1867-1868) and led an expedition to survey parts of Arabia Petraea and Palestine (1883). He became Director of the Irish branch of the Survey and retired in 1891. He was elected a

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in June 1867. He was President of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland in 1873. His daughter Charlotte Ferguson-Davie became a noted physician. He died at his home in

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, London, aged 88. Edward Hull's obituarist wrote of him, "He maintained the honour of a gentleman."

Works

* * * * ; (revised, 2nd edition, 1891) * * * ; This book has been updated in the late 20th century and 21st century. * * - with H. E. Wilson , Manning, P. I. , and James Andrew Robbie. *
2nd edition, 1910
**(review)

Family

Hull married in 1857 Mary Catherine Henrietta Cooke, daughter of Charles Turner Cooke, a surgeon in Cheltenham and his wife Catherine Bennett Cooke. They had a family of two sons and four daughters, who included

Eleanor Hull Eleanor Henrietta Hull also known as Eibhlín Ní Choill (15 January 1860 – 13 January 1935) was a writer, journalist and scholar of Old Irish. Life and family Hull was born on 15 January 1860 in Manchester, England. Her father, Edward Hull, ...

and Charlotte Elizabeth Ferguson-Davie. Another daughter, Alice, married in 1896 John Hill Twigg (1841–1917) of the Indian Civil Service.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hull, Edward 1829 births 1917 deaths People from Antrim, County Antrim Irish geologists Fellows of the Royal Society