George Henry Kinahan (19 December 1829 – 5 December 1908), M.R.I.A., was an Irish geologist and archaeologist. He worked for railway companies, and then the national geological survey.

Life

He was born on 19 December 1829, the son of Daniel Kinahan, M.A., barrister-at-Law. He was educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

, gaining a Diploma in Engineering. His professional appointments began with railway companies, then joining the Irish Branch of the

Geological Survey of the United Kingdom Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ea ...

, under Sir

Roderick Impey Murchison Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet, (19 February 1792 – 22 October 1871) was a Scottish geologist who served as director-general of the British Geological Survey from 1855 until his death in 1871. He is noted for investigating and ...

. He was promoted to Senior Geologist in 1861, District Surveyor in 1869, and retired after thirty-six years service in 1890. Papers by Kinahan were frequently published in ''Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin'' and the ''Irish Naturalist'', and he served on the council of the

Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ga, Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned socie ...

. Aside from hundreds of articles, his major works were ''Manual of the Geology of Ireland'' (1878); ''Valleys, and their relation to Fissures, Fractures, and Faults'' (1875); ''Handy Book of Rock Names'' (1873); ''A Handy Book on the Reclamation of Waste Lands in Ireland; and Superficial and Agricultural Geology, Ireland'' (1908). He died at Woodlands, Fairview, Dublin, on 5 December 1908.H. Leonard and R. Clark. Obit
George Henry Kinahan, M.R.I.A.
''Geological Magazine'' (Decade V) (1909), 6: 142-143

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