Sir Jethro Justinian Harris Teall FRS H

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PGS (5 January 1849 – 2 July 1924) was a British geologist and petrographist. Teallite is named after him.

Life

He was born to Jethro Teall of

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(1816-1848) and his wife, Mary Hathaway (1820-1880) in Northleach, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Northleach Grammar School then Berkeley Villa School in

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. He studied Sciences at

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, specialising in Geology. In 1874, he was awarded the

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for his study of lower-level greensand, a form of sandstone. He was elected a

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in 1890, mainly on account of his book ''British Petrography'', written in 1888. He won the Bigsby Medal in 1889. He was President of the

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1900–1902, and won the

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of the Society in 1905. He was awarded honorary doctorates by the

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(DSc) and the

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(DSc) and by the

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(LLD). In 1901, he became the Director of His Majesty's

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, personally completing much work in north west

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. He was knighted in 1916 for his contribution to the survey. He was a member of the Athenaeum Club, London. He died at Rosendale Road in

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on 2 July 1924.

Family

He married Harriet Moore Cowen (1856-1940) in 1879 and had two children, Major George (1880-1939) and Frederick Teall (1882-1952).

Publications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Teall, Jethro Justinian Harris 1849 births 1924 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society Knights Bachelor British geologists Wollaston Medal winners People from Northleach Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Presidents of the Geologists' Association