John Frederick Norman Green (26 June 1873 – 11 December 1949) was an English

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althoug ...

who won the prestigious

Lyell Medal The Lyell Medal is a prestigious annual scientific medal given by the Geological Society of London, equal in status to the Murchison Medal. This medal is awarded based on one Earth Scientist's exceptional contribution of research to the scientific ...

in 1925 and served as president of the

Geological Society of London The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe with more than 12,000 Fellows. Fe ...

between 1934 and 1936. He was born in Stibbard,

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

, England, the son of Rev. William Frederick Green and Florence Agnes (Coles) Green. of

East Budleigh East Budleigh is a small village in East Devon, England. The villages of Yettington, Colaton Raleigh, and Otterton lie to the west, north and east of East Budleigh, with the seaside town of Budleigh Salterton about two miles south. Until th ...

, Devon. He was educated at

Bradfield College Bradfield College, formally St Andrew's College, Bradfield, is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils aged 11–18, located in the small village of Bradfield in the English county of Berkshire. It is note ...

and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.''Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900'' He died in Bournemouth in 1949.

Published works

*''The older Palæozoic Succession of the Duddon Estuary'' (London, 1913) *''Note on the Correlation of the Ingleton Slates'' (London, 1917) *''The Vulcanicity of the Lake District'' (London, 1919) *''The Geological Structure of the Lake District'' (London, 1920)

Journal articles

*"The terraces of southernmost England", ''Proceedings of the Q. J. Geological Society of London'', 92 (1936) *"The age of the raised beaches of south Britain", ''Proceedings of the Geological Association'', 54 (1943) *"The terraces of Bournemouth, Hants", ''Proceedings of the Geological Association'', 57 (1946) *"Some gravels and gravel-pits in Hampshire and Dorset", ''Proceedings of the Geological Association'', 58 (1947) *"The breccia of Redcliff, Wareham", ''Proceedings of the Bournemouth Natural Science Society'', 3 (1949)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, John Frederick Norman British geologists Lyell Medal winners 1873 births 1949 deaths People from North Norfolk (district) Presidents of the Geologists' Association