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1869 Born.
1901 Appointed Geologist.
1902 Curator and Librarian.
1920 Assistant to the Director.
1920 O.B.E.
1931 Retired.
1929 Bolitho Medal.

Biographies and obituaries

John Allen Howe Northern Mine Research Society

John Allen Howe obituary. (1953). Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol. 62, pp. 298-299

Publications

Works listed in the BGS Library catalogue

Howe, J.A. The Woodford and Ilford Railway : Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of the UK and Museum of Practical Geology for 1902, Appendix 6, p.194.

Pocock, T.I. ; Barrow, G. ; Gibson, W. ; Howe, J.A. ; Newton, E.T. ; Wedd, C.B. ; Geological Survey of Great Britain (1906). The geology of the country around Macclesfield, Congleton, Crewe and Middlewich : Explanation of sheet 110. (Memoir (Sheet) Geological Survey of GB (England & Wales) - New Series; 110). London : HMSO.

Howe, J.A. ; Dick, A.B. ; Geological Museum (1914). A handbook to the collection of kaolin, china-clay and china-stone in the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, London, SW. London : HMSO.

Lovegrove, E.J. ; Howe, J.A. ; Flett, J.S. (1929). Attrition tests of British road-stones (with notes by J A Howe and J Flett). (Mem Geol Surv UK (Misc)). London : HMSO.

Howe, J.A. ; Teall, J.J.H. ; Ussher, W.A.E. ; Allen, H.A. ; Cantrill, T.C. ; Dixon, E.E.L. ; Macalister, D.A. ; Hall, T.C. Visit to the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street : Saturday, March 28th, 1908. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 20(6) 1908 p.467-472.

Maps

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Howe, J.A. ; Bromehead, C.E.N. (1914). Sheet 1A SE & 2 NE - Kent. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Kent). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Bromehead, C.E.N. ; Pocock, T.I. ; Howe, J.A. (1920). Sheet 3 NW - Kent. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Kent). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Howe, J.A. ; Robertson, T. ; Sherlock, R.L. (1921). Sheet 41 SE - Hertfordshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Hertfordshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Hester, S.W. ; Howe, J.A. (1949). Sheet 47 NE - Hertfordshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Hertfordshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Howe, J.A. (1911). Sheet 49 SW - Buckinghamshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Buckinghamshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Howe, J.A. (1914). Sheet 53 NE - Buckinghamshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Buckinghamshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Howe, J.A. (1902). Sheet 53 SE - Buckinghamshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Buckinghamshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Noble, A.H. ; Howe, J.A. (1911). Sheet 54 NW - Buckinghamshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Buckinghamshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Howe, J.A. (1902). Sheet 54 SW - Buckinghamshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Buckinghamshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Bromhead, C.N. ; Howe, J.A. (1968). Sheet 56 NE - Buckinghamshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Buckinghamshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Howe, J.A. (1902). Sheet 57 NW - Buckinghamshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Buckinghamshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

External publications

Howe, J.A. (1910). The geology of building stones. (Arnold's geological series). London : Arnold.

Howe, J.A. ([1920?]). Stones and quarries. (Pitman's common commodities and industries). London : Pitman.

Howe, J.A. ; Crichton-Browne, J. (1928). The stones of London : Proceedings of the Royal Institution XXV 1928 p262-269. (1928).

Elsden, J.V. ; Howe, J.A. (1923). The stones of London. London : Colliery Guardian.

BGS archives

Ref No Title Description
GSM/GL/Bm/1 Correspondence: letters to H.A.Allen, R.Crookall, J.S.Flett, J.A.Howe, F.L.Kitchin, W.F.P...
GSM/GL/Ds/1 Correspondence: letters to S.C.A.Holmes, J.Howe, Kitchin, J. Pringle and F.B.A.Welch
GSM/GL/Ta/3 Correspondence; letters to Flett, Howe, Kitchin, McLintock and H.H.Thomas
GSM/GL/We/7 Letters to Howe and Dewey, letter from Reynolds
GSM/GL/Wr/2 Letters From W B Wright Letters to J Pringle 1936 (1); Letters to S W Hester 1929 (1); Letters to J A Howe 1929 or replies (6); Letters from F L Kitchin 1929-1930 (2)
GSM/GL/Wr/8 Letters From W S Bisat to W B Wright Letters 31-40; 1 letter to L H Tonks 1letter of reply from W B Wright to J A Howe
GSM/GL/Wr/24 Letters From J A Howe to W B Wright 1-10 letters from J A Howe to W B Wright; 1 letter from W B Wright to J A Howe
GSM/GL/Wr/25 Letters From J A Howe to W B Wright 11-15 letters from J A Howe to W B Wright; 1 letter from W B Wright to J A Howe
GSM/MG/C/11 Correspondence re collections, presentations and purchases of minerals and building stone for the Museum. Arranged alphabetically. Addressed to J Howe.
GSM/MG/C/25 The Assynt model: papers and sketches re corrections and repainting from J.L Bowie, J.Horne and J.A.Howe.
GSM/MG/P Personnel The following papers relate mainly to the key figures in the Museum from its beginnings. The...
GSM/MG/P/5 Misc papers of J Howe. Minutes, notes and papers of Museum administration.
GSM/MG/P/6 Notebook of memoranda kept by J Howe.
GSM/MG/P/7 Correspondence to J Howe, Curator Letters about building stones, roadstones specimens etc