Staff list of the Geological Survey and Museum, 1835–1935

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From: Flett, J.S. 1937. The History of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office.

Appendix II Staff list

This list contains the names of all officers of the Geological Survey and Museum who are known to have been on the staff before 1900, but after that date only the names of scientific staff and not of technical assistants, general assistants, draughtsmen, warders, cleaners, messengers, labourers, etc. Names marked with an asterisk are those of members who were on the staff, or who joined the staff, in 1935.

The following abbreviations are used:

B.A. British Association for the Advancement of Science.
B.M. British Museum
F.R.S. Fellow of the Royal Society of London
G.A. Geologists’ Association
Geogr. Geographical
Geol. Geologist (or Geological)
Geol. of Yorks. Geology of Yorkshire, Kendall and Wroot, 1924
H.G.S. History of the Geological Society of London, H. B. Woodward, 1907
H.G.S. Glasgow History of the Geological Society of Glasgow, Macnair and Mort, 1908
H.O. Home Office
M.P.G. Museum of Practical Geology
O.S. Ordnance Survey
P.G.S. President of the Geological Society of London
P.R.G.S. President of the Royal Geographical Society
Proc. Proceedings
P.R.S. President of the Royal Society of London
Q.J.G.S. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London
Register, R.S.M. Register of the Royal School of Mines, T. G. Chambers, 1896
R.S. Royal Society
R.S.M. Royal School of Mines
Sec. Secretary
Soc. Society
S.P. Summary of Progress. of the Geological Survey
T.E.G.S. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society
Trans. Transactions

Staff list

Extended biographies can be found on the 'Pioneers of BGS' web application.

* ALLAN, JAMES KNOX born 1892, appointed Geologist 1922.
ADAMS, THOMAS born ?, appointed 1868, resigned 1869.
ALLEN, HENRY ATTWOOL born 1854, appointed Temporary Fossil Collector 1875, Assistant Naturalist 1882, Assistant Curator of Fossils 1898, Geologist 1901, retired 1919, died (Nature, 13th Oct., 1934 p. 562.)
* ANDERSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM born 1905, appointed Geologist 1935.
ANDERSON, ERNEST MASSON born 1877, appointed Geologist 1903, ‘Senior Geologist 1922, retired 1928.
* ANDERSON, WILLIAM born 1900, appointed Geologist 1922.
* ANDREWS, GEORGE EDWARD born 1873, appointed Cleaner 1897, General Assistant 1917, Technical Assistant 2nd Class 1919, retired 1936.
AVELINE, WILLIAM TALBOT born 1822, appointed Assistant Geologist 1840, District Surveyor 1867, retired 1882, died 1903. Murchison Medal 1894. (Geological Magazine, 1903, p. 285; Q.J.G.S., 1904, p. lxvi.)
BAILEY, EDWARD BATTERSBY born 1881, appointed Geologist 1902, District Geologist 1919, resigned 1929. President Edin. Geological Soc. 1919
BAILY, WILLIAM HELLIER born 1819, appointed Draughtsman 1844, Assistant Geologist 1845, Assistant Naturalist 1854, Geologist (Palaeontologist, Ireland) 1857, died 1888. (Geological Magazine, 1888, pp. 431 and 575; Nature, 23rd Aug., 1888, p. 396; Q.J.G.S., 1889, p. 39.)
BARROW, GEORGE born 1853, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1876, Geologist 1896, District Geologist 1909, retired 1915, died 1932. Bolitho Medal 1912; Murchison Medal 1913; President G. A. 1916
BAUREMAN, HILARY born 1834, appointed Assistant Geologist 1855, resigned 1858, died 1909. Geologist to N. America Boundary Commission 1858
BENNETT, FRANCIS JAMES born 1843, appointed Assistant Geologist 1868,. retired 1899, died 1920. (Q.J.G.S., 1921, p. lxxv.)
BENNIE, JAMES born 1821, appointed Fossil Coil. (Scotland) 1872, died 1901. (Geological Magazine, 1901, p143, H.G.S. Glasgow, 1908, p. 207.)
BEST, EDWARD born 1824, appointed Assistant Geologist 1855, Geologist (Sec.) 1862, retired 1893, died 1906. (Geological Magazine, 1907, p. 140.)
BISHOPP, T. C. born ?, appointed 1862, died 1863.
BLAKE, JOHN HOPWOOD born 1843, appointed Assistant Geologist ~868, died 1901. (Geological Magazine, 1901, p. 238; .Q.J.G.S., 1902, p. liii.)
BLAKELY, JOHN born 1841, appointed General Assistant (Ireland) 1888, retired 1912.
BONE, CHARLES R born 1808, appointed Artist 1845, died 1873.
BOSWORTH, THOMAS OWEN born 1882, appointed Geologist (Scotland) 1908, resigned 1909, died 1929. (Geological Magazine, 1929, p. 191; Nature, 3oth March, 1929, p. 300; Q.J.G.S., 1929, p. lxiv.)
BREWER, J. born 1839, appointed Cleaner 1877.
BRISTOW, HENRY WILLIAM born 1817, appointed Assistant Geologist 1842, Geologist 1847, District Surveyor 1867, Senior Director (Eng. & Wales) 1872, retired 1888, died 1889. F.R.S. 1862. (Geological Magazine, 1889, p. 381; Nature, 27th June, 1889, p. 206; QJ.G.S., 1890, p. 44.)
* BROMEHEAD, CYRIL EDWARD NOWILL born 1885, appointed Geologist 1909, Senior Geologist April 1922, District Geologist Nov. 1922.
* BUCHAN, STEVENSON born 1907, appointed Geologist 1931.
* BURNETT, GEORGE ALEXANDER born 1889, appointed Geologist 1920, Senior Geologist 1929.
BURNS, DAVID born 1843, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, resigned 1880.
* BUTLER, ARTHUR JAMES born 1911, appointed Geologist 1935.
CADELL, HENRY MOUBRAY born 1860, appointed Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1883, resigned 1888, died 1934. President Edin. Geological Soc. 1898
CAMERON, ALAN CHARLES GRANT born 1844, appointed Assistant Geologist 1868, Geologist 1893, retired 1900.
CAMPBELL, C. R. born ?, appointed ?, resigned 1871.
CANTRILL, THOMAS CROSBEE born 1867, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1896, Geologist 1901, District Geologist 1914, retired 1927, died 1931. Heslop Gold Medal 1895. (Geological Magazine, 1931, p. 237; .Q.J.G.S., 1932, p.lxxix.)
CARROLL, F. MAXWELL born ?, appointed 1854, resigned 1856.
*CARRUTHERS, ROBERT GEORGE born 1880, appointed Geologist 1903, District Geologist 1919. Bigsby Medal 1917.
* CHATWIN, CHARLES PANZETTA born 1887, appointed Assistant Palaeontologist 1920, Senior Geologist 1927.
CLARK, RICHARD born 1853, appointed Temporary Fossil Collector (Ireland) 1877, Assistant in Fossil Dept. (Ireland) 1891, Supt. of Maps 1901, retired 1918, died 1933.
CLOUGH, CHARLES THOMAS born 1852, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1875, transferred to Scotland 1884, Geologist 1896, District Geologist 1902, died 1916. Murchison Medal 1906; President Edin. Geological Soc. 1908
COLVIN, ALEXANDER born ?, appointed Assistant Geologist 1874, resigned 1897.
* COPE, FRED WOLVERSON born 1909, appointed Geologist (Assistant Librarian) 1934.
COTTON, J. born ?, appointed Fossil Collector 1852, resigned?.
COUPER, WILLIAM HICK born 1855, appointed Attendant 1891, retired 1920, died 1933.
CRAIK, JAMES born ?, appointed (Scotland) 1870, resigned 1873. 4.
CRAMPTON, CECIL BURLEIGH born 1871, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1900, Geologist 1901, retired 1914, died 1920.
CROLL, JAMES born 1821, appointed Sec. (Scotland) 1867, resigned 1881, died 1890. F.R.S. 1876. (Autobiographical Sketch, J. C. Irons, 1896; H.G.S. Glasgow, 1908, p. 204.)
CROOK, CHARLES VICTOR born 1868, appointed Assistant Librarian and Clerk 1895, Assistant Librarian 1901, Senior Geologist 1922, retired 1929.
* CROOKALL, ROBERT born 1890, appointed Geologist (Palaeobotanist) 1926.
CRUISE, RICHARD JOSEPH born 1842, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1867, resigned 1890, died 1895. (Irish Times, 29th Oct., 1895.)
CUNNINGHAM-CRAIG, EDWARD HUBERT born 1874, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1896, Geologist 1901, resigned 1907.
CUNNINGTON, CECIL HENRY born 1889, appointed Geologist 1910, died 1918. (Q.J.G.S., 1919, p. li.)
CURRY, JAMES born 1872, appointed Cleaner 1891, died 1928.
DAKYNS, JOHN ROCHE born 1836, appointed Assistant Geologist 1862, Geologist 1868,
DALTON, WILLIAM HERBERT born 1848, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, Geologist 1883, resigned 1885, died ? 1929. (,Q.J.G.S., 1930, p. lxii.)
DAVIES, W. born ?, appointed Fossil Collector 1846, died?.
* DAVIDSON, CHARLES FINDLAY born 1911, appointed Geologist 1934.
DAWKINS, WILLIAM BOYD born 1837, appointed Assistant Geologist 1862, resigned 1869, died 1929. F.R.S. 1867; Curator of Manchester Museum 1869; Professor of Geology, Owen’s College, 1872
DE LA BECHE, HENRY THOMAS born 1796, appointed Director-General 1835, died ~ F.R.S. 1819; P.G.S. 1847
DE RANCE, CHARLES EUGENE born 1847, appointed Assistant Geologist 1868, resigned 1898, died 1906. (Geological Magazine, 1906, p. 288; .Q.J.G.S., 1907, p. lxii.)
* DEWEY, HENRY born 1876, appointed Clerk 1903, Geologist 1906, District Geologist 1920, Assistant to Director 1935. Bolitho Medal 1914; President G.A. 1924
DICK, ALLAN B. born 1833, appointed Assistant to Dr. Percy at School of Mines 18~1, resigned 1856, died 1926. (T.E.G.S., XII, 1928, p.165.)
* DINES, HENRY GEORGE born 1891, appointed Geologist 1920, Senior Geologist 1930. Bolitho Medal 1933.
* DINHAM, CHARLES HAWKER born 1883, appointed Geologist 1910, Senior Geologist April 1922, District Geologist Nov. 1922.
DIX, MATTHEW born 1867, appointed Cleaner 1889, died 1924.
* DIXON, ERNEST EDWARD LEsLIE born 1876, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1899, Geologist 1901, Senior Geologist 1922. Murchison Medal 1936.
DREW, FREDERICK born 1836, appointed Assistant Geologist 18~ ~, Geologist resigned 1862, died 1891. Geologist to Maharajah of Kashmir 1862
DUFFIN, W. L’ESTRANGE born ?, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1871, resigned 1874, died ?.
* DUNHAM, KINGSLEY CHARLES born 1910, appointed Geologist 1935.
DU NOYER, GEORGE VICTOR born 1817, appointed Temporary Geologist (Ireland) 1848, Geologist 1849, District Surveyor 1867, died 1869. (Geological Magazine, 1869, p. 93.)
*EASTWOOD, TOM born 1888, appointed Geologist 1911, Senior Geologist 1922,
*EDMUNDS, FRANCIS HEREWARD born 1893, appointed Geologist 1922, Senior Geologist 1935.
* EDWARDS, WILFRID NORMAN born 1897, appointed Geologist 1923.
EGAN, FREDERICK WILLIAM born 1836, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1868, Geologist 1890, died 1901. (Geological Magazine, 1901, p. 95.)
ELLIOTT, EUSTACE GEORGE WILLIAM born 1882, appointed Clerk 1906, Staff Officer 1925, Assistant Librarian 1929, died 1933.
ETHERIDGE, ROBERT born 1819, appointed Assistant Naturalist 1857, Palaeontologist 1863, transferred to B.M. as Assistant Keeper of Palaeontology 1881, retired 1891, died 1903. Curator, Bristol Museum, 1850
ETHERIDGE, ROBERT, (JUN.) born 1846, appointed Palaeontologist (Scotland) 1871, resigned 1878, died 1920. Appointed to first Geologist Survey of Victoria under A. R. C. Selwyn; Assistant Naturalist, B.M., 1878; Palaeontologist to Geologist Survey of New South Wales 1887- 1920; Director of Australian Museum 1895
EVANS, RALPH DU BOULAY born 1891, appointed Geologist 1914, resigned 1919.
* EYLES, VICTOR AMBROSE born 1895, appointed Geologist 1920, Senior Geologist 1934.
FLANAGAN, JAMES born ?, appointed Fossil Collector (Ireland) 1845, died 1859.
* FLETT, JOHN SMITH born 1869, appointed Geologist 1901, District Geologist (Petrographer) 1903, Assistant to Director (Scotland) 1911, Director 1920, retired 1935. Neil Prize 1901; Bigsby Medal 1909; President Edin. Geological Soc. 1912
FOOT, REDERICK JAMES born 1830, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1854, Geologist 1862, died 1867. (Geological Magazine, 1867, pp. 95, 132).
FORBES, EDWARD born 1815, appointed Palaeontologist 1844, Lecturer in Natural History to School of Mines 1851, resigned 1854, died 1854. Chair of Botany, King’s College, 1842; F.R.S. 1845; P.G.S.1853
FORBES, JAMES GRELLIER born ?, appointed Artist?, died 1857.
FOSTER, CLEMENT LE NEVE born 1841, appointed Assistant Geologist 1860, resigned 1865, died 1904. Lecturer to Miners’ Association of Cornwall and Devon 1865; Engineer to Pestarena Gold Mining Co.1869; Inspector of Mines under H.O. 1872
* FOWLER, ALEXANDER born 1893, appointed Geologist 1920, Senior Geologist 1932.
FOX-STRANGWAYS, CHARLES EDWARD born 1844, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, Geologist 1879, District Geologist 1901, retired 1904, died 1910. (Geological Magazine, 1910, p. 235; Q.J.G.S., 1911, p. lv; Geologist of Yorks., 1924, p. 307.)
FRANKLAND, EDWARD born 1825, appointed Museum Chemist and Professor of Chemistry to R.S.M. 1865, retired 1885, died 1899. Professor of Chemistry, Owen’s College, Manchester, 1851; F.R.S.1853; Lecturer in Chemistry, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, 1857
GALVAN, CHARLES born ?, appointed Fossil Collector (Ireland) 1855, died 1870.
GAPPER, J. C. born ?, appointed Fossil Collector 1846, died?.
GARRAWAY, FRANCIS born 1841, appointed Attendant (Science & Art Dept. 1855) 1863, Housekeeper 1891, retired ? 1919.
GEIKIE, ARCHIBALD born 1835, appointed Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1855, Geologist 1861, Director for Scotland 1867, Director-General 1882, retired 1901, died 1924. F.R.S. 1865; President Edin. Geological Soc. 1868
GEIKIE, JAMES born 1839, appointed Assistant Geologist 1861, Geologist 1867, District Surveyor 1869, resigned 1882, died 1915. F.R.S. 1875; Makdougall-Brisbane Prize 1882; Murchison Professor of Geology, Edin., 1882
GEORGE, THOMAS NEVILLE born 1904, appointed Geologist 1930, resigned 1933. Appointed Professor of Geology, Swansea, 1933.
GIBBS, RICHARD born ?, appointed Fossil Collector 1843, retired 1872, died 1878.
GIBSON, WALCOT born 1864, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1893, Geologist 1901, District Geologist 1913, Assistant to Director (Scotland) 1920, retired 1925. Murchison Medal 1924; F.R.S. 1925.
GOODCHILD, JOHN GEORGE born 1844, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, Curator (Scotland) 1889, died 1906. President Edin. Geological Soc. 1900.-01. (Geological Magazine, 1906, p. 189; Q.J.G.S., 1907, p. lxv; H.G.S. Glasgow, 1908, p. 249; Geologist of Yorks., 1924, p. 437.)
GOULD, CHARLES born ?, appointed 1857, resigned 1859, died 1895. Appointed to Geologist Survey of Tasmania 1859. (Q.J.G.S., 1899, p. lxii.)
GRABHAM, GEORGE WALTER born 1882, appointed Temporary Geologist 1903, Geologist 1905, resigned 1906. Appointed to Geologist Survey of Sudan 1906.
GRAY, HENRY JAMES born 1851, appointed General Assistant 1866, retired 1896.
GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY born 1832, appointed Assistant Geologist 1861, Geologist 1867, resigned 1874, died 1896. Chair of Geology, Leeds, 1874; F.R.S. 1886; Chair of Geology, Oxford, 1888; Murchison Medal 1892. (Geological Magazine, 1896, p. 480; .Q.J.G.S., 1897, p. lii; Proc. R.S., LXII, 1898, p. v.)
GREENLY, EDWARD born 1861, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1889, resigned 1895. Lyell Medal 1920.
GUNN, WILLIAM born 1837, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, Geologist (Scotland) 1884, District Geologist 1901, retired Sept. 1902, died Oct. 1902. (Geological Magazine, 1902, p. 576; Q.J.G.S., 1903, p. liv.)
HALLET, G. born ?, appointed 1850, died?.
* HALLIMOND, ARTHUR FRANCIS born 1890, appointed Assistant Curator 1912, Senior Geologist 1922.
HARAGAN, J. born ?, appointed Fossil Collector (Ireland) 1845, died?.
HARDMAN, EDWARD TowNleY born 1845, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1870, Western Australia 1883
HARKER, ALFRED born 1859, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1895, Geologist 1901, resigned 1905. F.R.S. 1902; Murchison Medal 1907; P.G.S. 1916
HATCH, FREDERICK HENRY born 1864, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Petrologist for Eng. and Wales) 1886, resigned 1892, died 1932. President Geologist Soc. of S. Africa 1905; President Institution of Mining and Metallurgy 1914. (QJ.G.S., 1933, p. xciv.)
HAWKINS, CHARLES EDWARD born 1847, appointed Assistant Geologist 1869, transferred to Office 1896, retired 1901, died 1917.
HAY, JOHN born ?, appointed 1859, resigned 1861.
HEBERT, E. J. born ?, appointed Assistant Geologist 1875, resigned 1880.
HENFREY, ARTHUR born 1819, appointed Botanist 1845, resigned 1846, died1859. Lecturer, St. George’s Hospital, 1847; F.R.S. 1852; Chair of Botany, King’s College, London, 1854. (Proc. R.S., X, 1860, p. xviii.)
HENFREY, GEORGE born ?, appointed 1845, resigned 1846.
HILL, JAMES BASTIAN born 1861, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1884, Geologist 1901, resigned 1911, died 1927. Geologist Adviser to Ministry of Health 1911
HINXMAN, LIONEL WORDSWORTH born 1855, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1883, Temporary Geologist 1900, Geologist 1901, District Geologist 1905, retired 1919, died 1936.
HOCKMAN, WILLIAM ROLLS born ?, appointed Attendant 1890 ?, died1897.
HOFMANN, AUGUST WILHELM born 1818, appointed Museum Chemist 1853, resigned 1865, died 1892. Professor of Chemistry, Royal College of Chemistry, 1845
* HOLLINGWORTH, SYDNEY EWART born 1899, appointed Geologist 1921.
HOLLOWAY, W. B. born ?, appointed Assistant Geologist 1869, died 1880. (Geological Magazine, 1880, p. 336.)
* HOLMES, STANLEY CHARLES ARTHUR born 1912, appointed Geologist 1935.
HOLMES, THOMAS VINCENT born 1840, appointed Assistant Geologist 1868, resigned 1879, died 1923. President G.A. 1889
HOOKER, JOSEPH DALTON born 1817, appointed Botanist 1846, resigned 1847, died 1911. F.R.S. 1847; Royal Medal 1854; Director, Kew Gardens, 1865
HORNE, JOHN born 1848, appointed Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1867, Geologist 1881, Assistant to Director (Scotland) 1901, retired 1911, died 1928. Neil Prize 1892; President Edin. Geological Soc. 1896
HOSKIN, P. born ?, appointed Fossil Collector (Ireland) 1854, resigned 1855.
HOWE, JOHN ALLEN born 1869, appointed Geologist 1901, Curator and Librarian 1902, Assistant to Director 1920, retired 1931. O.B.E. 1920; Bolitho Medal 1929.
HOWELL, HENRY HYATT born 1834, appointed Assistant Geologist 1850, Geologist 1857, District Surveyor 1872, Dir, for Scotland 1882, Dir, for Gt. Brit. 1888, retired 1899, died 1915. (Geological Magazine, 1899, p. 433; Q.J.G.S., 1916, p. lx.)
HUGHES, THOMAS MCKENNY born 1832, appointed Assistant Geologist 1861, Geologist 1867, resigned 1873, died 1917. Woodwardian Professor, Cambridge, 1873
HULL, EDWARD born 1829, appointed Assistant Geologist 1850, Geologist 1859, District Surveyor (Scotland) 1867, Dir, for Ireland 1869, retired 1891, died1917. F.R.S. 1867; Professor of Geology, Royal College of Science, Dublin, 1869; Murchison Medal 1890. (Geological Magazine, 1917, p. 553; .Q.J.G.S., 1918, p. liv; Proc. R.S., B. XC, 1919, p. xxviii; Geologist of Yorks., 1924, p. 262; Reminiscences, 1910.)
HUNT, ROBERT born 1807, appointed Keeper of Mining Records 1845, Lecturer in Mechanical Science to School of Mines 1851- 54, retired 1883, died 1887. F.R.S. 1854. (Nature, 3rd Nov., 1887, p. 14; Proc. R.S., XLVII, 1890, p. i; Register, R.S.M., 1896, p. xc.)
HUXLEY, THOMAS HENRY born 1825, appointed Naturalist to M.P.G. 1854 (
HYLAND, JOHN SHEARSON born 1866, appointed Petrologist (Ireland) 1888, resigned 1891, died 1898. (Q.J.G.S., 1899, p. lxii.)
IBBETSON, LEVETT LANDON BOSCAWEN born ?, appointed ?, died 1869. F.R.S.1850. (Q.J.G.S., 1870, p. xli; H.G.S., 1907, p. 147.)
IRVINE, DUNCAN ROBERTSON born 1852, appointed Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1868, resigned 1882.
JACK, ROBERT LOGAN born 1845, appointed Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1867, resigned 1877, died 1921. Appointed Govermnent Geologist for N. Queensland 1877. (.Q.J.G.S., 1922, p. xlix.)
JAMES, HENRY born 1803, appointed in charge of new branch (Ireland) 1845, resigned 1846, died 1877. Appointed to O.S. 1827; F.R.S. 1848; Assoc. Inst. C.E. 1849; Director-General O.S. 1854
JAMES, TREVOR EVANS born ?, appointed 1840, transferred to Ireland 1845, transferred to England Oct. 1845.
* JONES, ROBERT CYRIL BRISCOE born 1896, appointed Geologist I923.
JONES, OWEN THOMAS born 1878, appointed Geologist 1903, resigned 1910. Appointed Professor of Geology, Aberystwyth, 1910; Professor of Geology, Manchester, 1919; F.R.S. 1926; Lyell Medal 1926; Woodwardian Professor, Cambridge, 1930.
JORDAN, JAMES B. born ?, appointed Assistant Keeper of Mining Records 1858, transferred to H.O. 1883.
JORDAN, THOMAS B. born ?, appointed first Keeper of Mining Records 1840, resigned 1845, died 1890.
JUDD, JOHN WESLEY born 1840, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, resigned 1871, appointed Professor of Geology at School of Mines 1876, retired 1905, died1916. F.R.S. 1877; P.G.S. 1886
JUKES, JOSEPH BEETE born 1811, appointed 1846, Local Director (Ireland) 1850, died 1869. Geologist Surveyor of Newfoundland 1839
JUKES-BROWNE, ALFRED JOHN born 1851, appointed Temporary Asst, Geologist 1874, retired 1902, died 1914. Murchison Medal 1901; F.R.S. 1909. (Geological Magazine, 1914, p. 431; Q.J.G.S., 1915, p. lvi; Geologist of Yorks., 1924, p. 415.)
KELLY, JOHN born 1791, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1856, retired 1866.
KENNEDY, JOHN born ?, appointed General Office Assistant (Ireland) 1853, resigned 1854.
* KENNEDY, WILLIAM QUARRIER born 1903, appointed Geologist 1928.
KILROE, JAMES ROBINSON born 1848, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1874, Geologist 1890, retired 1913, died 1927.
KINAHAN, GEORGE HENRY born 1829, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1854, Senior Geologist 1861, District Surveyor 1869, retired 1890,
KING, WILLIAM BERNARD ROBINSON born 1889, appointed Geologist 1912, resigned 1920. Appointed Assistant to Woodwardian Professor, Cambridge, 1920; Yates Goldsmid Professor of Geology University College, London, 1931.
KITCHIN, FINLAY LORIMER born 1870, appointed Assistant Palaeontologist 1898, Geologist 1901, Palaeontologist (District Geologist) 1905, died 1934. F.R.S. 1928; Lyell Medal 1934. (Obituary Notices, R.S., No. 3, 1934, p. 349; QJ.G.S., 1934, p. lvii.)
* KNOX, JOHN born 1898, appointed Geologist 1923.
KYNASTON, HERBERT born 1868, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1895, Geologist 1901, resigned 1903, died 1915. Director, Transvaal Geologist Survey, 1903; President Geologist Soc. of S. Africa 1908. (QJ.G.S., 1916, p. lxi.)
LAMPLUGH, GEORGE WILLIAM born 1839, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1892, District Geologist 1901, Assistant to Director 1914, retired 1920, died1926. Bigsby Medal 1901; F.R.S. 1905; P.G.S. 1918- 20; Wollaston Medal 1925. (Geological Magazine, 1918, p. 337; Geological Magazine, 1927, p. 91; QJ.G.S., 1927, p. lvi; Nature, 20th Oct., 1926, p.634.)
LEBOUR, GEORGE ALEXANDER LOUIS born 1847, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, resigned 1874, died 1918. Appointed Lecturer in Geological Surveying, Durham University College of Physical Science, Newcastle, 1873, Professor 1879
LEE, GABRIEL WHARTON born 1880, appointed Geologist (Scotland) 1907, Senior Geologist 1922, died 1928. (Nature, 2nd Feborn, 1929, p. 172.)
LEESON, E. born ?, appointed Fossil Collector (Ireland) 1870, resigned 1881.
LEONARD, HUGH born 1841, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1867, retired 1881, died 1909. (Geological Magazine, 1909, p. 191.)
LEONARD, WILLIAM BENJAMIN born ?, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1867, died 1876.
LEWIS, EDWARD born ? , appointed (Ireland) 1845, resigned 1845.
LIGHTFOOT, BEN born 1888, appointed Geologist 1909, resigned 1911. Appointed Assistant Geologist, S. Rhodesia, 1911; Director, Geologist Survey of S. Rhodesia, 1935.
LIGHTFOOT, G. HERBERT born ?, appointed Assistant Geologist 1868, resigned 1869.
LINN, JAMES born 1835, appointed Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1877, resigned 1888, died ?.
* LLOYD, WILFRED born 1894, appointed Geologist 1920.
LOGAN, WILLIAM EDMOND born 1798, appointed 1835, resigned 1842, died1875. Initiated Geologist Survey of Canada 1842, Director 1843- 69; F.R.S. 1851; Kt. 1856; Wollaston Medal 1856; Royal Medal 1867. (QJ.G.S., 1856, p. xxi; Geological Magazine, 1875, p. 382; Nature, 1st July, 1875, p. 161; Proc. R.S., XXIV, 1876, p. i; QJ.G.S., 1876, p. 76; Life of Sir William E. Logan, B. J. Harrington, 1883.)
LUCAS, JOSEPH born 1846, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, Geologist ?, resigned 1876, died 1926. (Nature, 22nd May, 1926, p. 730; Q.J.G.S., 1927, p. lx.)
LUNN, ROBERT born 1861 appointed Porter 1874, General Assistant 1881, Clerk 1901, Supt. of Maps 1901, retired 1921.
MACALISTER, DONALD ALEXANDER born 1875, appointed Temporary Geologist 1902, Mining Geologist 1905, resigned 1911. Bolitho Medal 1918.
MACCONOCHIE, ARTHUR I born 1850, appointed Fossil Collector (Scotland) 1869, Assistant in Fossil Dept. 1889, Assistant for Survey Collections 1907, retired 1913, died 1922. Lecturer in Geology, Heriot-Watt College, 1906
* MACGREGOR, ARCHIBALD GORDON .born 1894, appointed Geologist 1921, Senior Geologist 1934.
*MACGREGOR, MURRAY born 1884, appointed Geologist 1909, District Geologist 1919, Assistant to Director (Scotland) 1925.
MADEN, JAMES born 1894, appointed Geologist 1920, died 1927.
MARSDEN, FRANK born 1895, appointed Geologist 1920, resigned 1922.
MAUFE, HERBERT BRANTWOOD born 1879, appointed Geologist 1901, resigned 1910. Director, Geologist Survey of S. Rhodesia, 1910
MCCOY, FREDERICK born 1823, appointed (Ireland) 1845, resigned 1847, died 1899. Chair of Geology and Mineralogy, Queen’s University, Belfast, 1850; first Professor of Natural Science, Melbourne, 1854
MCHENRY ALEXANDER born 1843, appointed Fossil Collector (Ireland) 1861, Temporary Assistant Geologist 1877, Geologist 1890, retired 1908, died 1919. (Geological Magazine, 1919, p. 336; Q.J.G.S., 1920, p. lx.)
* MCLINTOCK, WILLIAM FRANCIS PORTER born 1887, appointed Assistant Curator 1907, transferred to Royal Scottish Museum 1911, Curator M.P.G.1921.
MEADE, RICHARD born 1827, appointed Assistant Keeper of Mining Records 1853, trans. to H.O. 1883, appointed Clerk of Mineral Statistics, retired 1889, died 1894. (Geological Magazine, 1894, p. 576.)
MEDLICOTT, HENRY BENEDICT born 1829, appointed (Ireland) 1829, transferred to Eng. 1853, resigned 1853, died 1905. Appointed to Geologist Survey of India 1853, Director 1876
MEDLICOTT, JOSEPH G born ?, appointed General Assistant (Ireland) 1846, resigned 1851. Transf. to Geologist Survey of India 1851. (Annual Reports, Geological Survey of India, 1858
MEDLICOTT, SAMUEL born ?, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1854, resigned 1856.
MILLER, HUGH, (JUN.) born 1850, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1874, Geologist 1889, died 1896. (Geological Magazine, 1896, p.92; Q.J.G.S., 1896, p. lxxx.)
* MITCHELL, GEORGE HOOLE born 1902, appointed Geologist 1929.
MITCHELL, WILLIAM FANCOURT born 1845, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1875, retired 1890.
MOONEY, DENIS born ?, appointed General Assistant (Ireland) 1857, retired 1888.
* MORGAN, STEPHEN WILLIAM born 1871, appointed Cleaner 1896, Attendant 1897, Technical Assistant 1st. Cl. 1925, retired 1935.
MOURANT, ARTHUR ERNEST born 1904, appointed Geologist 1929, resigned 1931.
MURCHISON, RODERICK IMPEY born 1792, appointed Director-General 1855, died 1871. F.R.S. 1826; P.G.S. 1831
MURCHISON, R. M. born ?, appointed 1847, resigned 1848, died?.
MURPHY, THOMAS. born ?, appointed Fossil Collector (Ireland) 1845, resigned 1846, died?.
MURRAY, ALEXANDER born ?, appointed 1840, resigned 1842, died ?1884. Appointed Assistant to Logan, Geologist Survey of Canada, 1842; founded Geologist Survey of Newfoundland, Director 1869. (Canadian Mining Journal 5oth Anniversary No., Aug., 1929, p. 54.)
NEWTON, EDWIN TULLEY born 1840, appointed Assistant Naturalist 1865, Palaeontologist and Curator of Fossils 1882, retired 1905, died 1930. F.R.S.1893; Lyell Medal 1893; President G.A. 1896
NEWTON, RICHARD BULLEN born 1854, appointed 1868, Assistant Naturalist 1873, resigned 1880 (transferred to B.M.,) retired 1920, died 1926. President Malacological Soc. 1910
NEWTON, T. W. born 1822, appointed Assistant Librarian 1860, retired 1895, died 1902.
NOBLE, ARTHUR HENRY born 1887, appointed Geologist 1910, resigned 1912. Appointed to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company 1912.
NOLAN, JOSEPH born 1841, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1867, Geologist 1883, Senior Geologist in charge of Irish Office 1890, retired 1901, died 1902. (Geological Magazine, 1902, p. 288.)
* OAKLEY, KENNETH PAGE born 1911, appointed Geologist 1934, resigned 1935. Appointed Assistant Keeper, Dept. of Geology, B.M., 1935.
O’CONNOR, PATRICK MICHAEL born 1864, appointed Copyist 1880, Assistant Clerk 1896, resigned 1903. Appointed Clerk on Transvaal Geologist Survey, 1903.
O’KELLY, JOSEPH born 1832, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1854, Sec. (Ireland) 1856, died 1883. (Geological Magazine, 1883, p. 288.)
OLDHAM, THOMAS born 1816 appointed Local Director for Ireland 1846, resigned 1850, died 1878. Geologist Assistant to General Portlock, O.S. (Ireland), 839; Chair of Geology, Dublin, 1845; President Geologist Soc. Dublin 1848; F.R.S. 1848; Director, Geologist Survey of India, 1851
PEACH, BENJAMIN NEEvE born 1842, appointed Assistant Geologist 1862, transferred to Scotland 1867, Geologist 1868, Acting Palaeontologist 1879, District Surveyor 1882, retired 1905, died 1926. Neill Prize 1886; F.R.S.1892; Murchison Centenary Prize 1892; Murchison Medal 1899; President Edin. Geological Soc. 1902
PENNING, WILLIAM HENRY born 1838, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, Geologist ?, retired 1882, died 1902. (Geological Magazine, 1902, p. 335; Q.J.G.S., 1903, p. lx.)
PENNY, J born ?, appointed General Assistant (Ireland) 1845, resigned 1846, died?.
PERCY, JOHN born 1817, appointed Lecturer in Metallurgy to School of Mines 1851, resigned 1880, died 1889. F.R.S. 1847; Bessemer Medal 1877; President Iron & Steel Institute 1885; Albert Medal 1889. (Nature, 27th June, 1889, p. 206; Q.J.G.S., 1890, p. 45; Proc. R.S., XLVI, 1890, p. xxxv; Register, R.S.M., 1896,p. lxxxvii.)
* PHEMISTER, JAMES born 1893, appointed Geologist 1921, Senior Geologist 1928, District Geologist (Petrographer) 1935.
PHILLIPS, JOHN born 1800, appointed 1841 ?, resigned 1849, died 1874. F.R.S.1834; Professor of Geology, King’s College, London, 1834
PHILLIPS, RICHARD born 1778, appointed Chemist and Curator 1839, died1851. F.R.S. 1822; President Chemical Soc. (Q.J.G.S., 1852, p. xxiv; H.G.S., 1907, p. 13.)
PLAYFAIR, LYON born 1819, appointed Chemist 1845 and Professor of Chemistry at School of Mines 1851, resigned 1853, died 1898. Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution, 1843; F.R.S. 1848; Sec., Science and Art Dept., 1853; Inspector-General of Government Museums and Schools of Science 1856; Professor of Chemistry, Edin., 1858; K.C.B. 1883; President B.A. 1885; Baron Playfair of St. Andrews 1892; G.C.B. 1894. (Register, R.S.M., 1896, p. lxxxv; Proc. R.S., LXIV, 1899, p. ix.)
* POCOCK, ROY WOODHOUSE born 1887, appointed Geologist 1912, Senior Geologist 1922.
POCOCK, THEODORE INNES born 1869, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1897, Geologist 1901, resigned 1906.
POLLARD, WILLIAM born 1870, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1898, Geologist (Chemist) 1901, retired 1913.
POLWHELE, THOMAS ROXBURGH born 1831, appointed 1857, resigned died1909. Bolitho Medal 1908. (Geological Magazine, 1909, p. 576; Q.J.G.S. 1911, p. liii.)
POND, SAMUEL born ?, appointed 1850, died?.
PRINGLE, ALEXANDER born 1842, appointed Assistant Curator 1877, retired 1907, died 1934.
* PRINGLE, JOHN born 1877, appointed Fossil Collector 1901, Assistant in Fossil Dept. 1907, Assistant Palaeontologist 1913, Senior Geologist 1922, Palaeontologist (District Geologist) 1934.
PUGH, T. J. G born ?, appointed Clerk 1875, retired? 1880.
RAMSAY, ANDREW CROMBIE born 1814, appointed Assistant Geologist 1841, Local Director 1845, Professor of Geology at School of Mines 1851
READ, HERBERT HAROLD born 1889, appointed Geologist 1914, Senior Geologist 1926, resigned 1931. President Edin. Geological Soc. 1929
REEKS, TRENHAM born 1823, appointed Assistant Curator 1839, Curator 1851, died 1879. (Geological Magazine, 1879, p. 288; Nature, 8th May, 1879, p. 38.)
REES, JOSIAH born ?, appointed 1839, resigned? 1843, died ?. Judge in Barbados.
REID, CLEMENT born 1853, appointed Assistant Geologist 1874, Geologist 1894, District Geologist 1901, retired 1913, died 1916. Bigsby Medal 1897; F.R.S.1899; Bolitho Medal 1911. (Geological Magazine, 1917, p. 47; QJ.G.S., 1917, p. lxi; Proc. R.S., B. XC, 1919, p. viii; Geologist of Yorks., 1924, p. 613.)
RHIND, JOHN born ?, appointed Assistant to Palaeontologist 1853 died 1857.
RHIND, W. F. b ?, appointed Fossil Collector 1857, died?.
RHODES, John born 1852, appointed Fossil Collector 1881, Assistant in Fossil Dept. 1898, retired 1918, died 1935.
* RICHEY, JAMES ERNEST born 1886, appointed Geologist 1911, Senior Geologist 1922, District Geologist 1925. Lyell Medal 1933.
* ROBBIE, JAMES ANDREW born 1910, appointed Geologist 1935.
* ROBERTSON, THOMAS born 1892, appointed Temporary Geologist 1917, resigned 1918 for work under Colonial Office in Togoland, appointed Geologist 1920, Senior Geologist 1928.
* ROSE, WILLIAM COLIN CAMPBELL born 1908, appointed Geologist 1930.
ROSS, GEORGE born 1887, appointed Geologist 1921, retired 1933.
RUDLER, FREDERICK WILLIAM born 1840, appointed Assistant Curator 1861, resigned 1876, appointed Curator and Librarian, and Registrar (R.S.M.), 1879, retired 1902, died 1915. Lecturer in Natural Science, Aberystwyth, 1876
RUSSELL, ROBERT born 1842, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, Geologist. 1882, resigned 1891, died 1900. (Whitehaven News, 10th May, 1900; QJ.G.S., 1901, p. lvii.)
RUTLEY, FRANK born 1842, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, resigned 1882, died 1904. Lecturer in Mineralogy, Royal College of Science, 1882. (Geological Magazine, 1904, p. 333; Q.J.G.S., 1905, p. liv; H.G.S., 1907, p. 223.)
SALTER, JOHN WILLIAM born 1820, appointed Assistant to E. Forbes 1846, Palaeontologist 1854, resigned 1863, died 1869. (Geological Magazine, 1869, p. 477; .Q.J.G.S., 1870, p. xxxvi; H.G.S., 1907, p. 152.)
SALTER, ELIAS FRANCIS born 1867, appointed Cleaner 1891, Technical Assistant 1st. Cl. 1922, died 1930.
SALTER, PETER JOHN born 1860, appointed Cleaner 1885, Attendant 1891, Housekeeper 1904, Teck Assistant 1st Cl. 1922, retired 1925.
SCRIVENOR, JoHN BROoKE born 1876, appointed Geologist 1902, resigned 1903. Appointed Government Geologist to Federated Malay States 1903, Director 1927; Bolitho Medal 1928.
SELWYN, ALFRED RICHARD CECIL born 1824, appointed 1845, resigned 1852, died 1902. Director, Geologist Survey of Victoria, 1852
SEYMOUR, HENRY JOSEPH born 1876, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Petrologist, Ireland) 1898, Geologist 1901, resigned 1909. Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University College, Dublin, 1909.
SHARMAN, GEORGE born 1932, appointed Temporary Assistant 1855, Assistant to Palaeontologist 1858, Senior Palaeontologist and Curator of Fossils 1882, retired 1897, died 1914. (Geological Magazine, 1914, p. 240.)
SHELSWELL, JOHN born ?, appointed Assistant Geologist 1868, resigned? 1874.
* SHERLOCK, ROBERT LIONEL born 1875, appointed Geologist 1903, Senior Geologist 1922.
SIMMONS, WILLIAM CHARLES born 1888, appointed Geologist 1911, resigned 1913.
* SIMPSON, JOHN BAIRD born 1894, appointed Geologist 1920, Senior Geologist 1932.
SKAE, HARRIMAN MALCOLM born 1847, appointed Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1867, Geologist ? 1883, died 1889.
SKERTCHLY, SYDNEY BARBER JOSIAH born 1850, appointed Assistant Geologist 1869, retired 1881, died 1926. Seconded as Geologist to Khedive of Egypt 1870
* SMITH, BERNARD born 1881, appointed Geologist 1906, District Geologist 1920, Assistant to Director 1931, Director 1935, died 1936. Bigsby Medal 1935 F.R.S.1933; Bolitho Medal 1935. (Nature, 29th Aug., 1936, p. 354.)
SMYTH, WARINGTON WILKINSON born 1817, appointed Mining Geologist 1845, Lecturer in Mining to School of Mines 1851
SOLLAS, WILLIAM JOHNSON born 1849, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1893, resigned 1897, died 1936. F.R.S. 1889; Bigsby Medal 1893; Professor of Geology and Palaeontologist, Oxford, 1897; Wollaston Medal 1907; P.G.S. 1908
STOKES, GEORGE GABRIEL born 1819, appointed Lecturer in Physics to School of Mines 1855, resigned 1859, died 1903. Lucasian Professor, Cambridge, 1849
STOKES, R. S born ?, appointed 1855, resigned 1859.
* STEPHENS, JoHN VICToR born 1897, appointed Geologist 1922.
STRAHAN, AUBREY born 1852, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1875, Geologist 1896, District Geologist 1901, Assistant to Director 1909, Director 1914, retired 1920, died 1928. F.R.S. 1903; P.G.S. 1912
* STUBBLEFIELD, CYRIL JOHN born 1901, appointed Geologist 1928.
SYMES, RICHARD GLASCOTT born 1840, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1863, Geologist 1869, transferred to Scotland 1890, retired 1900, died 1906. (Geological Magazine, 1906, p. 432.)
TAIT, DAVID born 1869, appointed Fossil Collector (Scotland) 1897, Technical Assistant 1st Cl. 1919, retired 1934.
* TAYLOR, JAMES HAWARD born 1909, appointed Geologist 1935.
TEALL, JETHRO JUSTINIAN HARRIS born 1849, appointed Geologist (Petrographer) 1888, Director 1901, retired 1914, died 1924. Bigsby Medal 1889; F.R.S. 1890; President G.A. 1898
* THOMAS, HERBERT HENRY born 1876, appointed Geologist 1901, Petrographer (District Geologist) 1911, died 1935. Murchison Medal 1925 F.R.S. 1927. (Nature, 20th July, 1935, p. 95; Obituary Notices, R.S., No. 4, 1935, p. 591; .Q.J.G.S., 1936, p. cxvi.)
THOMAS, IVOR born 1877, appointed Geologist (Assistant Palaeontologist) 1905, resigned 1912, died 1918. Appointed to Welsh Inspectorate of Schools 1912. (Q.J.G.S., 1919, p. lxvii.)
TIDDEMAN, RICHARD HILL born 1842, appointed Assistant Geologist 1864, Geologist 1870, retired 1902, died 1917. Murchison Medal 1911; President Yorkshire Geologist Soc. 1914. (Geological Magazine, 1917, p. 238; Q.J.G.S., 1918, p. liv.)
* TONKS, LAURANCE HENRY born 1895, appointed Geologist 1921, Senior Geologist 1934.
TOOKEY, CHArLES born ?, appointed Assistant to Dr. Percy at School of Mines 1856, resigned 1865, died 1906. Appointed Assistant, Royal College of Chemistry, 1852; Assistant, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, 1854
TOPLEY, WILLIAM born 1841, appointed Assistant Geologist 1862, Geologist 1868, charge of Office 1893, died 1894. President G.A. 1885
TRAILL, WILLIAM A. born 1844, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1868, retired 1881, died 1933. (Belfast Telegraph, 6th July, 1933.)
TRENCH, RICHARD born 1836, appointed Assistant Geologist 1858, resigned 1860, died1861. Appointed to Geologist Survey of India 1860. (Annual Report, Geologist Survey of India, 1860
TRIMMER, EDWARD J. A. born ?, appointed? 1854, resigned 1854.
TRIMMER, JOSHUA born 1795, appointed 1846, resigned 1854, died 1857. (Q.J.G.S., 1858, p. xxxii.)
* TROTTER, FREDERICK MURRAY born 1897, appointed Geologist 1921, Senior Geologist 1932.
TYNDALL, JOHN born 1820, appointed Lecturer in Physics to School of Mines 1859, resigned 1868, died 1893. F.R.S. 1852; Professor of Natural Philosophy, Royal Institution, 1853
USSHER, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS EDMOND born 1849, appointed Assistant Geologist 1868, Geologist 1892, retired 1909, died 1920. Bolitho Medal 1903; Murchison Medal 1914. (Q.J.G.S., 1921, p. lxxiii.)
WALTERS, HUGH born 1854, appointed Fossil Collector 1870, resigned 1880.
WARD, JAMES CLIFTON born ?, appointed Assistant Geologist 1865, Geologist?, resigned 1878, died 1880. (Geological Magazine, 1880, p. 334; Q.J.G.S., 1881, p. 41.)
WARREN, JAMES LILLIE born ?, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1867, Geologist 1870, died 1872.
WATTS, WILLIAM WHITEHEAD born 1860, appointed Assistant Geologist And Petrologist (Ireland) with charge of Survey Collections in Dublin Museum 1891, transferred to Eng. (as Assistant Geologist and Petrologist) 1893, resigned 1897. Appointed Assistant Professor of Geology, Mason College, 1897; Professor of Geography, Birmingham, 1904; F.R.S.1904; Professor of Geology, Imperial College of Science, 1906
WEDD, CHARLES BERTIE born 1868, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist 1898, Geologist 1901, Senior Geologist 1922, retired 1929.
WELCH, FRANCIS BRIAN AWBURN born 1903, appointed Geologist 1931.
WHITAKER, WILLIAM born 1836, appointed Assistant Geologist 1857, Geologist 1863, District Surveyor 1882, retired 1896, died 1925. Murchison Medal 1886; F.R.S. 1887; P.G.S. 1898
* WHITEHEAD, TALBOT HAES born 1890, appointed Geologist 1914, Senior Geologist 1926, District Geologist 1935.
WILD, H. born ?, appointed General Assistant 1861, resigned 1864.
WILKINSON, SYDNEY BERDOE NEAL born 1849, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1867, Geologist 1872, transferred to Scotland 1890, transferred to Eng. 1898, transferred to Ireland 1904, Senior Geologist 1905, retired 1914, died ?.
WILLIAMS, DAVID HIRAM born ?, appointed 1839, resigned 1845, died 1849. Appointed Geologist Surveyor to East India Co., 1845. (Memoir on Indian Surveys, C. R. Markham, 1878, p. 209.)
WILLIAMS, HORACE WALTER GILBERT born 1855, appointed Temporary Draughtsman 1895, Supt. of Maps 1902, retired 1920, died 1928.
WILLIS, ROBERT born 1800, appointed Lecturer in Applied Mechanics to School of Mines 1853, resigned 1869, died 1875. F.R.S. 1830; Jacksonian Professor, Cambridge, 1837
WILLS, LEONARD JOHNSTON born 1884, appointed Geologist 1909, resigned 1913. Lecturer, Birmingham University, 1913 Professor of Geology, Birmingham, 1932.
WILLSON, W. L. born ?, appointed (Ireland) 1845, resigned 1856, died 1878. Appointed to Geologist Survey of India 1857.
* WILSON, GEORGE VICTOR born 1886, appointed Geologist (Scotland) 1911, Senior Geologist 1922, District Geologist 1928.
WILSON, JAMES SIMPSON GRANT born 1855, appointed Temporary Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1876, Geologist 1901, died 1908. (Geological Magazine, 1909, p. 91.)
WOLLASTON, GEORGE HYDE born 1844, appointed Assistant Geologist 1868, resigned 1871, died 1926. (Q.J.G.S., 1927, p. lix.)
WOODWARD, HORACE BOLINGBROKE born 1848, appointed Assistant Geologist 1867, Geologist 1875, charge of Office 1894, District Surveyor 1896, Acting Director for Eng. and Wales 1899, Assistant to Director 1901, retired 1908, died 1914. President G.A. 1893
* WRAY, DISNEY ALEXANDER born 1888, appointed Geologist 1913, Senior Geologist 1926.
* WRIGHT, WILLIAM BOURKE born 1876, appointed Geologist 1901, transferred to Ireland 1910, District Geologist 1921, transferred to Eng. 1921.
WYLEY, ANDREW born ?, appointed Assistant Geologist (Ireland) 1845, resigned 1855. Appointed to Geologist Survey of S. Africa 1855.
WYNNE, ALFRED H. born ?, appointed ~ resigned 1857. WYNNE, ARTHUR BEAVOR.
YOUNG, JOHN born 1835, appointed Assistant Geologist (Scotland) 1861, resigned 1866, died 1902. Regius Professor of Natural History, Glasgow, 1866, and Keeper of Hunterian Museum. (Essays and Addresses, J. Young, 1904 H.G.S., Glasgow, 1908, p. 210.)