Thomas Crosbee Cantrill—signature. BGS Image P810122
Timeline[edit]
| Date |
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| 1871 |
Resigned from Survey.
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| 1867 |
Born November 20th at Handsworth, Birmingham. Educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Stourbridge, and Mason College, Birmingham. Studied geology under Professor Charles Lapworth.
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| 1891 |
Graduated (1st).
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| 1895 |
Heslop Gold Medal for research on structure of Forest of Wyre Coalfield (carried out during period of scholastic work).
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| 1896 |
Joined Geological Survey. (Geologist 1901; D.G. 1914.) For 14 years engaged in mapping and description of South Wales Coalfield.
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| 1907 |
F.G.S. Awarded Lyell Fund.
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| 1910 |
Tranferred from South Wales to the Midlands (Lichfield).
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| 1914-1918 |
Special reports on Mineral Resources.
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| 1919 |
Resumed normal work in North Wales Borderland and Midlands.
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| 1921-1923 |
Served on Council of Geological Society.
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| 1927 |
Retired in November to Worcestershire. Devoted leisure to study of local archaeology – results published in Archaeologia Cambrensis etc.
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| 1931 |
Died April 3rd at Kidderminster.
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Biographies and obituaries[edit]
Garwood, E.J. Obituary - Thomas Crosbee Cantrill, born 1867, died 1931. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 88 p.lxxix-lxxx. 1932
Obituary - Thomas Crosbee Cantrill, B.Sc., F.G.S. (20.11.1867-1931). Geologists Magazine. Whole Series. v. 68 p.237-238. 1931
Mr. T. C. Cantrill. Nature 127, 674–675 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127674a0
[Typescript obituaries with the manuscript - one by Flett.]
Publications[edit]
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Details
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| 1920 |
Contributed notes to: Special Reports. Mineral Resources vol. VIII. Iron Ores (1920).
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"Contributed notes to: "South Wales Coalfield", Part V."
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"Contributed notes to: "South Wales Coalfield", Part VI."
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"Contributed notes to: "South Wales Coalfield", Part IX."
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"Contributed notes to: "South Wales Coalfield", Part X."
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"Contributed notes to: "South Wales Coalfield", Part XI."
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"Contributed notes to: "South Wales Coalfield", Part IV."
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"Contributed notes to: "South Wales Coalfield", Parts II."
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"Contributed notes to: "South Wales Coalfield", Part XII."
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| 1924 |
"Contributed notes to: "Flint" (1924)."
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| 1919 |
"Contributed notes to: "Lichfield" (1919)."
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| 1923 |
"Contributed notes to: "Coventry" (1923)."
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Unofficial publications:
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Unofficial publications: Handbook on coal mining.
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Geological chapters to Victoria Histories of Shropshire and Warwickshire, and various papers.
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BGS archives[edit]
| GSM/GL/Cn
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| Title |
Thomas Crosbee Cantrill
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| Description |
Joined the Survey in 1896. He became District Geologist in 1914 and spent 14 years mapping the South Wales Coalfield. In 1910 he moved to the Midlands and between 1914 -1918 produced a number of special reports on mineral resources.
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| Related Material |
Obituary File
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