Wilfrid Norman Edwards

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Date Details
1923 Geologist
1938 Senior Geologist
1946 Principal Geologist
1949 District Geologist
1957 Assistant Director
1961 Murchison Medal
1962 Re-employed as Principal Geologist (Disestablished)
1964 Retired

Biographies and obituaries

FreeBMD entry: Deaths Sep 1972. Edwards Wilfrid Norman D.O.B. 31 Au 1904 Preston. https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=248782909:0120&d=bmd_1627336144 - To be confirmed.

Publications

Edwards, W.N. ; Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Dunham, K.C. (1951). The concealed coalfield of Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. 3rd ed.. (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. England and Wales). London : His Majesty's Stationery Office.

Stubblefield, C.J. ; Edwards, W.N. ; MacGregor, A.G. ; Trotter, F.M. Contribution to the stratigraphical colloquium. Compte Rendu du 4me Congres pour l'Advancement des Etudes de Stratigraphie et de Geologie du Carbonifere, Heerlen, 1958. Heerlen: [The Congress] Tome III (1962) p.697-698.

Edwards, W.N. (1976). The early history of palaeontology. (British Museum (Natural History). Publication; No.658). London : British Museum (Natural History).

Marshall, C.E. ; Swinnerton, H.H. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Wilson, V. ; International Geological Congress (1948). East Midlands. guide to excursion C.4 of the 18th IGC (1948).

Dunham, K.C. ; Taylor, J.H. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Hollingworth, S.E. ; Jones, R.C.B. ; Robertson, T. ; Trotter, F.M. ; Shirley, J. ; International Geological Congress (1948). Economic geology of England and Wales. guide to excursion A.1 of the 18th IGC (1948).

Stephens, J.V. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Stubblefield, C.J. ; Mitchell, G.H. The faunal divisions of the Millstone Grit series of Rombalds Moor and neighbourhood. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 24(5) 1941 p.344-372.

Edwards, W.N. (1955-56). The geographical distribution of past floras. Advancement of Science Advancement of Science vol. 12 ; Advancement of Science 12(46) 1955 p.165-176 ; p.165-176.

Edwards, W.N. (1956). Geology. Sheffield and its region / by Charles Batey. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1956. p 3-23 (1956) ; p 3-23.

Wray, D.A. ; Stephens, J.V. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Bromehead, C.E.N. (1930). The geology of the country around Huddersfield and Halifax Explanation of sheet 77. (Memoir (Sheet) Geological Survey of GB (England & Wales) - New Series). London : HMSO.

Edwards, W.N. ; Institute of Geological Sciences (1967). The geology of the country around Ollerton : Explanation of sheet 113. 2nd ed. (Memoir (Sheet) Geological Survey of GB (England & Wales) - New Series; 113). London : HMSO.

Eden, R.A. ; Stevenson, I.P. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Geological Survey of Great Britain (1957). Geology of the country around Sheffield : Explanation of sheet 100. (Memoir (Sheet) Geological Survey of GB (England & Wales) - New Series; 100). London : HMSO.

Edwards, W.N. ; Wray, D.A. ; Mitchell, G.H. (1940). Geology of the country around Wakefield. Explanation of sheet 78. (Memoir (Sheet) Geological Survey of GB (England & Wales) - New Series). London : HMSO.

Stephens, J.V. ; Mitchell, G.H. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Dunham, K.C. ; Stubblefield, C.J. (1953). Geology of the country between Bradford and Skipton. Explanation of sheet 69. (Memoir (Sheet) Geological Survey of GB (England & Wales) - New Series; 69). London : HMSO.

Edwards, W.N. ; Mitchell, G.H. ; Whitehead, T.H. (1950). Geology of the district north and east of Leeds. Explanation of sheet 70. (Memoir (Sheet) Geological Survey of GB (England & Wales) - New Series). London : HMSO.

Wilson, G.V. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Knox, J. ; Jones, R.C.B. ; Flett, J.S. ; Lang, W.H. ; Stephens, J.V. ; Watson, D.M.S. (1935). The geology of the Orkneys (Explanation of sheets 117 to 122) (with chapters on the fossil fishes by DMS Watson, fossil plants by WH Lang and petrography by JS Flett) Mem Geol Surv G B (Scotl) (Dist) (Edinburgh). (Memoir (District) Geological Survey of GB (Scotland)). Edinburgh : HMSO.

Trotter, F.M. ; Whittard, W.F. ; Simpson, S. ; Calver, M.A. ; Dines, H.G. ; Dunham, K.C. ; Earp, J.R. ; Eden, R.A. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Evans, W.B. ; Greig, D.C. ; Hoare, R.H. ; Kellaway, G.A. ; Magraw, D. ; Poole, E.G. ; Pyatt, E.M. ; Ramsbottom, W.H.C. ; Rhys, G.H. ; Smith, E.G. ; Stephens, J.V. ; Stevenson, I.P. ; Taylor, B.J. ; Whiteman, A.W. ; International Geological Congress. Commission de stratigraphie (1960). Lexique stratigraphique international. Vol.1 Europe; Fasc.3a England, Wales and Scotland; Pt.3a VIII Upper Carboniferous. Paris, France : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Edwards, W.N. (1932-1933). The Mansfield marine band in the Castleford district. Transactions of the Leeds Geological AssociationTransactions of the Leeds Geological Association Vol. 5 ; Transactions of the Leeds Geological Association Vol. 5 pt/no 2 (1933) p. 86-92 (1933) ; p. 86-92.

Stubblefield, C.J. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Dunham, K.C. Marine bands and other faunal marker horizons in relation to the sedimentary cycles of the middle Coal Measures of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire : [with discussion]. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 103(4) 1947 p.209-260.

Stubblefield, C.J. ; Edwards, W.N. Marine bands in the Coal Measures of Britain and Germany. Geological Magazine 87(4) 1950 p.261-262.

Edwards, W.N. ; Pringle, J. (BGS). On a borehole in Lower Oolitic rocks at Wincanton, Somerset : Summary of Progress of the Geological Survey of GB and the Museum of Practical Geology for 1925, Appendix 6 p.183-188.

Edwards, W.N. ; Trotter, F.M. ; Wray, D.A. (1954). The Pennines and adjacent areas. 3rd ed.. (British regional geology; 8). London : HMSO.

Edwards, W.N. ; Trotter, F.M. ; Wray, D.A. (1975). The Pennines and adjacent areas. 3rd ed. (6th reprint). (British regional geology; 8). London : HMSO.

Dunham, K.C. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Stubblefield, C.J. Petrographical descriptions of two cycles of sedimentation from the Middle Coal Measures, Woodborough Borehole : appendix. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 103(3) 1947 p.249-256.

Edwards, W.N. (1936). The Pleistocene dreikanter in the Vale of York. (Summ Prog Geol Surv G B Mus Pract Geol s; 1934/2). London : HMSO.

Edwards, W.N. (1936). A pleistocene strand line in the Vale of York. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological SocietyVol. 23 pt/no 3 ; Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society Vol 23 pt/no 3 (1936) p 103-118 (1936) ; p 103-118.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1954). Sheet 12 SE drift - Derbyshire. Drift. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1954). Sheet 12 SE solid & drift - Derbyshire. Solid & Drift. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1954). Sheet 12 SE solid - Derbyshire. Solid. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1954). Sheet 13 SW drift - Derbyshire. Drift. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1954). Sheet 13 SW solid & drift - Derbyshire. Solid & Drift. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1954). Sheet 13 SW solid - Derbyshire. Solid. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1923). Sheet 14 SE - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. ; Dines, H.G. (1923). Sheet 14 SW - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1924). Sheet 15 SE - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1924). Sheet 15 SW - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1954). Sheet 19 NW drift - Derbyshire. Drift. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1954). Sheet 19 NW solid & drift - Derbyshire. Solid & Drift. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1954). Sheet 19 NW solid - Derbyshire. Solid. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1930). Sheet 19 SW drift - Derbyshire. Drift. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Stephens, J.V. ; Edwards, W.N. (1954). Sheet 19 SW solid & drift - Derbyshire. Solid & Drift. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1954). Sheet 19 SW solid - Derbyshire. Solid. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Derbyshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1924). Sheet 21 NE - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1923). Sheet 21 NW - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. ; Edmunds, F.H. (1924). Sheet 21 SE - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1924). Sheet 23 SW - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1924). Sheet 28 NE - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1924). Sheet 28 SE - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1924). Sheet 28 SW - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1924). Sheet 29 NW - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Geological Survey of Great Britain ; Edwards, W.N. (1924). Sheet 29 SW - Wiltshire. (Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series - Wiltshire). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

British Geological Survey ; Peach, B.N. ; Stephens, J.V. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Knox, J. (1932 repr. 1955). Sheet 117 Hoy drift. Drift ed. (Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360/1:50 000). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

British Geological Survey ; Peach, B.N. ; Stephens, J.V. ; Edwards, W.N. ; Knox, J. (1932). Sheet 117 Hoy drift. Drift ed.. (Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360/1:50 000). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

British Geological Survey ; Edwards, W.N. ; Knox, J. (1932). Sheet 118 Copinsay drift. Drift ed.. (Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360/1:50 000). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

British Geological Survey ; Edwards, W.N. ; Knox, J. (1932 repr. 1955). Sheet 118 drift Copinsay. Drift ed. (Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360/1:50 000). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.

Edwards, W.N. ; Stubblefield, C.J. ; Geological Survey of Great Britain (1954). Supplement to 'Geology of the country around Barnsley' : explanation of sheet 87. London : HMSO.

Edwards, W.N. (1937). Washouts in the Haigh Moor Coal of West Yorkshire. (Summ Prog Geol Surv G B Mus Pract Geol; 1935/2). London : HMSO.

Whitaker, W. ; Edwards, W.N. (1926). Wells and springs of Dorset. (Memoir (Water Supply) Geological Survey of GB; 1926). London : HMSO.

BGS archives

BGS/A/P Personal Files: Wilfrid Norman Edwards