William Davies F.G.S.
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Timeline
| Date | Details |
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| 1814 | Born at Holywell, Flintshire. |
| 1843 | Entered Geology Department of British Museum. Worked at Mineralogy and Fossil Vertebrates. |
| Described and catalogued mammalian remains from Thames Valley Brick-earth collected by himself and Sir Antonio Brady. | |
| 1846 | Joined Survey 1st April as a Fossil Collector. According to staff register W. Davies joined Survey April 1st, 1846, as Fossil Collector. No further particulars. |
| 1873 | Awarded first Murchison Medal. |
| 1875 | Made Assistant at Museum, In 1880 promoted to 1st Class. |
| 1880-1887 | Assisted in removal of collections to Cromwell Road. |
| 1887 | Retired. |
| 1891 | Died February 13th. |
Biographies and obituaries
Obituary - William Davies, F.G.S. (1814-1891). Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 8 p.144. 1891
Obituary - The palaeontological work of the late William Davies, F.G.S. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 8 p.190-192. 1891
Geikie, A. Obituary - William Davies. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 47 p.56. 1891
List of Publications: Geological Magazine (1891) p. 191.
Publications
Davies, W.. 1874. Catalogue of the Pleistocene vertebrata from the neighbourhood of Ilford, Essex, in the collection of Sir Antonio Brady of Maryland Point, Stratford, Essex. - London: [s.n.]
List of Publications: Geological Magazine (1891) p. 191.