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1852 |
Born December 23rd.Educated at Rugby and St. John's College, Cambridge (entered 1871).
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1872-1874 |
Awarded exhibition in Natural Science. 1st class B.A. in Natural Science. M.A. in 1878.
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1875 |
Joined Survey as Assistant Geologist. Worked under H.H. Howell in the North of England, beginning at Teesdale. 1st paper – Quarterly Journal (1876) “Section at High Force, Teesdale” 8 years in Northumberland and Durham.
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Survey Memoirs: “Otterburn and Elsdon” (1887).
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“English side of Cheviot Hills” (1888).
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“Plashetts and Kielder” (1889).
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1884 |
Completion of 1 inch Map of England and Wales. Clough, Gunn, Barron and Hugh Miller transferred to Scotland. Clough engaged in surveying Cowal district, also took part in survey of North-west Highlands.
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Mapped large district in Sutherlandshire north of Loch Glencoul to Loch Inchard; and area round Loch Maree. (Description in North-west Highlands Memoir.) Then worked in Glenelg, north-east part of Skye and Soay.
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1896 |
Promoted to Geologist.
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1900 |
Transferred to Strathcarron, East Ross-shire.
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1902 |
Became District Geologist on the death of Gunn. Continued for a time in Ross-shire and subsequently took charge of work in North Argyllshire and Mull.
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Also employed on revision of coalfields – Haddington, Lothians, Bo’ness. Then Lanarkshire coalfield, South-east of Glasgow and finally North Ayrshire coalfield.
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1906 |
Murchison Medal.
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1908-1910 |
President of Geological Society Edinburgh.
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1916 |
Hon. Degree of LL.D. conferred by St. Andrews University.
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Died August 27th. (Railway accident.)
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Biographies and obituaries
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Obituary - C.T.Clough, M.A., LL.D., F.G.S., F.R.S.E., of Geological Survey of Great Britain. Born 23rd December 1852, died 27th August 1916. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 3 p.525-527. 1916
Bailey, E.B., . C.T. Clough, M.A., LL.D., F.G.S. [Obituary.]. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society. v. 11 p.236-238. 1923
Charles Clough (geologist) - Wikipedia article
Publications
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122 items in the BGS Library catalogue
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1910 |
Results of field work mostly in Survey Memoir and Map Edinburgh (1910),
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1897 |
Results of field work mostly in Survey Memoir and Map Cowal (1897).
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1912 |
Memoir: Ben Wyvis (1912).
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Memoir: Economic Geology of Central Coalfield of Scotland, part V.
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Memoir: Economic Geology of Central Coalfield of Scotland, part II
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1910 |
Memoir: Glenelg (1910.
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1924 |
Memoir: Mull (1924).
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1911 |
Memoir: Glasgow (1911).
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Memoir: Economic Geology of Central Coalfield of Scotland, parts VII.
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1916 |
Memoir: Ben Nevis (1916).
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1923 |
Memoir: Moor of Rannoch (1923).
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1904 |
Memoir: West Central Skye (1904).
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1913 |
Memoir: Fannich Mountains (1913).
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1911 |
Memoir: Colonsay (1911).
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1911 |
Memoir: Knapdale (1911)
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1904 |
Memoir: Tertiary igneous rocks of Skye (1904).
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1907 |
Memoir: North West Highlands (1907).
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1910 |
Memoir: East Lothian, 2nd edition (1910).
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1916 |
Memoir: Special Report V, Potash and Feldspar (1916).
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1905 |
Memoir: Mid-Argyll (1905).
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1891 |
Memoir: Mallestang (1891)
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1895 |
Memoir: Wooler and Coldstream (1895).
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BGS archives
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GSM/DC/A/C/23/210,221 |
C T Clough: Letter on his appointment |
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GSM/GL/Br/5 |
Correspondence from Barrow to: Clough, Flett, Peach, Howell, S.V.Wood and others. |
Letters about geological succession in Scotland and about boulder clay of Yorkshire.
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GSM/GL/Cl |
C.T.Clough |
Joined the Survey in 1875 and transferred to the Scottish survey staff in 1884-5. He was killed...
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GSM/GL/Cl/9 |
Correspondence from Clough to other geologists: letters to Flett, Kitchin, E.T.Newton, B.N.Peach... |
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GSM/GL/Cl/26 |
Skye, one-inch sheet 61: Petrology of C T Clough's rocks |
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GSM/GL/Gn/1 |
Correspondence with other geologists inc. C.T.Clough, Flett, B.N.Peach and J.J.H.Teall. |
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