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Teall, J.J.H. Obituary - John Hopwood Blake. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 58 p.liii-liv. 1902 | Teall, J.J.H. Obituary - John Hopwood Blake. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 58 p.liii-liv. 1902 | ||
[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.1680/imotp.1901.18582 John Hopwood Blake (Obituary) Institute of Civil Engineers. | [https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.1680/imotp.1901.18582 John Hopwood Blake] (Obituary) Institute of Civil Engineers. | ||
== Publications == | == Publications == |
Revision as of 23:08, 31 July 2020
Timeline
Date | Details |
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1843 | Born July 22nd in London. |
Educated at King’s College. | |
1843 | Apprenticed to engineer, engaged for several years on railway work in Cornwall and S. Wales. |
1868 | Joined Survey. Became engaged in re-survey of portions of Somerset, later in first detailed Drift Survey of area N.W. of London. |
Transferred to Suffolk and Norfolk. Made careful study of Forest Bed Series. | |
1884 | 1” Geol. Survey of England completed. Blake went to Reading and began 6” re-survey and mapping of Drifts. |
1901 | Died March 5th. |
Biographies and obituaries
Obituary - John Hopwood Blake, Assoc.M.Inst,C.E., F.G.S., of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 8 p.238-240. 1901
Teall, J.J.H. Obituary - John Hopwood Blake. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 58 p.liii-liv. 1902
John Hopwood Blake (Obituary) Institute of Civil Engineers.
Publications
Date | Details |
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1888 | "Memoir: ""East Dereham"" (1888)" |
1890 | "Memoir: ""Yarmouth and Lowestoft"" (1890)" |
"Memoir: ""Water Supply of Berkshire"" (with Whitaker)" | |
1903 | "Memoir: ""Reading"" (unfinished) (1903)" |
1886 | "Memoir: ""Bury St Edmunds"" (1886) with F.J. Bennett" |
1876 | "Contributed notes to: ""E. Somerset"" (1876)" |
1881 | "Contributed notes to: ""Stowmarket"" (1881)" |
1881 | "Contributed notes to: ""Norwich"" (1881)" |
1889 | "Contributed notes to: ""London"" (1889)" |
BGS archives
Ref No | Title | Description |
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GSM/DC/A/C/8/28, 34 | J H Blake: Letters on his appointment. | |
GSM/DC/A/C/23/56, 62, 65 | J H Blake: Letter on an expenses claim. | |
GSM/GL/Bk | J H Blake | |
GSM/GL/Bw/29/239 | J H Blake: Letter on request for stores. |