Timeline
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Details
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1843 |
Born July 22nd in London.
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Educated at King’s College.
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1843 |
Apprenticed to engineer, engaged for several years on railway work in Cornwall and S. Wales.
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1868 |
Joined Survey. Became engaged in re-survey of portions of Somerset, later in first detailed Drift Survey of area N.W. of London.
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Transferred to Suffolk and Norfolk. Made careful study of Forest Bed Series.
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1884 |
1” Geol. Survey of England completed. Blake went to Reading and began 6” re-survey and mapping of Drifts.
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1901 |
Died March 5th.
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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
Publications
Date |
Details
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1888 |
"Memoir: ""East Dereham"" (1888)"
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1890 |
"Memoir: ""Yarmouth and Lowestoft"" (1890)"
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"Memoir: ""Water Supply of Berkshire"" (with Whitaker)"
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1903 |
"Memoir: ""Reading"" (unfinished) (1903)"
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1886 |
"Memoir: ""Bury St Edmunds"" (1886) with F.J. Bennett"
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1876 |
"Contributed notes to: ""E. Somerset"" (1876)"
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1881 |
"Contributed notes to: ""Stowmarket"" (1881)"
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1881 |
"Contributed notes to: ""Norwich"" (1881)"
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1889 |
"Contributed notes to: ""London"" (1889)"
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BGS archives
Ref No |
Title |
Description
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GSM/DC/A/C/8/28, 34 |
J H Blake: Letters on his appointment. |
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GSM/DC/A/C/23/56, 62, 65 |
J H Blake: Letter on an expenses claim. |
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GSM/GL/Bk |
J H Blake |
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GSM/GL/Bw/29/239 |
J H Blake: Letter on request for stores. |
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