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Date Details
1869 Born
1901 Geologist
1903 District Geologist (Petrographer)
1909 Bigsby Medal
1911 Assistant to the Director (Scotland)
1912-1913 President, Edinburgh Geological Society
1913 Fellow Royal Society
1916 President, Edinburgh Geological Society
1917 Bolitho Medal
1918 Order of the British Empire
1920 Director
1925 Knight of the British Empire
1930-1933 President of the Mineralogical Society
1933-1934 President, Edinburgh Geological Society
1935 Wollaston Medal
1935 Retired
1947 Died

Biographies and obituaries

Spencer, L.J. Obituary - Sir John Smith Flett. Born 26th June 1869, died 26th January 1947. Mineralogical Magazine v. 28 (199) 1947.

Macgregor, M. Obituary - Sir John Smith Flett (Director of the Geological Survey and Museum). Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society v. 103 1947.

[Anon.] Obituary - Sir John Smith Flett. Born in 1869, died 26th January 1947. Proceedings of the Geologists' Asociation v. 59 (1) 1948.

John Flett (geologist) — Wikipedia article

Read, H. H. (1948). John Smith Flett, 1869-1947. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 5 (16): 688–696. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1948.0006.

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33178

Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 Part 1. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006.

Publications

79 works listed in the BGS Library catalogue

BGS archives

Ref No Title Description
GSM/DR/By Edward B.Bailey Bailey joined the Survey in 1902 and was immediately sent to Scotland.He became District...
GSM/DR/By/S/1 Correspondence to range of geologists on various issues inc fossils from Mull. Letters from and to E.B.Bailey inc: Flett, Kitchin, Gibson, B.N.Peach, T.Robertson, H.H.Thomas...
GSM/DR/Ft John Smith Flett Flett had joined the Survey in 1901 as Petrographer and had been Assistant Director in Scotland...
GSM/DR/Ft/A/2 Correspondence on range of issues: letters to Bromehead, C.Davidson, H.Dewey, Fairley, A.Geikie...
GSM/DR/Ft/A/6 Notes and papers re obituary notice of Sir John Flett
GSM/DR/Ft/S/3 Flett's notes on sliced rocks collected by B.N.Peach in the NW Highlands.
GSM/DR/Ft/S/4 Report on "The Sandlodge Copper Mine, Shetland" by J. Flett dated 25th June 1921.
GSM/DR/Ft/S/8 Volcanic dust samples from Soufriere, St Vincent Collected by [?P W March]. With letter to Flett
GSM/DR/Ft/S/9 Volcanic dust sample from Soufriere, St Vincent Collected by C H Knowles. With letter to Flett
GSM/DR/Ml W.F.P.McLintock William Francis Porter McLintock joined the Survey in 1907 as Assistant Curator and transferred...
GSM/DR/Ml/A/1 Correspondence including letters to Flett, Kitchin, Phemister, and H.H.Thomas. Also large... 3 files numbered i, ii and iii
GSM/DR/Sm Bernard Smith Bernard Smith was born in Grantham on 13 February 1881. In 1900 he went to Sidney Sussex College...
GSM/DR/Te J.J.H. Teall Jethro Justinian Harris Teall joined the Survey in 1888 as Petrographer, having just published...
GSM/GL/An/1 Correspondence with Flett, Peach, Phemister, H.H. Thomas and others.
GSM/GL/Bm/1 Correspondence: letters to H.A.Allen, R.Crookall, J.S.Flett, J.A.Howe, F.L.Kitchin, W.F.P...
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.
GSM/GL/Cc/5 Correspondence: letters to Flett and Teall
GSM/GL/Cl/9 Correspondence from Clough to other geologists: letters to Flett, Kitchin, E.T.Newton, B.N.Peach...
GSM/GL/Cn/1 Correspondence with other geologists; letters to H.A.Allen, C.H.Dinham, Flett, Kitchin, J.Pringle...
GSM/GL/Gb W Gibson Walcot Gibson joined the Survey in 1893 folowing early geological work in Africa. He was closely...
GSM/GL/Gn/1 Correspondence with other geologists inc. C.T.Clough, Flett, B.N.Peach and J.J.H.Teall.
GSM/GL/Ho/8 Papers relating to his application for the Chair of Geology, Sheffield University. Letters from W...
GSM/GL/Pc/3 Correspondence with Horne, Flett, Geikie, Phemister, Rudler and Teall
GSM/GL/Ta/3 Correspondence; letters to Flett, Howe, Kitchin, McLintock and H.H.Thomas
GSM/GL/Th H.H.Thomas Herbert Henry Thomas joined the Survey in 1901 and followed Flett as Petrographer in 1911.
GSM/GL/Th/1 Minutes re petrographic work in Scotland sent to J.S.Flett.
GSM/GL/Us/2 Correspondence with other geologists inc. J.S.Flett, F.H.Hatch, Teall, W.Whitaker and H.B...
GSM/GL/Wl/1 Letters to Flett, Phemister, Kitchin and Buchan
GSM/GL/Wr/2 Letters From W B Wright Letters to J S Flett 1911 (1)
Letters to F L Kitchin 1921-1933 (108.
Letters to J Pringle 1936...
GSM/GL/Wr/22 Letters Of Correspondence Between J S Flett and W B Wright 1 letter from J S Flett to W B Wright
1 letter from W B Wright to J S Flett
GSM/GL/Wt/2 Correspondence: letters to T.Eastwood, J.S.Flett, E.M.Guppy, G.H.Mitchell, J.Pringle, C.J...
GSM/GX/Ad/1 Photograph Album "Views Taken in West Indies in 1902" Includes photographs of volcanoes La Soufrière, St Vincent and Montagne Pelée, Martinique...
GSM/GX/Bn/1 Correspondence to other geologists inc. Flett and Sollas.
GSM/MG/A/R/3 Royal Commission on Museums - misc papers inc evidence given by J.S. Flett re the Geological Museum
GSM/MG/A/R/4 Comments by F.L. Kitchin on the evidence of J.S.Flett and C.Tate Regan given before the Royal...
GSM/XG/X/1/6 Correspondence and songs with suggestions for a brighter 'Summary of Progress' by J.S.Flett re...

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