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| GSM/GL/Ht/1 || Correspondence with other geologists. Letters to Dakyns, A.Geikie, F.W.Rudler, and W.Ussher as. | | [https://archives.bgs.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=GSM%2fGL%2fHt%2f1&pos=1 GSM/GL/Ht/1] || Correspondence with other geologists. Letters to Dakyns, A.Geikie, F.W.Rudler, and W.Ussher as well as letters to Hatch. | ||
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| GSM/GL/Us || W.A.E. Ussher | | [https://archives.bgs.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=GSM%2fGL%2fUs&pos=2 GSM/GL/Us] || W.A.E. Ussher - Ussher joined the Survey in 1868. | ||
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| GSM/GL/Us/2 || Correspondence with other geologists inc. J.S.Flett, F.H.Hatch, Teall, W.Whitaker and H.B... | | [https://archives.bgs.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=GSM%2fGL%2fUs%2f2&pos=3 GSM/GL/Us/2] || Correspondence with other geologists inc. J.S.Flett, F.H.Hatch, Teall, W.Whitaker and H.B. Woodward. Some letters to Ussher. | ||
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| GSM/GL/Us/3 || Mss notes by Ussher and Champernowne on geology of eight sheets of 1" Old Series 22- 25. | | [https://archives.bgs.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=GSM%2fGL%2fUs%2f3&pos=4 GSM/GL/Us/3] || Mss notes by Ussher and Champernowne on geology of eight sheets of 1" Old Series 22- 25. | ||
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William Augustus Edmond Ussher 1849-1920.
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William Augustus Edmond Ussher 1849-1920.
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William Augustus Edmond Ussher 1849-1920.
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William Augustus Edmond Ussher 1849-1920.
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William Augustus Edmond Ussher 1849-1920.
Timeline
1849 | Born July 8th. |
1868 | Joined Geological Survey. |
1868 | Chief work in south-west Counties – correlations of Trias and Carboniferous of Devon with other parts and succession and subdivision of Devonian rocks (with Champernowne). |
1868 | Results in Memoirs. Q.J. papers and Transactions Devon Association. |
1892 | Promoted to Geologist. |
1909 | Retired. |
1914 | Murchison Medal. |
1920 | Died March 19th. |
Survey publications
Memoirs: “Exeter” (1902); “Torquay” (1903); “Kingsbridge” (1904); “Plymouth” (1907); “Quantock Hills” (1908); “Wellington and Chard” (1906); “Ivybridge” (1912); “Newton Abbott” (1913); | |
Also in part – “Sidmouth” (1911); “Dartmoor” (1912); “Bodmin” (1909); “Lincoln” (1888); “North Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire” (1890). |
Other publications
A full list of Ussher's non-Survey publications can be found in: Dineley, D.L. 1974. W. A. E. Ussher his work in the South-West. Proc Ussher Society 1974 3(1) 189-201. |
Archives in the British Geological Survey
GSM/GL/Ht/1 | Correspondence with other geologists. Letters to Dakyns, A.Geikie, F.W.Rudler, and W.Ussher as well as letters to Hatch. |
GSM/GL/Us | W.A.E. Ussher - Ussher joined the Survey in 1868. |
GSM/GL/Us/2 | Correspondence with other geologists inc. J.S.Flett, F.H.Hatch, Teall, W.Whitaker and H.B. Woodward. Some letters to Ussher. |
GSM/GL/Us/3 | Mss notes by Ussher and Champernowne on geology of eight sheets of 1" Old Series 22- 25. |
Biographies and obituaries
1921 | Oldham, R.D. Obituary - William Augustus Edmond Ussher. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 77 p.lxxiii-lxxiv. 1921 |
1974 | Dineley, D.L. 1974. W. A. E. Ussher his work in the South-West. Proc Ussher Society 1974 3(1) 189-201. |
2013 | Burt, E. 2013. 2013. W.A.E. Ussher: an insight into his life and character. Geoscience in South-West England, 13, 165-171. |
William Augustus Edmond Ussher Wikipedia article. |