William Augustus Edmond Ussher

William Augustus Edmond Ussher - portraits

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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 (H.B. Woodward, standing).

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

1907	Memoir: "Plymouth" (1907)
1904	Memoir: "Kingsbridge" (1904)
1903	Memoir: "Torquay" (1903)
1902	Memoir: "Exeter" (1902)
1913	Memoir: "Newton Abbot" (1913)
1912	Memoir: "Ivybridge" (1912)
1906	Memoir: "Wellington and Chard" (1906)
1908	Memoir: "Quantock Hills" (1908)
1890	Memoir, in part – "North Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire" (1890)
1888	Memoir, in part – "Lincoln" (1888)
1911	Memoir, in part – "Sidmouth" (1911)
1909	Memoir, in part – "Bodmin" (1909)
1912	Memoir, in part – "Dartmoor" (1912)

Geological Survey of England and Wales One inch to one mile Old Series maps (provisional list)

MAP_ID	Sheet number	Solid or Drift	Year	Variant	Title	Authors	Published statement
1501	7	S	1869	3	[Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.]	Cretaceous lines by H. Bauerman & W. Whitaker (Corrections by W. Whitaker 1865.) Tertiary lines by W. Whitaker, T.R. Polwhele & R. Trench. The Drift surveyed by H.W. Bristow, H.B. Woodward, F.J. Bennett, W.A.E. Ussher, J.H. Blake & C.E. Hawkins 1869	The Geology published December 1861. [1869]
1502	7	D	1877	1	[Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.]	Cretaceous lines by H. Bauerman & W. Whitaker (Corrections by W. Whitaker 1865.) Tertiary lines by W. Whitaker, T.R. Polwhele & R. Trench (Corrections by H.W. Bristow and W. Whitaker 1870.) The Drift surveyed by H.W. Bristow, H.B. Woodward, F.J. Bennett, W.A.E. Ussher, J.H. Blake & C.E. Hawkins 1869-70.	The Geology published December 1861. Published December 1871. [1877]
1505	7	S	1885	5	[Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.]	Cretaceous lines by H. Bauerman & W. Whitaker (Corrections by W. Whitaker 1865.) Tertiary lines by W. Whitaker, T.R. Polwhele & R. Trench (Corrections by H.W. Bristow and W. Whitaker 1870.) The Drift surveyed by H.W. Bristow, H.B. Woodward, F.J. Bennett, W.A.E. Ussher, J.H. Blake & C.E. Hawkins 1869-70.	The Geology published December 1861. Published December 1871. Railways inserted to September 1885.
1436	7	S	1885	6	[Western part of,London St,,Albans,Wendover, High Wycombe, Windsor, Staines, Uxbridge.]	Cretaceous lines by H. Bauerman & W. Whitaker (Corrections by W. Whitaker 1865.) Tertiary lines by W. Whitaker, T.R. Polwhele & R. Trench (Corrections by H.W. Bristow and W. Whitaker 1870.) The Drift surveyed by H.W. Bristow, H.B. Woodward, F.J. Bennett, W.A.E. Ussher, J.H. Blake & C.E. Hawkins 1869-70.	The Geology published December 1861. Published December 1871. Railways inserted to September 1885.
1764	18	S	1875	3	[Wincanton, Sherborne, Beaminster, Langport, Ilchester, Yeovil, Crewkerne, Ceme Abbas.]	Geological lines surveyed by H.W. Bristow. Geological information revised and Penarth Beds inserted in the North-West quarter by H.W. Bristow, H.B. Woodward and W.A.E. Ussher 1871-72	Geological information published July 5th 1850. Published 1875.
1767	19	S	1873	3	[Bath, Frome, Axbridge, Wells, Glastonbury, Bruton, Mere, Somerset Coalfield, and southern part of Bristol Coalfield.]	Geologically surveyed by Sir H.T. De. La. Beche, J. Phillips, D. Williams, A.C. Ramsay, H.W. Bristow, W. T. Aveline & T.E. Jones. Geological information revised and Penarth Beds surveyed by H.W. Bristow, H.B. Woodward, W.A.E. Ussher and J.H. Blake. (Additional Coal-crops from the map prepared for Mr. Prestwich by Mr. John Anstie for the Royal Coal Commission 1871; inserted 1873.)	New Edition published May 1873
1768	19	S	1873	4	[Bath, Frome, Axbridge, Wells, Glastonbury, Bruton, Mere, Somerset Coalfield, and southern part of Bristol Coalfield.]	Geologically surveyed by Sir H.T. De. La. Beche, J. Phillips, D. Williams, A.C. Ramsay, H.W. Bristow, W. T. Aveline & T.E. Jones. Geological information revised and Penarth Beds surveyed by H.W. Bristow, H.B. Woodward, W.A.E. Ussher and J.H. Blake. (Additional Coal-crops from the map prepared for Mr. Prestwich by Mr. John Anstie for the Royal Coal Commission 1871; inserted 1873.) Additions 1899.	New Edition published May 1873
1769	19	S	1873	5	[Bath, Frome, Axbridge, Wells, Glastonbury, Bruton, Mere, Somerset Coalfield, and southern part of Bristol Coalfield.]	Geologically surveyed by Sir H.T. De. La. Beche, J. Phillips, D. Williams, A.C. Ramsay, H.W. Bristow, W. T. Aveline & T.E. Jones. Geological information revised and Penarth Beds surveyed by H.W. Bristow, H.B. Woodward, W.A.E. Ussher and J.H. Blake. (Additional Coal-crops from the map prepared for Mr. Prestwich by Mr. John Anstie for the Royal Coal Commission 1871; inserted 1873.)	New Edition published May 1873
1009	83	S	1886	1	[Lincoln, Market Rasen, Horncastle, Gainsborough.]	Geologically surveyed by W.H. Penning, W.H. Dalton, A.C.G. Cameron, W.A.E, Ussher, A.J. Jukes-Browne and A. Strahan	Geology published Decr. 1886
1010	83	D	1886	1	[Lincoln, Market Rasen, Horncastle, Gainsborough.]	Geologically surveyed by W.H. Penning, W.H. Dalton, A.C.G. Cameron, W.A.E, Ussher, A.J. Jukes-Browne and A. Strahan	Geology published Decr. 1886
1011	83	S	1886	2	[Lincoln, Market Rasen, Horncastle, Gainsborough.]	Geologically surveyed by W.H. Penning, W.H. Dalton, A.C.G. Cameron, W.A.E, Ussher, A.J. Jukes-Browne and A. Strahan	Geology published Decr. 1886
1012	83	D	1886	2	[Lincoln, Market Rasen, Horncastle, Gainsborough.]	Geologically surveyed by W.H. Penning, W.H. Dalton, A.C.G. Cameron, W.A.E, Ussher, A.J. Jukes-Browne and A. Strahan	Geology published Decr. 1886
1039	86	D	1887	1	[Hull, the Estuary of the Humber, Goole, Caistor, Brigg.]	Geologically surveyed by J.R. Dakyns, C. Fox-Strangways, A.C.G. Cameron, W.A.E. Ussher, A.J. Jukes-Browne	Geological information published Decr. 1887
1040	86	D	1887	2	[Hull, the Estuary of the Humber, Goole, Caistor, Brigg.]	Geologically surveyed by J.R. Dakyns, C. Fox-Strangways, A.C.G. Cameron, W.A.E. Ussher, A.J. Jukes-Browne	Geological information published Decr. 1887
1041	86	S	1887	3	[Hull, the Estuary of the Humber, Goole, Caistor, Brigg.]	Geologically surveyed by J.R. Dakyns, C. Fox-Strangways, A.C.G. Cameron, W.A.E. Ussher, A.J. Jukes-Browne	Geological information published Decr. 1887
1042	86	S	1891	4	[Hull, the Estuary of the Humber, Goole, Caistor, Brigg.]	Geologically surveyed by J.R. Dakyns, C. Fox-Strangways, A.C.G. Cameron, W.A.E. Ussher, A.J. Jukes-Browne	Geological information published Decr. 1887. Railways inserted to May 1891
1043	86	S	1891	5	[Hull, the Estuary of the Humber, Goole, Caistor, Brigg.]	Geologically surveyed by J.R. Dakyns, C. Fox-Strangways, A.C.G. Cameron, W.A.E. Ussher, A.J. Jukes-Browne	Geological information published Decr. 1887. Railways inserted to May 1891

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

1920	Anon. 1920. Obituary of Mr. W.A.E. Ussher. Nature, 105, 144.
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.