Alfred John Jukes-Browne
Timeline
| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 1851 | Born April at Penn Fields near Wolverhampton. Educated at Cholmondley School, Highgate, and St. John’s College, Cambridge (Tutor, T.G. Bonney). Nephew of J.B. Jukes, whose name he adopted on his 21st birthday. |
| 1873 | Hons. B.A. in Natural Science Tripos. |
| 1874 | Joined Geological Survey as Assistant Geologist. |
| 1873-1883 | Mapping in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland and Lincolnshire. Contributed to Memoirs. |
| 1883 | Paper in Quarterly Journal Geological Society on river evolution. |
| 1884 | Began work for “Cretaceous rocks of Britain”, 3 volumes (published 1900-4). |
| 1876-1877 | Visited Egypt. |
| 1885 | Lyell Award. |
| 1888-1889 | Visited Barbados with J.B. Harrison, Government Chemist, he produced geological map and memoir and 2 papers (Quarterly Journal Geological Society). |
| 1901 | Murchison Medal. |
| Retired from Survey on account of ill-health. | |
| Continued geological work and study of Recent Mollusca. | |
| Text books: “Physical and Stratigraphical Geology” and “Building of the British Isles”. | |
| 1909 | Elected F.R.S. |
| 1914 | Died August 16th. |
Biographies and obituaries
Obituary - Alfred John Jukes-Browne, B.A., F.R.S., F.G.S. Born 16th April 1851, died 14th August 1914. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 1 p.431-432. 1914
Woodward, A.S. Obituary - Alfred John Jukes-Browne, born 1851, died 1914. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 71 p.lvi-lvii. 1915
Alfred John Jukes-Browne — Wikipedia article
J., J. Alfred John Jukes-Browne, F.R.S. . Nature 93, 667–668 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093667b0
Fellow details, Alfred John Jukes-Browne. The Royal Society. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
Publications
114 works are listed in the BGS Library catalogue
Memoirs (Guppy list)
East Lincolnshire (1887); Lincolnshire (1885); Devizes (1905); Andover (1908).
Part author or contributor: Salisbury (1903)
Part author or contributor: North Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire (1890)
Part author or contributor: Lincoln(1888)
Part author or contributor: Borders of the Wash (1899)
Part author or contributor: Norfolk (1893)
Part author or contributor: Sidmouth (1911).
Part author or contributor: Chichester (1903)
Part author or contributor: Wellington and Chard (1906)
Part author or contributor: Henley-on-Thames (1908)
Part author or contributor: Cambridge (1881)
Part author or contributor: Parts of Cambridge and Suffolk (1891)
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GSM/GL/Bw/29/47 | A J Jukes-Browne: Letters on fossils purchased. | |
| GSM/GL/Bw/29/247,252,256 | A J Jukes-Browne: Letters on sick leave. | |
| GSM/GL/Cm/3 | Correspondence: letters to Mr Brown, Jukes-Browne, Rudler (about Fullers Earth), W.Topley, W.W... | |
| GSM/GL/Gr/57 | Letters to Jukes-Browne and T Reeks | |
| GSM/GL/Jb | A J Jukes-Browne | Joined the survey in 1874. Jukes-Browne was the nephew of J.B.Jukes, formerly Director of the Survey of Ireland. Jukes-Browne was principle author of 'The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain' published in three volumes between 1900 and 1904. He left in 1901. |
| GSM/GL/Jb/3 | Correspondence with other geologists. Including: H.A.Allen, F.H.Hatch, F.L.Kitchin, G.W.Lamplugh, F.W.Rudler, Teall, W.W.Wattts, W.Whitaker and H.B.Woodward. Some letters to Jukes-Browne. | |
| GSM/GL/Jb/5 | Copy of "Further Investigations Regarding the Submerged Terraces and River Valleys Bordering the British Isles" by Edward Hull | Jukes-Browne's copy containing notes by him. Inscribed by Hull. |
| GSM/GL/Wh/2 | Correspondence with other geologists inc. J.Geikie, Jukes-Browne, Rudler and S.V.Wood |
Other archives
Browne; Alfred John Jukes- (16 April 1851 - 14 August 1914) Royal Society