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| Date |
Details
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| 1824 |
Born December 20th.
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| 1855 |
Joined Geological Survey.
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| 1862 |
Promoted to Geologist.
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Resident in Jermyn St. 38 years.
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| 1893 |
Retired.
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| 1906 |
Died November 8th.
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Biographies and obituaries
Obituary - Edward Best. Born 20th December 1824, died 8th November 1906. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 4 p.140. 1907
BGS archives
| Ref No |
Title |
Description
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| GSM/DC/A/C/7/215 |
E Best: Minute on promotion. |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/23/5 |
E Best: Minute on promotion |
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| GSM/GL/Av/2 |
Correspondence: letters sent to E.Best, F.Rutley, de Rance, Peach and A.C.Ramsey. |
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