John Bastian Hill R.N., F.G.S.
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| Date | Details |
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| 1846 | Resigned 5th January. |
| 1861 | Born December 28th, son of George Hill of Tregassick, Cornwall, kinsman of J.H.C. Bastian the advocate of abiogenesis. 6 years service in the Navy. Retired to study geology at University College London and Royal School of Mines. |
| 1884 | Entered Geological Survey as Assistant Geologist. |
| First fieldwork in Argyllshire. | |
| Contributed to Memoirs: “Seaboard of Argyll” (1909), “Mid-Argyll” (1905), “Knapdale” (1911), “Cowal” (1897), “Oban” (1908). | |
| Paper in Quarterly Journal “Progressive Metamorphism in region of Loch Awe”. | |
| 1897 | Transferred to Cornwall. Lived at Falmouth and worked on the Killas of North Meneage and parts of west of Falmouth. Recognised 4 lithological units of the Killas which he termed Portcatho, Mylor, Veryan and Falmouth divisions. Given charge of official enq |
| 1901 | Promoted to Geologist. Transferred to the Midlands and surveyed small area around Ollerton and Lichfield. Contributed to “Lichfield” Memoir (1919), “Ollerton” (1911) and “Derbyshire Coalfield” (1913). |
| 1911 | Resigned from Survey. Appointed Geological Advisor to Local Government Board (1911 – 22), chief work on underground water supply. |
| 1913 | Awarded Bolitho Gold Medal from Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. |
| 1927 | Died December 18th. |
Biographies and obituaries
Bather, F.A. Obituary - James Bastion Hill. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 84 p.lvii. 1928
Obituary - James Bastian Hill. Born in 1861, died 18th December 1927. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. v. 39 p.202-203. 1928
Publications
Hill, J.B.. 1906. [A history of the county of Cornwall]. Pt. 1, geology. - London: Constable. - (Victoria history of the counties of England)