Robert Logan Jack
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Jack is back row, 1st right
Timeline
| Date | Details |
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| 1852 | Born September 16th. |
| 1867 | Joined Geological Survey (Scotland) 15th August. |
| 1877 | Resigned 30th March. Appointed as Governor Geologist for Geological Survey of North Queensland. |
| 1921 | Died. |
Biographies and obituaries
Alderman, A.R. Obituary - Dr. Robert Lockhart Jack. Proceedings of the Geological Society. v. 1628 p.203-203. 1965
Oldham, R.D. Obituary - Robert Logan Jack. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 78 p.xlix-xlix. 1922
Robert Logan Jack — Wikipedia article
Serle, Percival (1949). Jack, Robert Logan. Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
Hill, Dorothy Jack, Robert Logan (1845–1921) Australian Dictionary of Biography (first published, Volume 4, (MUP), 1972)
Jack,Felicity, Putting Queensland on the Map - the Life of Robert Logan Jack - geologist and explorer, UNSW Press, 2008
Robert Logan Jack Northern Mine Research Society
Robert Logan Jack Geological Society of Australia. (Has a PDF download with portrait of Jack not shown on this page.)
Publications
Contributed to Memoir: Sanquhar, New Cumnock… (1871).
Contributed to Memoir: Kilmarnock (1872)
Works listed in the BGS Library catalogue
Survey publications
Peach, B.N. ; Jack, R.L. ; Skae, H.M. ; Geikie, A. ; Etheridge, R. ; Horne, J. (1871). Explanation of sheet 15: Dumfriesshire (north-west part); Lanarkshire (south part); Ayrshire (south-east part) (list of fossils by R Etheridge). (Memoir (Sheet) Geological Survey of GB (Scotland)). Edinburgh : HMSO.
Geikie, A. ; Geikie, J. ; Jack, R.L. ; Etheridge, R. (1872). Explanation of sheet 22: Ayrshire (north part) with parts of Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire. (Memoir (Sheet) Geological Survey of GB (Scotland)). Edinburgh : HMSO.
Maps
British Geological Survey ; Peach, B.N. ; Skae, H.M. ; Jack, R.L. ; Wilson, J.G.S. (October 1883). Sheet 11 Langholm [solid] [superseded]. [Solid ed.]. (Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360/1:50 000). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.
British Geological Survey ; Geikie, A. ; Jack, R.L. ; Peach, B.N. ; Horne, J. ; Skae, H.M. (Dec[embe]r 1870). Sheet 15 Sanquhar [solid] [superseded]. [Solid ed.]. (Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360/1:50 000). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.
British Geological Survey ; Geikie, A. ; Jack, R.L. ; Gunn, W. ; Clough, C.T. ; Cadell, H.M. ; Hill, J.B. (1892). Sheet 29 [solid] Rothesay. [Solid ed.]. (Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360/1:50 000). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.
British Geological Survey ; Geikie, A. ; Hull, E. ; Geikie, J. ; Jack, R.L. (March 1878). Sheet 30 [solid] Glasgow. [Solid ed.]. (Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360/1:50 000). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.
British Geological Survey ; Geikie, A. ; Hull, E. ; Geikie, J. ; Jack, R.L. ; Peach, B.N. (Dec[embe]r 1875). Sheet 31 [solid] Airdrie. [Solid ed.]. (Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360/1:50 000). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.
British Geological Survey ; Peach, B.N. ; Jack, R.L. ; Dakyns, J.R. ; Cadell, H.M. ; Clough, C.T. ; Cunningham-Craig, E.H. (June 1901). Sheet 38 [solid] Loch Lomond. [Solid ed.]. (Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360/1:50 000). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.
British Geological Survey ; Peach, B.N. ; Jack, R.L. (Dec[embe]r 1882). Sheet 39 [solid] Stirling. [Solid ed.]. (Geological Survey of Scotland 1:63 360/1:50 000). Southampton : Ordnance Survey for the Geological Survey.
External publications
Etheridge, R. ; Jack, R.L. (1882). Catalogue of works, papers, and maps on the geology, palaeontology, mineralogy, &c., &c., of the Australian continent and Tasmania : N: Wood, H. Mineral products of New South Wales; Thomas Richards 1882. In: Wood, H. Mineral products of New South Wales. Sydney, N.S.W. : Thomas Richards.
Etheridge, R. ; Jack, R.L. (1881). Catalogue of works, papers,reports and maps, on the geology, palaeontology, mineralogy, mining and metallurgy etc. of the Australian continent and Tasmania. (1881). Jack, R.L. ; Etheridge, R. (1892). The geology and palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea. Brisbane : James Charles Beal.
Jack, R.L. ; Centennial International Exhibition (1888). The mineral wealth of Queensland. Brisbane : Queensland Commission.
Online books by Robert Logan Jack Online books page
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/7/483,500,512 | R L Jack: Letter of appointment. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/24/98 | R L Jack: Letter of resignation. |