William Augustus Edmond Ussher

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  W.A.E Ussher with H.B. Woodward, standing.
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  Signature, W.A.E Ussher

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

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

Burt, E. 2013. 2013. W.A.E. Ussher: an insight into his life and character. Geoscience in South-West England, 13, 165-171.

Dineley, D.L. 1974. W. A. E. Ussher his work in the South-West. Proc Ussher Society 1974 3(1) 189-201.

House, M. 1978. W.A.E. Ussher: his ancestral background. Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 4, 115-118.

Mather, J.D. 2011. Promoting geoscience in south-west England – 50 years of the Ussher Society. Geoscience in South-West England, 12, 317-328.

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.

Wikipedia article. William Augustus Edmond Ussher