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[[File:Williams_02.jpg|thumb|A geological report on the Damoodah Valley | [[File:Williams_02.jpg|thumb|A geological report on the Damoodah Valley by D.H. Williams. 1850. Title page.]] | ||
== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
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== Biographies and obituaries == | == Biographies and obituaries == | ||
Memoir on Indian Surveys. C.R. Markham (1878) p. 209 | |||
Sharpe, T. and McCartney, P. J.''The papers of H. T. De la Beche (1796–1855) in the National Museum of Wales'', National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Geological series no. 17: 1998. pp 257. ISBN 0-7200-0454-03. | |||
[[David Hiram Williams and the search for coal — from South Wales to Bengal, 1839–1848]] | |||
== BGS Archives == | |||
[http://archives.bgs.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=GSM%2fGL%2fWm&pos=3%5D GSM/GL/Wm] David Hiram Williams Obituary file | |||
[[Category:Pioneers of the British Geological Survey]] | [[Category:Pioneers of the British Geological Survey]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:34, 31 July 2020
Timeline
| 1839 | Joined Geological Survey April 15th. Worked with Logan in South Wales. |
| 1845 | Appointed Geological Surveyor to East India Company. |
| Examined and reported on the Raniganj coalfield: “A geological report on the Damoodah Valley” (1850). | |
| 1849 | Died of jungle fever at Hazaribagh. |
| See J.F. North “History of Geology in South Wales” (Transactions Cardiff Naturalists Society vol. LXVII (1934)) and other referenced (North), Ibid vol. LXV (1934). |
Biographies and obituaries
Memoir on Indian Surveys. C.R. Markham (1878) p. 209
Sharpe, T. and McCartney, P. J.The papers of H. T. De la Beche (1796–1855) in the National Museum of Wales, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Geological series no. 17: 1998. pp 257. ISBN 0-7200-0454-03.
David Hiram Williams and the search for coal — from South Wales to Bengal, 1839–1848
BGS Archives
GSM/GL/Wm David Hiram Williams Obituary file