Edward Townley Hardman F.C.S., F.R.G.S.I., etc.

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Date	Details
1845	Born April 6th descended from old Drogheda family. Received early education in Drogheda. Won Government Exhibition and entered Royal College of Science, Dublin 1867. Obtained Diploma in mining etc.
1870	Appointed to Geological Survey of Ireland 15th July.
1871	Elected F.G.S.I.
1874	F.C.S. Prepared memoir of Geology of Coalfields of Kilkenny and Tyrone and paper on Geology of North of Ireland.
	Also keen antiquary and communicated papers to Royal Irish Academy.
1883	Selected by Colonial Office to examine and report on geology and mineral resources of the Kimberley district of W. Australia. Discovered extensive goldfield in vicinity of Napier Range.
1885	Returned home.
1886	Assisted in arrangement of rocks, fossils and minerals sent by W. Australia for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London. Returned to duties on Irish Survey.
1887	Died April 30th at Dublin.

Biographies and obituaries

Details Obituary - Edward Townley Hardman, F.C.S., F.R.G.S.I., etc Born 6th April 1845, died 30th April 1887. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 4 p.334-336. 1887

Hardman, Edward Townley (DNB00) — Wikisource

Edward Hardman — Wikipedia article

Publications

Details List of papers: Geological Magazine (1887) p. 335,336.

BGS archives

Ref No	Title	Description
GSM/DC/A/C/8/11,41,171,196,199,204,226	E T Hardman: Letters on his appointment.
GSM/DC/A/C/8/161	E T Hardman: Letter to R.I. Murchison concerning Hardman.
GSM/DC/A/C/31/108	E T Hardman: On his appointment as examiner