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Timeline
| Date | Details |
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| 1824 | Born July 28th at Kilmington, Somerset. Son of Rev. Canon Townsend Selwyn and grandson of Bishop of St. Davids. Married daughter of Rev. Edward Selwyn. Educated in Switzerland. |
| 1845 | Joined Geological Survey under De la Beche. |
| Mapping in North Wales under Ramsay. | |
| First discovered unconformity between Cambrian and underlying schists. | |
| Also worked in Shropshire. | |
| 1852 | Resigned. Appointed Director of Geological Survey, Victoria. |
| Undertook investigation of gold-bearing rocks and gravels. | |
| Prepared reports and papers on economic geology of Victoria. | |
| 1869 | Appointed Director to Geological Survey of Canada (on Logan’s retirement). Advanced Canadian geology from economic side. |
| Worked out geologic structure of eruptive districts of east Canada. | |
| Also assistant to Canadian Commissioners for 3 Great Exhibitions: “Philadelphia Centennial” (1876); “Paris Universal” (1878); “Colonial and Indian” (1886) (in London). | |
| 1871 | F.G.S. |
| 1874 | F.R.S. |
| 1876 | Murchison Medal. |
| 1884 | Clarke Gold Medal from Royal Society of New South Wales. |
| 1886 | Made C.M.G. |
| 1894 | Retired. |
| 1902 | Died October 19th at Vancouver. |
Biographies and obituaries
Obituary - Alfred R.C. Selwyn, C.m.G., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. Born in 1824, died November 1902. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 10 p.96. 1903
Lapworth, C. Obituary - Alfred Charles Selwyn, C.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 59 p.lxi-lxiii. 1903
Proceedings Royal Society LXXV (1905) p. 325
Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn — Wikipedia article
Branagan, D.F. and Townley, K.A. Selwyn, Alfred Richard (1824–1902)] Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6, (MUP), 1976
Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil (1824–1902) 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica on Wikisource
Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil Dictionary of Canadian Biography volume 13 (1901–1910)
Publications
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
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| GSM/DR/Sb/4/16 | Correspondence with J Selwyn Turner | |
| GSM/GL/Sw | A R C Selwyn |