William John Pugh

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28 June 1892	Born
1914	Graduated in BA geography University College, Aberystwyth
	WW1 served in the Royal Welch Fusileers
1919–1931	University College, Aberystwyth as Professor of Geology
1929 to 1931	Dean of Faculty, University College, Aberystwyth
1931—1950	Professor of Geology and Director of the Geological Laboratories at the University of Manchester
1948–1949	president of Section C (Geology) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1948–49
1951	Emeritus Professor
1951–1960	Director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and of the Museum of Practical Geology
18-Mar-74	Died
Honours
	Croix de Guerre
1919	OBE
1956	Knight Bachelor
1951	Fellow Royal Society
1952	Murchison Medal

Biographies and obituaries

Pugh, William John (1892-1974), Director of Geological Survey of Great Britain Dictionary of Welsh Biography

William Pugh (geologist) — Wikipedia article

Williams, Alwyn 1975 William John Pugh, 28 July 1892 - 18 March 1974 Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc.21485–495. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1975.0015

Publications

Pugh, W.J. Arthur Elijah Trueman 1894-1956 : [obituary]. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society of London v.4 1958 p.291-305.

Pugh, W.J. The building of north Wales. North Western Naturalist 12(2) 1937 p.151-160.

Jones, O.T. ; Pugh, W.J. ; Cox, A.H. ; International Geological Congress (1948). Central and South-west Wales : guide to excursions C.7 of the 18th IGC. London : The Congress.

Jones, O.T. ; Pugh, W.J. The complex intrusion of Welfield, near Builth Wells, Radnorshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 102(2) 1946 p.157-188.

Pugh, W.J. (1930). A contribution to the geology of central Wales. I.C.Peate (ed), 1930, Studies in regional conciousness and environment: essays presented to H.J.Fleure D.Sc., F.S.A. Oxford. (1930).

Pugh, W.J. ; Jones, O.T. An early Ordovician shore-line in Radnorshire, near Builth Wells. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 105(1) 1949 p.65-99.

Pugh, W.J. ; Jones, O.T. The form and distribution of dolerite masses in the Builth-Llandrindod inlier, Radnorshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 104(1) 1948 p.71-98.

Blyth, F.G.H. ; Jones, O.T. ; Pugh, W.J. The form and distribution of dolerite masses in the Builth-Llandrindod inlier, Radnorshire by W.J.Pugh & O.T.Jones : Discussion. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 104(4) 1948 p.530-531.

Pugh, W.J. The geological map of Great Britain : The Ramsden Memorial Lecture. Memoirs & Proceedings Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society 95 1954 p.85-101.

Pugh, W.J. ; Geological Survey of Great Britain. Geological Survey boring in Great Britain. Nature 172(4366) 1953 p.12-13.

Pugh, W.J. The Geological Survey of Great Britain : Two Cantor Lectures. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 106(5024) 1958 p.569-588.

Pugh, W.J. The Geological Survey of Great Britain. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Part 1 General 3(5) 1954 p.582-595.

Pugh, W.J. (1957). The Geological Survey of Great Britain. World Science Review 1957 p.31-34 (1957).

Pugh, W.J. Geology of the district around Corris and Aberllenfenni. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 79(4) 1923 p.508-545.

Pugh, W.J. Geology of the district around Dinas Mawddwy, Merioneth. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 84(2) 1928 p.345-381.

Pugh, W.J. ; Jones, O.T. Geology of the district around Machynlleth and the Llyfnant Valley. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 71(2) 1916 p.343-385.

Pugh, W.J. The geology of the district between Llanymawddwy and Llanuwchllyn (Merioneth). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 85(3) 1929 p.242-306.

Pugh, W.J. ; Jones, O.T. The geology of the districts around Machynlleth and Aberystwyth. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 46(3) 1935 p.247-300.

Pugh, W.J. ; Jones, R.C.B. The geology of the Lancashire coalfield. Colliery Guardian 157(4063) 1938 p.850-851.

Pugh, W.J. The ice age in Britain. North Western Naturalist 14(3/4) 1939 p.170-178.

Jones, O.T. ; Pugh, W.J. The laccolithic series. American Journal of Science 247(6) 1949 p.353-371.

Pugh, W.J. ; Jones, O.T. A multi-layered dolerite complex of laccolithic form, near Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London Vol. 104 pt/no 1 (1948) p.43-70 ; p.43-70.

Pugh, W.J. Nature the destroyer. I.Cox (ed), 1939, The wild life around us, and the story of the rocks. London: Allen & Unwin p.143-152.

Jones, O.T. ; Pugh, W.J. Ordovician rocks of the Builth district: a preliminary account. Geological Magazine 78(3) 1941 p.185-191.

Pugh, W.J. Owen Thomas Jones 1878-1967 : [obituary]. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society of London v.13 1967 p.223-243.

Wood, A. ; Jones, O.T. ; Pugh, W.J. (1969). The Pre-Cambrian and Lower Palaeozoic rocks of Wales : report of a symposium held at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in honour of Professor O.T. Jones and Sir William Pugh. Cardiff : University of Wales Press.

Pugh, W.J. ; British Association for the Advancement of Science. Recent work on the Lower Palaeozoic rocks. Advancement of Science 6(23) 1950 p.203-212.

Pugh, W.J. (1928). A shell-marl deposit in Montgomeryshire : Montgomeryshire Collections (Powys-Land Club) 40(3) 1928 p.234-241.

Cox, A.H. ; Pugh, W.J. ; International Geological Congress (1948). South Wales. guide to excursion A.10 of the 18th IGC (1948).

Pugh, W.J. Stephen Henry Straw : [obituary]. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London no.1611 1963 p.156-159.

Jones, O.T. ; Pugh, W.J. Summer field meeting in the Aberystwyth area. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 46(4) 1935 p.413-428.

Pugh, W.J. Triassic salt: discoveries in the Cheshire-Shropshire Basin. Nature 187(4734) 1960 p.278-279.

BGS archives

Ref No	Title	Description
GSM/DR/Pu	William John Pugh	Pugh became Director in 1950 on the retirement of McLintock. He had been Professor of Geology at Manchester and was unusual as an external appointment.
GSM/DR/Pu/5	Misc.letters to Pugh as Director of the Survey and Museum.