William Henry Penning
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| Date | Details |
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| 1838 | Born March 9th. Trained as an engineer under C.H. Gregory. |
| 1867 | Joined Geological Survey. |
| 1867 | Surveyed parts of Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Cambridge and Lincolnshire. Joint author with Whitaker and others of Memoirs: “North-west part of Essex” (1878); with Jukes-Browne of “Neighbourhood of Cambridge” (1881); also contributed to “Country around |
| 1882 | Retired from Survey on account of ill-health. |
| 1882 | Went to South Africa. |
| 1882 | Papers to the Geological Society on high-level coalfields of South Africa, on goldfields of Lydenburg and De Kaap, and on the geology of South Transvaal. |
| 1902 | Died April 20th. |
Biographies and obituaries
Lapworth, C. Obituary - William Henry Penning. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 59 p.lx-lxi. 1903
Obituary - William Henry Penning, F.G.S. Born 9th March 1838, died 20th April 1902. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 9 p.335. 1902
Publications
Textbook of Field Geology (1876)
Engineering Geology (1880)
Paper to Geological Society of physical geology of East Anglia during Glacial Period.
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/7/483,504 | W H Penning: Letter on his appointment. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/24/40,48 | W H Penning: Letter on his promotion. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/24/376 | W H Penning: Letter on his ill health. | |
| GSM/GL/Bw/29/112 | W H Penning: Letter on his expense account. | |
| GSM/GL/Bw/29/241,248 | W H Penning: Letter on his promotion. | |
| GSM/GL/Pn | W H Penning |