William Talbot Aveline
Timeline
| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 1822 | Born. |
| 1840 | Appointed, Assistant Geologist under De la Beche. |
| Worked for a short time in Somerset on the Mendip Hills, then transferred to South Wales and surveyed parts of Pembroke. | |
| Worked through other countries into North Wales, across borders to parts of West of England and into Midlands as far as Nottingham. | |
| 1867 | Appointed District Surveyor in charge of mapping of Lake District. Lived at Kendal till retirement. |
| 1882 | Retired. |
| 1894 | Murchison Medal. |
| 1903 | Died May 12th. [Copy of newspaper death notice with manuscript.] |
Biographies and obituaries
Geikie, A. Obituary - William Talbot Aveline. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 60 p.lxvi-lxviii. 1904
Obituary - William Talbot Aveline, F.G.S. (1822-12.5.1903). Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 10 p.285-286. 1903
Newspaper death notice attached to ms.
BGS archives
| GSM/DC/A/C/25/27-28 W T Aveline: Letters on his retirement.
| GSM/DC/A/C/31/130 W T Aveline: Letters on his retirement
| GSM/DR/Ra/A/2 Correspondence of A.Ramsey in various matters. Includes letters to Aveline (396), W.H.Baily, H.T...
| GSM/GL/Av William Talbot Aveline || Aveline was an early Survey geologist, joining in 1840. He worked briefly in the Mendip Hills and...
| GSM/GL/Av/4 Three pages of pencil notes and colour sketches of geology around Builth by an early surveyor (W...
| GSM/GL/Av/5 Letters and papers re Aveline's retirement.
| GSM/GL/Bw/29/176 W T Aveline: Letters on annual reports.