Edward Battersby Bailey
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Bailey was in the great tradition of English eccentrics - he lost his eye winning the Military Cross in France during the First World War.
He was in the Scottish Office for 30 years, and later became one of the most eccentric Directors of the Survey. Bailey stories abound....
'....he had a habit when in the field of leaping into the first stream he saw to get his boots soaked, which avoided any later reluctance to get his feet wet; his naked plunges into Highland burns on the coldest days to emphasise his 'machismo'; his habit, on leaving his lodgings with a packed lunch, of sitting down about half an hour out saying "Let's eat it now and get it over with".' (H.E.Wilson)
Timeline
| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 1881 | Born July 1st at Kendal. Educated at Kendal Grammar School and at Clare College, Cambridge. (1st in Nat. Science & Physics.) |
| 1902 | Joined Geological Survey (Scotland). D.G. 1919. |
| 1929 | Survey Service terminated 24/12/29. |
| 1929 | Appointed to Chair of Geology at Glasgow in succession to J.W. Gregory. Elected Professor 12/12/29. Term began 1/1/30, lectures 6/1/30. |
| 1930 | F.R.S. |
Biographies and obituaries
Richey, J.E. Obituary - Sir Edward Battersby Bailey, Kt.M.C., F.R.S. (Director of Geological Survey). Proceedings of the Geological Society. v. 1628 p.197-198. 1965
Obituary - Sir Edward Battersby Bailey. Born in 1881, died 19th March 1965. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. v. 77 p.157-159. 1966
Glasgow Herald 25/2/30.
Prof. E. B. Bailey, F.R.S.. Nature 139, 102 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139102b0
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GSM/DR/By | Edward B.Bailey | Bailey joined the Survey in 1902 and was immediately sent to Scotland.He became District... |
| GSM/DR/By/S/1 | Correspondence to range of geologists on various issues inc fossils from Mull. | Letters from and to E.B.Bailey inc: Flett, Kitchin, Gibson, B.N.Peach, T.Robertson, H.H.Thomas... |
| GSM/DR/By/S/5 | Mss of paper: 'A hundred years of Geology, 1851 - 1951', with copy of the paper and letter from... | |
| GSM/DR/By/S/6 | Draft report on the geology of Gibralter by E.B.Bailey and C.P.Chatwin, with correspondence. | |
| GSM/DR/Sb/4/1 | Correspondence and papers inc letters from E.B.Bailey, Bisat, and Howell | |
| GSM/DR/Sb/6 | E B Bailey | |
| GSM/DR/Sb/6/1 | E B Bailey | Correspondence from and relating to E B Bailey. |
| GSM/DR/Sb/6/2 | E B Bailey - Letters to Pugh and others relating to his history of the Survey | |
| GSM/DR/Sb/6/3 | Letters and notes about E B Bailey | Relating to obituaries of E B Bailey |
| GSM/DR/Sb/6/4 | Autobiographical notes - E B Bailey | |
| GSM/DR/Sb/7/1 | Photographs | 1) B.F. Howell, E.S. Cobbold, R. Kozlowski, C.E. Ressel in Poland 1931. 2) R. Richter at View... |
| GSM/DR/Sb/7/5 | Home Guard Photographs | Photographs of the GSM and LR Company of the 58th London Battalion. Includes Stubblefield and... |
| GSM/GL/Cl/15 | Papers on the Carruthers - Bailey dispute re tectonics of the Glencoe- Ballachulish area. 1... | |
| GSM/GL/Ct/4 | Correspondence: letters to H.Allen, E.B.Bailey, Hester, Kitchin, Stubblefield, H.H.Thomas and others | |
| GSM/GL/Pc/1 | Misc papers including notes on anthropods, geology and glaciation of Scotland. | Comments on paper by E.B.Bailey and horizontal sections through Scotland |
| GSM/GX/Ar/1 | Correspondence: letters to E.B.Bailey, C.P.Chatwin, H.G.Dimes, C.H.Dinham, and replies to E.E.L... |