John Hopwood Blake Assoc. M Inst. C.E., F.G.S.
Timeline
| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 1843 | Born July 22nd in London. |
| Educated at King’s College. | |
| 1843 | Apprenticed to engineer, engaged for several years on railway work in Cornwall and S. Wales. |
| 1868 | Joined Survey. Became engaged in re-survey of portions of Somerset, later in first detailed Drift Survey of area N.W. of London. |
| Transferred to Suffolk and Norfolk. Made careful study of Forest Bed Series. | |
| 1884 | 1” Geol. Survey of England completed. Blake went to Reading and began 6” re-survey and mapping of Drifts. |
| 1901 | Died March 5th. |
Biographies and obituaries
Obituary - John Hopwood Blake, Assoc.M.Inst,C.E., F.G.S., of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 8 p.238-240. 1901
Teall, J.J.H. Obituary - John Hopwood Blake. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 58 p.liii-liv. 1902
Publications
| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 1888 | "Memoir: ""East Dereham"" (1888)" |
| 1890 | "Memoir: ""Yarmouth and Lowestoft"" (1890)" |
| "Memoir: ""Water Supply of Berkshire"" (with Whitaker)" | |
| 1903 | "Memoir: ""Reading"" (unfinished) (1903)" |
| 1886 | "Memoir: ""Bury St Edmunds"" (1886) with F.J. Bennett" |
| 1876 | "Contributed notes to: ""E. Somerset"" (1876)" |
| 1881 | "Contributed notes to: ""Stowmarket"" (1881)" |
| 1881 | "Contributed notes to: ""Norwich"" (1881)" |
| 1889 | "Contributed notes to: ""London"" (1889)" |