William Herbert Dalton F.C.S.

Timeline

Date	Details
1848	Born July 16th.
1867	Joined Survey 31st July.
1883	Promoted 9th February.
1885	Retired 31st October.
1929	Died.

Biographies and obituaries

William Herbert Dalton (1848-1929) Geologist The Essex Field Club, Noteworthy Naturalist

Obituary - William H. Dalton. Born in 1848, died 18th September 1929. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. v. 41 p.96-97. 1930

Gregory, J.W. Obituary - William Herbert Dalton. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 86 p.lxii-lxii. 1930

Thompson, P. 1930. Obituary Notice of William Herbert Dalton (1848-1929). Essex Naturalist Vol. 23 pp. 41-42.

Leaning, F.E. 1951. The Dalton Book. Typescript copy at Society of Genealogists.

Publications

Date	Details
1880	"Memoir : "Colchester" (1880)"
1886	"Memoir : "Aldborough" (1886)"
1887	"Memoir : "Halesworth" (1887), with Whittaker."
1878	"Contributed to Memoir: "Yorkshire Coalfield" (1878)"
1878	"Contributed to Memoir: "North-west parts of Essex" (1878)"
1885	"Contributed to Memoir: "Ipswich" (1885)"
1885	"Contributed to Memoir: "Lincolnshire, with parts of Leic. And Notts. (1885)"
1888	"Contributed to Memoir: "Lincoln" (1888)"
1879	"Contributed to Memoir: "Bradford and Skipton" (1879)."

BGS archives

Ref No	Title	Description
GSM/DC/A/C/7/483,506	W H Dalton: Letter on his appointment.
GSM/GL/Bw/29/8,64	W H Dalton: Letter on removal expenses.
GSM/GL/Bw/29/11	W H Dalton: Letter on fossil.
GSM/GL/Dk/4	"The Geology of Walden, Coverdale and Colsterdale etc , etc"	Handwritten draft by Dakyns and W H Dalton
GSM/GL/Dt	W.H.Dalton	Joined the Survey in 1867 and undertook extensive mapping of the East of England. He left the...