Kingsley Charles Dunham Sir
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K.C. Dunham in centre.
Timeline
| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Born |
| 1935 | Geologist |
Biographies and obituaries
Penny, L.F. The Sorby Medal (1963) - Professor K.C. Dunham, F.R.C. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society v. 34 (4) 1964.
Kingsley Dunham — Wikipedia article
Sir Kingsley Charles Dunham (1910-2001) Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 54: 63. doi:10.1144/pygs.54.1.63
Sabine P. Dunham, Sir Kingsley Charles Oxford Dictionary of National Biography https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/75702
Publications
277 works in the BGS Library catalogue
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BCRA/202D/G/4 | Geological surveys of Ecton Mines area. | Reports, letter and survey from K C Dunham |
| BCRA/202D/H/20 | Masson Cavern. | Reports, 4 photos and large survey by K C Dunham, "Non-Ferrous Development Control, Ministry of... |
| BCRA/207Y/D/26 | Mossdale Caverns. | Survey of Mossdale in relation to veins and faults, from "H M Geol.Survey" and letter |
| BCRA/207Y/F/5 | Grassington Moor mines. | Tracing of Geol.Survey (from K C Dunham?). |
| BCRA/207Y/F/13 | Grassington Moor mines. | Reports with excellent surveys of mine shafts, 33 surveys, 9 photos |
| BCRA/208Y/C/5 | The Stratigraphy, Structure & Mineralization of the Greenhow Hill Mining Area. | Pasted-up copy of Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, C (3+4) 209-68 |
| BCRA/208Y/D/1 | Greenhow Hill Mining Area (W end), 1/5000. | Geological map of area. |
| BCRA/208Y/F/24 | Stump Cross Caverns. | Traced plan with "Big Swallow Hole". |
| BCRA/208Y/G/30 | Greenhow Hill Mining area, Geol.survey 1/5000 | Large plan. Duplicate of 208Y-D 01 |
| BMC/EN/7 | Bewerley Mines, Yorkshire | Correspondence and reports, K C Dunham, University of Durham |
| IGS/DR/Du | Kingsley Charles Dunham | Kingsley Charles Dunham was born in Sturminster, Dorset on 2 January 1910. He went to the... |
| IGS/MS | Marine Surveys and Geothermal Energy Directorate | A Continental Shelf Unit was first formed in 1967 in Leeds to study the southern North Sea and... |
| KCD | Kingsley Charles Dunham Collection | Kingsley Charles Dunham was born in Sturminster, Dorset on 2 January 1910. He went to the... |
| KCD/A/1/1/1 | Certificate stating that Kingsley Dunham is a subject of biographical record in "Who's Who in... | |
| KCD/A/1/2 | Obituaries and tributes | BGS Library has an Obituary File for Kingsley Dunham [Biographical information on Kingsley... |
| KCD/A/1/3/5 | Note in "The Times" announcing that Dunham has been appointed Sub-Warden of the Durham Colleges... | Notice is part of the section 'University News' |
| KCD/A/1/3/9 | 'Bishop attacks fluorspar plant plan' | Cutting about the Bishop of Durham attacking plans for a fluorspar crushing plant in Upper... |
| KCD/A/1/3/10 | Cutting announcing Dunham has been awarded a knighthood | Paper not known but article is part of a section called "Between Ourselves" which features a... |
| KCD/A/1/3/16 | 'Crowning moment of King Dunham's career | Three newspaper cuttings commemerating Dunham's 75th birthday. Papers not known |
| 'Birthday tribute means students' reunion' | ||
| 'Student's... | ||
| KCD/A/1/3/17 | "Bones and poleen prove Durham's ancient past" | From The Northern Echo. Relates to Neolithic remains discovered in the Durham Cathedral area by... |
| KCD/A/2/1/3 | "Theoretical Organic Chemistry" by Julius B Cohen | Prize awarded to Kingsley Dunham, Form VI in the school year 1926-27 |
| KCD/A/2/1/4 | "Physio-Chemical Calculations" by Joseph Knox | Prize awarded to Kingsley Dunham, Form VI in the school year 1926-27 |
| KCD/A/2/2/1 | BSc certificate | Certificate awarding Kingsley Dunham his BSc from the University of Durham |
| KCD/A/2/2/2 | Phd certificate | Certificate awarding Kingsley Dunham his Phd from the University of Durham |
| KCD/A/2/2/3 | MSc Degree certificate | Certificate awarding Kingsley Dunham his MSc degree from Harvard University |
| KCD/A/2/2/4 | SD Degree certificate | Certificate awarding Kingsley Dunham his SD (Scientiae Doctor) degree from Harvard University |
| KCD/A/2/2/5 | Copy of "A Treatise on a Section of the Strata from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Cross Fell" by... | Inscribed "Kingsley C Dunham, March 1932, Dunelm, Presented by Dr J A Smythe" |
| KCD/A/2/2/8 | Certificate electing Kingsley Dunham a member of the Harvard Chapter of the Society of the Sigma XI | |
| KCD/A/2/2/10 | Special note re student meeting | Special note from Dunham, who was senior student, stating that Dr Masson had called a meeting of... |
| KCD/A/2/2/12 | Schedule of psalms, hyms and organ music, Hatfield College Chapel | Dunham was the chapel organist |
| KCD/A/2/4 | Geological Survey and Museum | More records relating to Dunham's time at the Geological Survey and Museum/Institute of... |
| KCD/A/2/4/1 | Correspondence relating to Dunham's application to join the Geological Survey | |
| KCD/A/2/4/3 | Letter of appreciation thanking Dunham for his work as Sectional Secretary and Excursion Director... | |
| KCD/A/2/5 | Home Guard | During World War II Dunham was a Captain in the Home Guard in Durham and then Hertfordshire. |
| KCD/A/2/6/1 | Dunham-Durham Reunion | A meeting over four days at the University of Durham to commemerate Dunham's 75th birthday and... |
| KCD/A/2/6/1/3 | Correspondence relating to the event | Includes a short letter from Alistair Cooke ("Letters from America") who met Dunham while Cooke... |
| KCD/A/2/6/1/6 | Dunham-Durham reunion, Second Circular | |
| KCD/A/2/6/1/8 | Congratulations to Dunham on his 75th birthday from mining companies in South Australia | |
| KCD/A/2/6/1/11 | List of participants in the Dunham-Durham Reunion | With handwritten annotations and a note attached saying how many attended the dinner on 15 April. |
| KCD/A/2/6/1/16 | Circular re the Kingsley Dunham Trust Appeal | A copy sent to Dunham |
| KCD/A/2/6/1/17 | Biographical note re Dunham | |
| KCD/A/2/6/1/18 | Summary of Kingsley Dunham's career | By R McQuillin |
| KCD/A/2/6/1/19 | Correspondence between Dunham and M J Jones re title of the Dunham-Durham Reunion publication | |
| KCD/A/2/6/2 | Geology Exam papers | Includes drafts of exam papers by Kingsley Dunham |
| KCD/A/2/6/4 | Details re appointment to the Chair of Geology after Dunham's resignation | |
| KCD/A/2/6/6 | Notes informing Dunham of meetings of the Board of Studies in Geology | |
| KCD/A/2/6/9 | Drafts of Geology exam papers | Accompanied by a letter from Dunham to G H Mitchell at the Institute of Geological Sciences... |
| KCD/A/2/6/10 | Compliments slip from Professor K C Dunham | |
| KCD/A/2/7 | Institute of Geological Sciences - Director | More records relating to Dunham's time at the Geological Survey and Museum/Institute of... |
| KCD/A/2/7/2 | Institute of Geological Sciences letter headed note paper with "From the Director Sir Kingsley... | |
| KCD/A/2/7/3 | Copy of letter from Dunham to R J H Beverton at the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC... | |
| KCD/A/2/7/4 | Letter from R J H Beverton at the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to Dunham re the... | |
| KCD/A/2/7/5 | Monitoring the Environment, note by Dunham | For the next NERC council meeting |
| KCD/A/3/1/1 | Copy of IGS Office Minute | From Dunham informing IGS staff that he has been awarded his knighthood. Mentions that Frank... |
| KCD/A/3/1/2 | Career profile of Kingsley Dunham | Produced when Dunham was awarded his knighthood |
| KCD/A/3/1/3 | "Birthday Honours 1972 K[nigh]t[hood] Letters Acknowledged | Letters, cards and telegrams congratulating Dunham on his knighthood. Some have copies of Dunham... |
| KCD/A/3/1/4 | Name badge: Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor | "Sir Kingsley Dunham, Knight 1972" |
| KCD/A/3/1/5 | Copy of letters from Dunham to the Editors of the "Kensington Post" and "Durham Advertiser" about... | |
| KCD/A/3/1/6 | List of Birthday Honours in "The Times" including Dunham's Knighthood | |
| KCD/A/3/1/7 | Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor: A Record of the existing Recipients of the Honour of... | Includes Dunham |
| KCD/A/3/3/9 | Degree Congregation, University of Kent at Canterbury | Dunham was presented with an Honorary Doctor of Science degree |
| KCD/A/3/3/10 | University of Cambridge: Speeches of the Orator at the presentation of the recipients of honorary... | Dunham was made an honorary Doctor of Science |
| KCD/A/3/5 | BGS Keyworth site naming | Records relating to the naming of the BGS Keyworth site the "Kingsley Dunham Centre" can be found... |
| KCD/A/3/5/1 | Specially bound copy, in slip case, of "Geology of the Northern Pennine Orefield" Volume 1... | |
| KCD/A/3/6/1 | Certificate awarding Kingsley Dunham the Geological Society of London's Murchison Geological Fund | |
| KCD/A/3/6/2 | Men of Achievement Diploma | Awarded to Dunham for distinguished achievement. He was the subject of commendation in "Men of... |
| KCD/A/4/1 | Invitations | A large number of invitations from a range of individuals and organisations for Kingsley Dunham... |
| KCD/A/4/2/1 | Letter informing Dunham he is being invited to become a Fellow of the Institution of Geologists | |
| KCD/A/4/2/2 | Certificate electing Dunham a corresponding member of the mathematics and science class of the... | |
| KCD/A/4/2/3 | Certificate electing Dunham a Fellow of the Royal Society | |
| KCD/A/4/2/4 | Certificate electing Dunham a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America | |
| KCD/A/4/2/5 | Certificate making Dunham a Twenty-five Year Member of the Society of Economic Geologists Inc | |
| KCD/A/4/2/6 | Certificate electing Dunham a Member of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy | |
| KCD/A/4/2/7 | Certificate admitting Dunham as a Corporate Member of the Institution of Geologists | |
| KCD/A/4/2/8 | Certificate admitting Dunham as a Fellow of the Institution of Geologists | |
| KCD/A/4/2/9 | Certificate admitting Dunham as a Fellow of the Imperial College of Science and Technology | |
| KCD/A/5/1 | Postcard: Dunham to his wife | From Algiers, Algeria |
| KCD/A/5/2 | Postcard: Dunham to his wife | From Marrakech, Morocco |
| KCD/A/5/3 | Postcard: Dunham to his wife | From Tinerhir, Morocco |
| KCD/A/5/4 | Postcard: Dunham to his wife | From Ksar es-Souk, Morocco |
| KCD/A/5/5 | Postcard: Dunham to his wife | From Casablanca, Morocco |
| KCD/A/5/6 | Postcard: Dunham to his wife and son | From Marseille, France |
| KCD/A/7/1 | File relating to the Parish Church of Holy Trinity with All Saints, South Kensington | Dunham was a member of the church council. |
| KCD/A/8/1 | Inscribed copy of Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report | This copy of the report has been inscribed "To Prof. Dunham. Best wishes from the crew of Apollo... |
| KCD/C/1/1 | PhD Thesis | Kingsley Dunham's PhD thesis "The Ore Deposits of the North Pennines: A Genetic Study" submitted... |
| KCD/C/1/2 | SD Thesis | Kingsley Dunham's SD (Scientiae Doctor) thesis "The Geology of the Organ Mountains. With an... |
| KCD/C/1/3 | PhD Thesis | Ansel Dunham's PhD thesis "The Petrology and Structure of the Northern Edge of the Tertiary... |
| KCD/C/1/4 | PhD Thesis | Ananda Kumar Chakrabarti's PhD thesis "Structure and Geochemistry of the Lead - Zinc - Pyrite... |
| KCD/C/2/6 | Sedimentation | Various notes, papers etc. Includes draft of part of "Lower Carboniferous Sedimentation in the... |
| KCD/C/2/10 | Report on Preliminary Geiger-Müller Counter Survey, Urgeiriça Mine Area, Portugal | By Dunham, A W Jolliffe and J Cameron. Marked "Secret" |
| KCD/D/1/1 | Summary of Inaugral Lecture | A brief summary of Dunham's inaugral lecture as Professor of Geology at the University of Durham... |
| KCD/D/1/6 | "Free Enterprise and the University" | Talk given by Dunham to the Durham University Society |
| KCD/D/3/1/1 | Correspondence | Correspondence to and from Dunham during the time he was George A Miller Visiting at the... |
| KCD/D/3/1/2 | Economic Geology | Includes lecture "The Search for Mineral Wealth", lecture notes and exam papers from Dunham's... |
| KCD/E/1 | Bibliography | A Bibliography of Kingsley Dunham's publications can be viewed by clicking on the URL button below |
| KCD/E/2 | Published material | This is by no means complete. The items have been roughly sorted by date and have not been... |
| KCD/E/3/5 | Drafts, papers and correspondence relating to "Distributary channels and related sediments in the... | This paper does not seem to have been published |
| KCD/E/3/8 | "Die Entstehung von niedrig temperierten Blei - Zink und Eisenmineralisationen in Nordengland... | Typescript in German produced in Vienna in 1944. This is presumambly a German translation of... |
| KCD/E/3/14 | "Geology in a Real World" | Published as "Geology in the Real World" in a collection of papers presented at the Dunham-Durham... |
| KCD/E/3/15 | "Rocks, Minerals and Future Landscape" | Later titled "The Geological Basis of Landscape" this was intended to be a chapter in a book but... |
| KCD/E/3/19 | "Preliminary Note on the Stones of Durham" by Anthony Johnson and Kingsley Dunham | Published in the Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and... |
| KCD/E/3/20 | Corrected proof of "The paragenesis of sylvine, carnallite, polyhalite, and kieserite in Eskdale... | |
| KCD/E/3/21 | "The Barytes Deposits at Closehouse, Lunedale, Yorkshire" by J A Hill and K C Dunham | Draft of paper published in the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society Vol 36, Part 3... |
| KCD/F/1/1/15 | BA Anniversary Meeting, York: Final Programme | Celebrating 150 years of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Dunham was Vice... |
| KCD/F/2/2 | Testimonial, 18th International Geological Congress, Excursion A-1, First party | Expressing appreciation to Dunham for his labours in planning and conducting the excursion |
| KCD/F/4/2 | Menus | Large number of menus relating to numerous events attended and trips made by Dunham |
| KCD/G/1/2 | Fourth Sir Julius Wernher Memorial Lecture: "The Future of Mineral Exploration" | Copy of the Bulletin of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy which included the lecture... |
| KCD/G/1/3 | Annual Dinner: Menu, seating plan and copy of Dunham's reply to the High Commissioner for Australia | Dunham was the IMM President |
| KCD/G/2/2/1 | 'Visits to the Institute of the Earth Sciences in Russia' by K C Dunham | Report by Dunham along with draft programme |
| KCD/G/2/5/1 | Letter informing Dunham that he has been elected a member of Council | |
| KCD/G/2/5/6 | Report on the 150th Anniversary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | By Dunham who was the Society's Foreign Secretary |
| KCD/G/4/1 | File relating to evidence given by Dunham to Sub Committee F (Energy, Transport, Technology and... | |
| KCD/G/5 | Council for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE) | Dunham was Chairman from 1973-1975 |
| KCD/G/6/10 | Letter to Dunham re Silverband Mines from Laporte Chemicals Ltd | Writer's signature is unclear |
| KCD/G/11/1 | File: Mineral Development Committee - Final Report, Draft 1 | With annotations and corrections by Kingsley Dunham |
| KCD/G/11/2 | Report of the Mineral Development Committee: Confidential Proof | With notes and corrections by Dunham |
| KCD/G/13/29 | File: Public Inquiry in to the proposed designation of North Pennine Area as being an Area of... | Dunham objected on behalf of Weardale Minerals Ltd |
| KCD/G/15/47 | Glebe Mines Ltd: Report re Hope Level Mine | This report written by J D Willson [sic] and borrowed from Dunham by B L Hodge who returned it... |
| KCD/G/15/48 | Glebe Mines Ltd: Letter re Longstone Edge Borehole No 4 | B L Hodge to K C Dunham |
| KCD/G/15/49 | Glebe Mines Ltd: Drilling details, summarized log and detailed log, Longstone Edge Borehole No 4 | Sent to Dunham by B L Hodge |
| KCD/G/15/55 | Glebe Mines Ltd: Letter re valuation of ore reserves | P G L Vipan to K C Dunham |
| KCD/G/20/11 | Handwritten report by K C Dunham on the Ilmenite-Rutile deposits near Tengani, Port Herald... | |
| KCD/G/22 | British Association for the Advancement of Science | Dunham was a member and President from 1972-1973 |
| KCD/G/24/1 | United Kingdom Metal Mining Association | Concerns a report by Dunham on the symposium on the future of non-ferrous mining in Great Britain |
| KCD/I/1/2/2 | Potrait photographs of Kingsley Dunham | |
| KCD/I/1/2/3 | Photograph of field trip | Location and date of field trip unknown. There is an inscription which reads "To Professor Dunham... |
| KCD/I/1/2/4 | Photographs featuring Dunham | Several photographs showing Dunham with others and on his own |
| KCD/I/1/2/6 | Photographs Dunham-Durham Reunion | A meeting over four days at the University of Durham to commemerate Dunham's 75th birthday and... |
| KCD/I/1/2/8 | Photograph of the Wairakei Geothermal Area, New Mexico | Photograph taken by Dunham |
| KCD/I/2/1 | Framed copy of geological map of New Mexico | Geology by N H Darton (US Geological Survey), 1927 |
| Revised by K C Dunham, 1934 | ||
| KCD/I/3/1 | Pieces of ecclesiastical masonary | 1) "Part of the disintegrated pinnacle north of centre, Nevill Screen (This was the top pinnacle... |
| KCD/I/3/2 | Document Case: Royal Society Tercentenary | Inscribed "Royal Society Tercentenary Celebrations, London 1960" and "K C Dunham" |
| KCD/I/3/3 | Piece of Weardale Granite (Foliated Muscovite Granite), Rookhope Boring, Northern Pennines | In a plastic bag attached to a card explaining that the existence of this subsurface granite was... |
| KCD/I/3/4 | Copy of a pencil sketch of Kingsley Dunham | |