Charles Edward Fox-Strangways F.G.S.
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| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 1844 | Born February 13th at Reive near Exeter. Son of Rev. Henry Fox-Strangways. Educated at Eton and University of Gottingen. |
| 1867 | Appointed Assistant Geologist of the Geological Survey. |
| 1867 | Fieldwork in West Yorkshire near Todmorden, and near Ingleton. Yorkshire Coalfield – Harrogate – across Vale of York to East Yorkshire. (For memoirs see Geological Magazine 1910, p. 237). |
| 1889 | Transferred to Midland Counties. Lived in Leicester till retirement. Memoir on Leicestershire Coalfield. |
| 1892 | General memoir on Jurassic rocks of Yorkshire. |
| 1901 | Promoted to District Geologist. |
| Had important share in compiling “Bibliography of Yorkshire Geology”. Published by the Yorkshire Geological Society 1915. | |
| 1910 | Died March 5th. |
Biographies and obituaries
Obituary - Charles Edward Fox-Strangways, F.G.S. Born 13th February 1844, died 5th March 1910. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 7 p.235-238. 1910
Lamplugh, G.W. Obituary - Charles Fox-Strangways, F.G.S. (1844-1910). Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. v. 17 p.156-158. 1910
Watts, W.W. Obituary - Charles Edward Fox-Strangways. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 67 p.lv-lvi. 1911
Geology of Yorkshire, Kendall and Wroot. p. 307.
Charles Edward Fox-Strangways (1844-1910) Geologist and Honorary Member of the YPS
Charles Edward Fox-Strangways (1844 - 1910) — Wikitree entry
Publications
List of Memoirs and papers: Geological Magazine (1910) p. 237-8.
181 works listed in the BGS Library catalogue.