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Details
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1851 |
Born April at Penn Fields near Wolverhampton. Educated at Cholmondley School, Highgate, and St. John’s College, Cambridge (Tutor, T.G. Bonney). Nephew of J.B. Jukes, whose name he adopted on his 21st birthday.
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1873 |
Hons. B.A. in Natural Science Tripos.
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1874 |
Joined Geological Survey as Assistant Geologist.
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1873-1883 |
Mapping in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland and Lincolnshire. Contributed to Memoirs.
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1883 |
Paper in Quarterly Journal Geological Society on river evolution.
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1884 |
Began work for “Cretaceous rocks of Britain”, 3 volumes (published 1900-4).
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1876-1877 |
Visited Egypt.
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1885 |
Lyell Award.
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1888-1889 |
Visited Barbados with J.B. Harrison, Government Chemist, he produced geological map and memoir and 2 papers (Quarterly Journal Geological Society).
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1901 |
Murchison Medal.
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Retired from Survey on account of ill-health.
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Continued geological work and study of Recent Mollusca.
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Text books: “Physical and Stratigraphical Geology” and “Building of the British Isles”.
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1909 |
Elected F.R.S.
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1914 |
Died August 16th.
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