Warington Wilkinson Smyth M.A., F.R.S.
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| 1817 | Born at Naples, son of Admiral W.H. Smyth D.C.L., F.R.S., etc. and of daughter of British Consul at Naples, Thomas Warington. |
| Educated at Westminster and Bedford Schools and Trinity College, Cambridge. | |
| 1839 | Took B.A. degree. Gained travelling bachelorship and travelled for four years in Germany, Austria, Hungary, European Turkey and Asia Minor, studying mineral products and mining industries. |
| 1844 | Returned to England. |
| 1845 | Appointed to Geological Survey. Memoir Vol. II part 2 (1848), essays in…. |
| 1851 | On formation of Royal School of Mines, became lecturer on mineralogy (till 1881) and mining (till 1890). |
| Appointed Inspector of Mineral Property of the Duchy of Cornwall, then Chief Mineral Inspector to the Crown. | |
| 1856-1866 | Hon. Secretary Geological Society. |
| 1856 | Published “A year with the Turks”. |
| 1866-1867 | President of Geological Society. |
| 1867 | Published “A rudimentary treatise on coal and coal mining”. |
| 1874 | Appointed Chairman of Royal Commission on Accidents in Coal Mines. |
| 1874-1890 | Foreign Secretary of Geological Society. |
| 1887 | Knighted. |
| 1890 | Died June 19th. |
Biographies and obituaries
Obituary - Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth, M.A., F.R.S. Born 1817, died 19th June 1890. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 7 p.383-384. 1890
Obituary. [Source unknown - held with Guppy ms.]
Obituary by F.W. Rudler. [Source unknown - held with Guppy ms.]
Times 20th June 1890. [Copy held with ms.]
Publications
Works listed in the BGS Library catalogue
Survey publications
Smyth, W.W. (1846). An account of the mining academies of Saxony and Hungary. In: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and the Museum of Practical Geology in London, Vol.I. (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and the Museum of Practical Geology in London; 1). London : HMSO. 485-494.
Smyth, W.W. ; Reeks, T. ; Rudler, F.W. ; Geological Museum (1864). A catalogue of the mineral collections in the Museum of Practical Geology, with introductory and explanatory remarks. London : HMSO.
Smyth, W.W. (1846). Note on the Gogofau, or Ogofau, Mine near Pumpsant Caermarthenshire. In: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and the Museum of Practical Geology in London, Vol.I. (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and the Museum of Practical Geology in London; 1). London : HMSO. 480-484.
Smyth, W.W. (1853). Note on the mode of working the coal and ironstone of south Staffordshire. (Rec Sch Mines; 1/2). London : HMSO.
Jukes, J.B. ; Forbes, E. ; Playfair, L.P. ; Smyth, W.W. ; Percy, J. ; Hunt, R. ; Institute of Geological Sciences ; Geological Museum (1852). Lectures on gold for the instruction of emigrants about to proceed to Australia. London : D. Bogue.
Smyth, W.W. (1853). On the mines of Wicklow and Wexford. (Rec Sch Mines; 1/3). London : HMSO.
Smyth, W.W. (1848). On the mining district of Cardiganshire and Montgomeryshire. In: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and the Museum of Practical Geology in London, Vol.II, Part II. (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and the Museum of Practical Geology in London; 2/2). London : HMSO. 655-684.
Smyth, W.W. (1852). On the value of an extended knowledge of mineralogy and the processes of mining (being the introductory lecture to the course of mineralogy and mining). (Rec Sch Mines; 1/1). London : HMSO.
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Geological Survey of Ireland ; Oldham, T. ; Wyley, A. ; Smyth, W.W. ; Egan, F.W. ; McHenry, A. (1855, rev. 1901). Sheet 121 Bray. Rev. ed. / Igneous Rocks revised. (Geological Survey of Ireland one inch [geological map series], 1:63 360). Dublin : Geological Survey of Ireland.
Geological Survey of Ireland ; Oldham, T. ; Wyley, A. ; Smyth, W.W. (1855). Sheet 121 Bray. (Geological Survey of Ireland one inch [geological map series], 1:63 360). Dublin : Geological Survey of Ireland.
Geological Survey of Ireland ; Wyley, A. ; Oldham, T. ; Smyth, W.W. ; McHenry, A. ; Du Noyer, G.V. ; Jukes, J.B. (1855, rev. 1901). Sheet 130 Wicklow. Rev. ed. / The Trappean rocks re-surveyed. (Geological Survey of Ireland one inch [geological map series], 1:63 360). Dublin : Geological Survey of Ireland.
Geological Survey of Ireland ; Wyley, A. ; Oldham, T. ; Smyth, W.W. ; Du Noyer, G.V. ; Jukes, J.B. (1855, rev. 1862). Sheet 130 Wicklow. Rev. ed. / The Trappean rocks re-surveyed. (Geological Survey of Ireland one inch [geological map series], 1:63 360). Dublin : Geological Survey of Ireland.
Geological Survey of Ireland ; Wyley, A. ; Oldham, T. ; Smyth, W.W. ; Jukes, J.B. (1855). Sheet 130 Wicklow. (Geological Survey of Ireland one inch [geological map series], 1:63 360). Dublin : Geological Survey of Ireland.
Geological Survey of Ireland ; Oldham, T. ; Willson, W.L. ; Wyley, A. ; Smyth, W.W. ; Egan, F.W. ; McHenry, A. (1856, rev. 1901). Sheet 138 Tullow. Rev. ed. / Igneous Rocks revised. (Geological Survey of Ireland one inch [geological map series], 1:63 360). Dublin : Geological Survey of Ireland.
Geological Survey of Ireland ; Oldham, T. ; Willson, W.L. ; Wyley, A. ; Smyth, W.W. (1856). Sheet 138 Tullow. (Geological Survey of Ireland one inch [geological map series], 1:63 360). Dublin : Geological Survey of Ireland.
Geological Survey of Ireland ; Oldham, T. ; Willson, W.L. ; Wyley, A. ; Smyth, W.W. ; Egan, F.W. ; McHenry, A. (1856, rev. 1901). Sheet 139 Arklow. Rev. ed. / Trappean Rocks re-surveyed. (Geological Survey of Ireland one inch [geological map series], 1:63 360). Dublin : Geological Survey of Ireland.
External publications
Smyth, W.W. (1854). Notes on miners' schools and mining academies. London : Chapman & Hall.
Smyth, W.W. ; Brown, T.F. (1900). A rudimentary treatise on coal and coal mining. 8th ed. (Weales's Scientific & Technical Series). London : Crosby Lockwood.
Smyth, W.W. (1886). A rudimentary treatise on coal and coal mining. Sixth Edition (revised and enlarges). (Weales's Scientific & Technical Series). London : Crosby Lockwood and Co. 7, Stationers' Hall Court, Ludgate Hill.
Smyth, W.W. On the occurrence of Feather ore (Plumosite) in Foxdale Mine, Isle of Man : Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall v.10 1887 p.82-89.
BGS archives
| Ref No | Title | Description |
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| GSM/DC/A/C/3/138 | W.W. Smyth: Analysis of sand. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/3/313 | W.W. Smyth: Report on Oldbury and Coppall collieries. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/3/339 | W.W. Smyth: Annual Progress Reports. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/3/399 | W.W. Smyth: Annual Progress Reports. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/4/286 | WW Smyth: Annual Progress Reports. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/4/339 | W W Smyth: Annual Progress Reports. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/6/12 | W W Smyth: Annual Progress Reports. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/6/103 | W W Smyth: Annual Progress Reports. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/6/513 | W W Smyth: Letter of resignation. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/8/306-310,332,431,470 | W W Smyth: Letters concerning the administration of the Royal School of Mines. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/8/310 | W W Smyth: Letter on iron ore from Sierra Leone. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/11/85 | W W Smyth: Letter accepting employment. | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/12/23 | W W Smyth: Letter on his Cardiganshire report | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/12/120.132 | W W Smyth: Letters on colliery disasters | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/13/170 | W W Smyth: Letter on his employment by the Duchy of Cornwall | |
| GSM/DC/A/C/13/189 | W W Smyth: Letter on his Staffordshire Coalfield report | |
| GSM/GL/Sm | W W Smyth | |
| GSM/MG/C/12/4 | B. Anthony: Letters to W.W. Smyth about Canadian apatite. | |
| GSM/MG/C/12/188 | W.W. Smyth: List of ore specimens from Hungary. | |
| GSM/MG/C/12/200 | W. Templeton: Letter to W.W. Smyth about Penmaenmawr specimens. | |
| GSM/MG/C/12/229 | Wilkins & Weatherby: Letters to W.W. Smyth about iron wire. |