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| 1836 |
Born May 4th in London. Educated at St. Albans Grammar School and University College London.
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| 1855 |
B.A. Hons. In Chemistry.
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Engaged as assistant in Geological Museum.
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| 1857 |
Appointed to Geological Survey.
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Worked with Hull, Polwhele and Bauerman in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and the country near Brill, Buckinghamshire.
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Later with Bristow in Berkshire and N. Hants.
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| 1859 |
Elected F.G.S.
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| 1863 |
Promoted to Geologist.
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Took on original survey of London Basin.
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Also whole of Essex and Suffolk and parts of West Norfolk and Cambridge.
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| 1882 |
Appointed District Surveyor, stationed at Southampton. Surveyed parts of S. Hants. And superintended re-surveys in Bedford, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Northants, Oxford and Wiltshire.
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Leading authority on water-supply and underground geology.
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| 1885 |
Associate Institution of Civil Engineers. A.I.C.E.
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| 1886 |
Murchison Medal.
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| 1887 |
Elected F.R.S.
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| 1896 |
Retired.
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| 1898-1900 |
President of Geological Society.
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| 1906 |
Prestwich Medal.
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| 1923 |
Wollaston Medal.
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| 1925 |
Died January 15th.
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Biographies and obituaries
Publications
List of papers and geological Survey Publications see “Geological Magazine (1907), pp. 52-58).
Memoirs: “Memoir Geological Survey vol. IV London Basin” (1872); “London and parts Thames Valley, vols. I and II” (1889); “Guide to Geology of London” (1901); “Parts of Middlesex” (1864); “Ipswich etc” (1885); “East Essex” (1877); “Southwold and Suffolk C
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