Deceased
from Nashua, NH
14 June 1857 • Poulton-le-Sands
Died:01 October 1933
Known for:work on the succession of palaezoic rocks
theory on the Silesian (series) Upper Silesian fossils found in Lower Silesian regions
succession of the Stockdale Shales
Merchant • Petrologist • President
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
Academic degree:Academics of the University of Cambridge • Professor
Area of science:Geology
Natural sciences:Geology
Royal Medal winner • Wollaston Medal winner • Lyell Medal winners • Scholarship • Wollaston Medal • Lyell Medal
Ascribed status:Fellow of the Geological Society of London • Fellow of the Royal Society
…of popularity in England, though not in the United States. He wrote a series of poems, with prose head notes, inspired by his early experiences at sea. He published them in two collections, each issued in a tiny edition of 25 copies for his relatives and friends: John Marr (1888) and Timoleo...