Charles Alfred Matley
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Charles Alfred Matley was a British paleontologist
and geologist
in India, the British West Indies
and Wales
.He married Sarah A. Loach in Birmingham in 1891.
In the 1930s, Matley was appointed Government Geologist for Jamaica
and under his tenure a ground water assessment for the island was prepared. In addition, while on the island he collected one of the most extensive collection of Jamaican fossils.
Matley was awarded the Murchison Medal
in 1929 by the Geological Society of London
. The standard author abbreviation Matley is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a formal faunal record.
Paleontology
Paleontology "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- "being, creature", and λόγος "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments...
and geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
in India, the British West Indies
British West Indies
The British West Indies was a term used to describe the islands in and around the Caribbean that were part of the British Empire The term was sometimes used to include British Honduras and British Guiana, even though these territories are not geographically part of the Caribbean...
and Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
.He married Sarah A. Loach in Birmingham in 1891.
In the 1930s, Matley was appointed Government Geologist for Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
and under his tenure a ground water assessment for the island was prepared. In addition, while on the island he collected one of the most extensive collection of Jamaican fossils.
Matley was awarded the Murchison Medal
Murchison Medal
An award established by Roderick Murchison, who died in 1871. One of the closing public acts of Murchison’s life was the founding of a chair of geology and mineralogy in the University of Edinburgh. Under his will there was established the Murchison Medal and geological fund to be awarded annually...
in 1929 by the Geological Society of London
Geological Society of London
The Geological Society of London is a learned society based in the United Kingdom with the aim of "investigating the mineral structure of the Earth"...
. The standard author abbreviation Matley is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a formal faunal record.
Further reading
- Donovan, S.K. (1996) "De la Beche, C. A. Matley and the Jamaican 'Palaeozoic'" Contributions to Geology, UWI, Mona 2: pp. 15–19
- Robinson, E. (1996) "Charles Alfred Matley: his links with mid twentieth century geology in Jamaica" Contributions to Geology, UWI, Mona 2: pp. 20–27