President of the Geological Society of London
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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"...
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List of presidents
- 1807 - 1813 George Bellas GreenoughGeorge Bellas GreenoughGeorge Bellas Greenough FRS , an English geologist, was born in London.-Biography:Greenough was born George Bellas, named after his father, George Bellas, who had a profitable business in the legal profession as a proctor in Doctor's Commons, St Paul's Churchyard Doctors' Commons and some real...
- 1813 - 1815 Henry Grey BennetHenry Grey BennetThe Honourable Henry Grey Bennet , was a British politician.Bennet was the second of three sons and fourth of eight children of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, and his wife, Emma , daughter of banker Sir James Colebrooke, 1st Baronet.He was educated at Eton College , served in the 1st Foot...
- 1815 - 1816 William BlakeWilliam Blake (geologist)William Blake was a British geologist in the 19th century....
- 1816 - 1818 John MacCullochJohn MacCullochJohn MacCulloch FRS was a Scottish geologist.-Biography:MacCulloch, descended from the MacCullochs of Nether Ardwell in Galloway, was born in Guernsey, his mother being a native of that island. Having displayed remarkable powers as a boy, he was sent to study medicine in the university of...
- 1818 - 1820 George Bellas GreenoughGeorge Bellas GreenoughGeorge Bellas Greenough FRS , an English geologist, was born in London.-Biography:Greenough was born George Bellas, named after his father, George Bellas, who had a profitable business in the legal profession as a proctor in Doctor's Commons, St Paul's Churchyard Doctors' Commons and some real...
- 1820 - 1822 Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of NorthamptonSpencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of NorthamptonSpencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton , known as Lord Compton from 1796 to 1812 and as Earl Compton from 1812 to 1828, was a British nobleman and patron of science and the arts....
- 1822 - 1824 William Babington
- 1824 - 1826 William BucklandWilliam BucklandThe Very Rev. Dr William Buckland DD FRS was an English geologist, palaeontologist and Dean of Westminster, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus...
- 1826 - 1827 John BostockJohn Bostock (physician)John Bostock MD FRS was a physician, scientist and geologist from Liverpool. He spent some time at New College at Hackney where he attended Priestley's lectures on chemistry and natural philosophy, before graduating in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and practising medicine in Liverpool,...
- 1827 - 1829 William Henry FittonWilliam Henry FittonWilliam Henry Fitton was an Irish geologist-Biography:Fitton was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College in that city. He gained the senior scholarship in 1798, and graduated in the following year. At this time he began to take an interest in geology and to form a collection of fossils...
- 1829 - 1831 Adam SedgwickAdam SedgwickAdam Sedgwick was one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Devonian period of the geological timescale...
- 1831 - 1833 Roderick Impey Murchison
- 1833 - 1835 George Bellas GreenoughGeorge Bellas GreenoughGeorge Bellas Greenough FRS , an English geologist, was born in London.-Biography:Greenough was born George Bellas, named after his father, George Bellas, who had a profitable business in the legal profession as a proctor in Doctor's Commons, St Paul's Churchyard Doctors' Commons and some real...
- 1835 - 1837 Charles LyellCharles LyellSir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, Kt FRS was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularised James Hutton's concepts of uniformitarianism – the idea that the earth was shaped by slow-moving forces still in operation...
- 1837 - 1839 William WhewellWilliam WhewellWilliam Whewell was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.-Life and career:Whewell was born in Lancaster...
- 1839 - 1841 William BucklandWilliam BucklandThe Very Rev. Dr William Buckland DD FRS was an English geologist, palaeontologist and Dean of Westminster, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus...
- 1841 - 1843 Roderick Impey Murchison
- 1843 - 1845 Henry WarburtonHenry WarburtonHenry Warburton was an English merchant and politician, and also an enthusiastic amateur scientist....
- 1845 - 1847 Leonard HornerLeonard HornerLeonard Horner , Scottish geologist, brother of Francis Horner, was born in Edinburgh.Horner was a 'radical educational reformer' who was involved in the establishment of University College School....
- 1847 - 1849 Henry Thomas De la Beche
- 1849 - 1851 Charles LyellCharles LyellSir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, Kt FRS was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology, which popularised James Hutton's concepts of uniformitarianism – the idea that the earth was shaped by slow-moving forces still in operation...
- 1851 - 1853 William HopkinsWilliam HopkinsWilliam Hopkins FRS was an English mathematician and geologist. He is famous as a private tutor of aspiring undergraduate Cambridge mathematicians, earning him the sobriquet the senior-wrangler maker....
- 1853 - 1854 Edward ForbesEdward ForbesProfessor Edward Forbes FRS, FGS was a Manx naturalist.-Early years:Forbes was born at Douglas, in the Isle of Man. While still a child, when not engaged in reading, or in the writing of verses and drawing of caricatures, he occupied himself with the collecting of insects, shells, minerals,...
- 1854 - 1856 William John HamiltonWilliam John HamiltonWilliam John Hamilton, FRS was an English geologist.He was the son of William Richard Hamilton , and was educated at Charterhouse School and the University of Göttingen. He became a fellow of the Geological Society of London in 1831...
- 1856 - 1856 Daniel SharpeDaniel SharpeDaniel Sharpe FRS was an English geologist. He was born at Nottingham Place, Marylebone, Middlesex. He studied a number of mountainous formations in Great Britain and Continental Europe and arrived at important conclusions about cleavage in rocks.-Life:Orphaned before his first birthday, he was...
- 1856 - 1858 Joseph Ellison PortlockJoseph Ellison PortlockMajor-General Joseph Ellison Portlock was born at Gosport and was a British geologist and soldier, the only son of Nathaniel Portlock, and a captain in the Royal Navy....
- 1858 - 1860 John PhillipsJohn Phillips (geologist)John Phillips FRS was an English geologist.- Life and work :Philips was born at Marden in Wiltshire...
- 1860 - 1862 Leonard HornerLeonard HornerLeonard Horner , Scottish geologist, brother of Francis Horner, was born in Edinburgh.Horner was a 'radical educational reformer' who was involved in the establishment of University College School....
- 1862 - 1864 Andrew Crombie Ramsay
- 1864 - 1866 William John HamiltonWilliam John HamiltonWilliam John Hamilton, FRS was an English geologist.He was the son of William Richard Hamilton , and was educated at Charterhouse School and the University of Göttingen. He became a fellow of the Geological Society of London in 1831...
- 1866 - 1868 Warington Wilkinson SmythWarington Wilkinson SmythSir Warington Wilkinson Smyth was a British geologist.-Biography:Smyth was born at Naples, the son of Admiral W. H. Smyth and his wife Annarella Warington. His father was engaged in the Admiralty Survey of the Mediterranean at the time of his birth. Smyth was educated at Westminster and...
- 1868 - 1870 Thomas Henry Huxley
- 1870 - 1872 Joseph PrestwichJoseph PrestwichSir Joseph Prestwich FRS, was a British geologist and businessman, known as an expert on the Tertiary Period and for having confirmed the findings of Boucher de Perthes of ancient flint tools in the Somme valley gravel beds....
- 1872 - 1874 George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
- 1874 - 1876 John EvansJohn Evans (archaeologist)Sir John Evans, KCB, FRS was an English archaeologist and geologist.-Biography:John Evans was the son of the Rev. Dr A. B. Evans, headmaster of Market Bosworth Grammar School, and was born at Britwell Court, Buckinghamshire...
- 1876 - 1878 Peter Martin DuncanPeter Martin DuncanPeter Martin Duncan was an English palaeontologist.-Biography:Duncan was born in Twickenham, and was educated partly at the local grammar school and partly in Switzerland...
- 1878 - 1880 Henry Clifton SorbyHenry Clifton SorbyHenry Clifton Sorby , was an English microscopist and geologist.-Biography:Sorby was born at Woodbourne near Sheffield in Yorkshire and attended Sheffield Collegiate School. He early developed an interest in natural science, and one of his first papers related to the excavation of valleys in...
- 1880 - 1882 Robert EtheridgeRobert EtheridgeRobert Etheridge was an English geologist and palaeontologist.-Biography:Etheridge was born at Ross-on-Wye, in Herefordshire. After an ordinary school education in his native town, he obtained employment in a business house in Bristol...
- 1882 - 1884 John Whitaker Hulke
- 1884 - 1886 Thomas George BonneyThomas George BonneyThomas George Bonney FRS was an English geologist.-Career:Bonney was the eldest son of the Reverend Thomas Bonney, master of Rugeley Grammar School...
- 1886 - 1888 John Wesley JuddJohn Wesley JuddJohn Wesley Judd was a British geologist.He was born in Portsmouth the son of George and Jannette Judd and educated at the Royal School of Mines, where he later became Professor of Geology....
- 1888 - 1890 William Thomas BlanfordWilliam Thomas BlanfordWilliam Thomas Blanford was an English geologist and naturalist. He is best remembered as the editor of a major series on The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma.-Biography:Blanford was born in London...
- 1890 - 1892 Archibald GeikieArchibald GeikieSir Archibald Geikie, OM, KCB, PRS, FRSE , was a Scottish geologist and writer.-Early life:Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835, the eldest son of musician and music critic James Stuart Geikie...
- 1892 - 1894 Wilfred Hudleston HudlestonWilfred Hudleston HudlestonWilfred Hudleston Hudleston FRS was a British geologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1884. He was the president of the Geological Society of London from 1892 to 1894...
- 1894 - 1896 Henry WoodwardHenry Woodward (geologist)Henry Bolingbroke Woodward was an English geologist.He became assistant in the geological department of the British Museum in 1858, and in 1880 keeper of that department. He became FRS in 1873, LL.D in 1878, president of the Geological Society of London...
- 1896 - 1898 Henry HicksHenry Hicks (geologist)Henry Hicks, MRCS, FRS was a Welsh physician, surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons , geologist, President of the Geological Society and Fellow of the Royal Society...
- 1898 - 1900 William Whitaker
- 1900 - 1902 Jethro Justinian Harris Teall
- 1902 - 1904 Charles LapworthCharles LapworthCharles Lapworth was an English geologist.-Biography:He was born at Faringdon in Berkshire and educated as a teacher at the Culham Diocesan Training College near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. He moved to the Scottish border region, where he investigated the previously little-known fossil fauna of the area...
- 1904 - 1906 John Edward MarrJohn Edward MarrJohn Edward Marr FGS FRS was a British geologist. After studying at Lancaster Royal Grammar School he matriculated to St John's College, Cambridge, graduating with First Class Honours in 1878...
- 1906 - 1908 Archibald GeikieArchibald GeikieSir Archibald Geikie, OM, KCB, PRS, FRSE , was a Scottish geologist and writer.-Early life:Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835, the eldest son of musician and music critic James Stuart Geikie...
- 1908 - 1910 William Johnson SollasWilliam Johnson SollasWilliam Johnson Sollas FRS was a British geologist and anthropologist. After studying at the City of London School, the Royal College of Chemistry and the Royal School of Mines he matriculated to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded First Class Honours in geology...
- 1910 - 1912 William Whitehead WattsWilliam Whitehead WattsWilliam Whitehead Watts was a British geologist. He was born at Broseley and educated at Denstone College, and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, of which he was a fellow in 1888–94, and he was also an extension lecturer of the university in 1882–91...
- 1912 - 1914 Aubrey StrahanAubrey StrahanSir Aubrey Strahan KBE FRS was a British geologist. He won the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1919....
- 1914 - 1916 Arthur Smith WoodwardArthur Smith WoodwardSir Arthur Smith Woodward was an English palaeontologist.-Biography:Woodward was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England and was educated there and at Owens College, Manchester. He joined the staff of the Department of Geology at the Natural History Museum in 1882. He became assistant Keeper of...
- 1916 - 1918 Alfred HarkerAlfred Harker (petrologist)Alfred Harker FRS was an English geologist who specialised in petrology and interpretive petrography. He worked for the Geological Survey of Scotland and conducted extensive surveying and geological studies of western Scotland and the Isle of Skye...
- 1918 - 1920 George William LamplughGeorge William LamplughGeorge William Lamplugh was a British geologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1905 and won the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society in 1925.-References:...
- 1920 - 1922 Richard Dixon OldhamRichard Dixon OldhamRichard Dixon Oldham FRS was a British geologist who made the first clear identification of the separate arrivals of P-waves, S-waves and surface waves on seismograms and the first clear evidence that the Earth has a central core.-Life:Born on 31 July 1858 to Thomas Oldham, a Fellow of the Royal...
- 1922 - 1924 Albert Charles SewardAlbert Charles SewardAlbert Charles Seward FRS was a British botanist and geologist.-Life:His first education was at Lancaster Grammar School and then on to St. John's College at Cambridge following his parents' wish to dedicate his life to the Church...
- 1924 - 1926 John William EvansJohn William Evans (geologist)John William Evans was a British geologist. Evans was president of the Geological Society of London 1924-6. He received its Murchison Medal in 1922....
- 1926 - 1928 Francis Arthur BatherFrancis Arthur BatherFrancis Arthur Bather FRS was a British palaeontologist, geologist and malacologist.Bather joined the Department of Geology at the Natural History Museum in 1887...
- 1928 - 1930 John Walter GregoryJohn Walter GregoryJohn Walter Gregory, FRS, was a British geologist and explorer, known principally for his work on glacial geology and on the geography and geology of Australia and East Africa.-Early life:...
- 1930 - 1932 Edmund Johnston GarwoodEdmund Johnston GarwoodEdmund Johnston Garwood was a British geologist and President of the Geological Society of London from 1930 to 1932....
- 1932 - 1934 Thomas Henry HollandThomas Henry HollandSir Thomas Henry Holland KCSI KCIE FRS was a British geologist and educational administrator.Thomas Holland was born in Helston, Cornwall. In 1884, he won a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Science, graduating with a first class degree in Geology...
- 1934 - 1936 John Frederick Norman GreenJohn Frederick Norman GreenJohn Frederick Norman Green , or J.F.N.Green, was a geologist who won the prestigious Lyell Medal in 1925 and served as President of the Geological Society between 1934 and 1936.-Published works:...
- 1936 - 1938 Owen Thomas JonesOwen Thomas JonesOwen Thomas Jones, FRS FGS was a Welsh geologist.He was born in Beulah, near Newcastle Emlyn, Cardiganshire, the only son of David Jones and Margaret Thomas. He attended the local village school in Trewen before going to Pencader Grammar School in 1893. In 1896 he went up to University College,...
- 1938 - 1940 Henry Hurd SwinnertonHenry Hurd SwinnertonHenry Hurd Swinnerton was a British geologist. He was professor of geology at University College Nottingham from 1910 to 1946. ....
- 1940 - 1941 Percy George Hamnall BoswellPercy George Hamnall BoswellProfessor Percy George Hamnall Boswell FRS was a British geologist.He was Professor of Geology at Liverpool University and Head of the Department of Geology at the Imperial College of Science, London. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May, 1931...
- 1941 - 1943 Herbert Leader HawkinsHerbert Leader HawkinsHerbert Leader Hawkins FRS was a British geologist.-References:...
- 1943 - 1945 William George FearnsidesWilliam George FearnsidesWilliam George Fearnsides FRS was a British geologist....
- 1945 - 1947 Arthur Elijah TruemanArthur Elijah TruemanSir Arthur Elijah Trueman, FRS, was a British geologist.-Early life and career:Trueman was born in Nottingham, son of Elijah and Thirza Trueman. He was educated at High Pavement School, Nottingham, leaving in 1911 to become student teacher at Huntington Street School, Nottingham...
- 1947 - 1949 Herbert Harold ReadHerbert Harold ReadHerbert Harold Read FRS, FRSE, FGS, was a British geologist and Professor of Geology at Imperial College...
- 1949 - 1950 Cecil Edgar TilleyCecil Edgar TilleyCecil Edgar Tilley FRS was an Australian-British petrologist and geologist.He was born in Unley, Adelaide, the youngest child of John Thomas Edward Tilley, a civil engineer from London, and his wife South Australia-born wife Catherine Jane...
- 1950 - 1951 Owen Thomas JonesOwen Thomas JonesOwen Thomas Jones, FRS FGS was a Welsh geologist.He was born in Beulah, near Newcastle Emlyn, Cardiganshire, the only son of David Jones and Margaret Thomas. He attended the local village school in Trewen before going to Pencader Grammar School in 1893. In 1896 he went up to University College,...
- 1951 - 1953 George Martin LeesGeorge Martin LeesGeorge Martin Lees Military Cross DFC FRS was a British soldier, geologist and leading authority on the geology of the Middle East.-Early life and military service:...
- 1953 - 1955 William Bernard Robinson King
- 1955 - 1956 Walter Campbell SmithWalter Campbell SmithWalter Campbell Smith , later formally Campbell-Smith, was a British mineralogist and petrologist....
- 1956 - 1958 Leonard HawkesLeonard HawkesLeonard Hawkes FRS was a British geologist.-External links:* http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=910&inst_id=11...
- 1958 - 1960 Cyril James StubblefieldCyril James StubblefieldSir James Stubblefield FRS was a British geologist. Stubblefield was the President of the Geological Society of London from 1958 to 1960 and was the Director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain from 1960 until 1966.-Early life:...
- 1960 - 1962 Sydney Ewart HollingworthSydney Ewart HollingworthSydney Ewart Hollingworth was a British geologist....
- 1962 - 1964 Oliver Meredith Boone Bulman
- 1964 - 1966 Frederick William ShottonFrederick William ShottonProfessor Frederick William Shotton FRS was a British geologist....
- 1966 - 1968 Kingsley Charles DunhamKingsley Charles DunhamSir Kingsley Charles Dunham FRS was one of the leading British geologists and mineralogists of the 20th century. He was a Professor of Geology at the University of Durham from 1950-71. He was later Professor Emeritus from 1967-2001...
- 1968 - 1970 Thomas Neville GeorgeThomas Neville GeorgeThomas Neville George FRS was a British geologist.-References:...
- 1970 - 1972 William Alexander DeerWilliam Alexander DeerWilliam Alexander Deer was a British geologist.He was an Honorary Fellow of St John's College and Trinity Hall Cambridge, Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology at the University of Cambridge from 1961, Master of Trinity Hall from 1966 to 1975, and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University from 1971...
- 1972 - 1974 Thomas Stanley WestollThomas Stanley WestollThomas Stanley Westoll, FRS FRSE, FGS was the long-time head of the Department of Geology at Newcastle University.-Education and career:He was born in West Hartlepool and educated at the local grammar school...
- 1974 - 1976 Percy Edward KentPercy Edward KentPercy Edward Kent PhD, DSc, LLD, ScD, FGS, FRS was a British geologist who won the Royal Medal in 1971.-Early life:...
- 1976 - 1978 Wallace Spencer PitcherWallace Spencer Pitcher-Career:Pitcher was born in London and became interested in fossils in childhood. At 17 he started work as an assistant assayer, attending college part-time to study for a degree in Chemistry and Geology at Chelsea College, London, graduating after war service in 1947.Professor Herbert Harold Read...
- 1978 - 1980 Percival AllenPercival AllenPercival Allen FRS was a British geologist.In Mar, 1973 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His applicaton citation read: "Distinguished for his investigations of Lower Cretaceous sedimentation in north-western Europe...
- 1980 - 1982 Edward Howel FrancisEdward Howel FrancisHowel Francis is a British geologist, formerly Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds.-References:...
- 1982 - 1984 Janet Vida WatsonJanet Vida WatsonProfessor Janet Vida Watson FRS FGS was a British geologist. She was the first woman to become president of the Geological Society of London.-Early life:...
- 1984 - 1986 Charles Hepworth HollandCharles Hepworth HollandCharles Hepworth Holland is a British geologist, Emeritus Fellow and former Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Trinity College, Dublin.-Career:...
- 1986 - 1988 Bernard Elgey LeakeBernard Elgey LeakeBernard Elgey Leake is Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Glasgow, wasLeverhulme Emeritus Fellow at Cardiff University 2000-2002 and has been an Honorary ResearchFellow at Cardiff University since 1997....
- 1988 - 1990 Derek John BlundellDerek John BlundellDerek John Blundell is a British geologist, now Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, Royal Holloway, University of London.He was President of the Geological Society from 1988 to 1990 and awarded the Society's Coke Medal in 1993.- References :...
- 1990 - 1992 Anthony Leonard HarrisAnthony Leonard HarrisAnthony Leonard Harris is a British geologist and former president of the Geological Society of London.-References:...
- 1992 - 1994 Charles David CurtisCharles David CurtisCharles David Curtis is a British geologist. From 1992 to 1994, he served as President of the Geological Society of London. He is Emeritus Professor of Geochemistry at the University of Manchester and has been the Head of Research and Development Strategy, Radioactive Waste Management...
- 1994 - 1996 (Robert) Stephen (John) SparksSteve Sparks (volcanologist)Robert Stephen John Sparks, FRS, CBE , is Chaning Wills Professor of Geology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. He is one of the world's leading volcanologists and has been widely recognised for his work in this field.-Career:Steve Sparks is a graduate of Imperial...
- 1996 - 1998 Richard Frederick Paynter HardmanRichard Frederick Paynter HardmanRichard Frederick Paynter Hardman, CBE is a British geologist and the doyen of applied petroleum geologists. He remained the President of the Geological Society of London, 1996 - 1998 and Chairman of the Petroleum Society of Great Britain...
- 1998 - 2000 Robin CocksRobin CocksLeonard Robert Morrison Cocks OBE TD is a British geologist, formerly Keeper of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum.Cocks was educated at Felstead School and Hertford College, Oxford....
- 2000 - 2002 Ronald Oxburgh, Baron OxburghRonald Oxburgh, Baron OxburghErnest Ronald Oxburgh, Baron Oxburgh, KBE, FRS is an eminent geologist and geophysicist. Lord Oxburgh is well known for his work as a public advocate in both academia and the business world in addressing the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and develop alternative energy sources as well as...
- 2002 - 2004 Mark Moody-StuartMark Moody-StuartSir Mark Moody-Stuart was appointed non-executive chairman of Anglo American PLC in 2001 and is an ex-chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and a director of HSBC Holdings and of Accenture. He is a Chairman, Foundation for the Global Compact and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Global...
- 2004 - 2006 Peter StylesPeter Styles (geologist)Peter Styles is a British geologist. He is Professor of Applied and Environmental Geophysics at Keele University. After growing up in Northumberland Styles read physics at Wadham College, Oxford, graduating in 1972. He then studied for a doctorate at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne on plate...
- 2006 - 2008 Richard Fortey
- 2008 - 2010 Lynne FrostickLynne FrostickLynne Frostick is a British geographer. She is Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Hull. Her research interests include sediment and flow dynamics in rivers and estuaries and the interdisciplinary problems associated with waste. The physical modelling facility she has developed at...