Past Meetings

The History of Geology Group

Past meetings of the History of Geology Group

Past Meeting: March 2016: 'Behind the Scenes' visit to the Natural History Museum

e-mail enquiries/expressions of interest to cduffin@blueyonder.co.uk. Registration closes on March 7th.
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European Oil & Gas Industry History conference

The focus of the conference will be to examine the history and heritage of the oil industry from the earliest onshore drilling (and digging) to its development into the industry that we know today.
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Past Meeting: October 2015: Visit to the Eyles Collection, Bristol, and lecture by John Grotzinger

As part of the ongoing William Smith bicentenary celebrations, HOGG will visit the Eyles Collection in the Arts & Social Sciences Library, University of Bristol, which houses one of the best collections of early geological material in the country – including many Smith maps and other related items.
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June 2015: HOGG Open Meeting

18th June at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
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23 March: Sir David Attenborough to unveil William Smith plaque

William Smith lived at 15 Buckingham Street (WC2N 6DU) from 1804 to 1819. A plaque to commemorate Smith will be unveiled there on his birthday 23rd March, 2015 at 16:30 by Sir David Attenborough. The unveiling will also launch the Bicentenary of Smith’s iconic map of 1815. All are welcome to attend the unveiling and to apply for free tickets to the Launch reception that will follow at the Geological Society.
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William Smith Meeting 2015: 200 Years of Smith’s Map

To celebrate publication of the first geological map of a nation 200 years ago, HOGG is organising the Geological Society’s flagship William Smith Meeting 2015. Associated with the two-day conference is an exhibition at the Natural History Museum, a field excursion and a celebratory dinner.
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Details of meetings and events previously held by the History of Geology Group.

HOGG online talks are listed  below

Conference/Seminar abstracts are published in a booklet.

Field meetings are accompanied with a field guide.  Some of these meetings booklets are available for download.

.September 20 – 23 2026  Tercentenary of James Hutton Field meeting: Journey to the South Alpine parts of Scotland in the year 1786: locations in search of proofs for ‘Theory of the Earth’.  Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.. Leader: Duncan Hawley.

August 29 2026  HOGG Wikipedia Workshop 2026

July 29 2026  Visit Meeting: The Lapworth Museum of Geology, University of Birmingham – collections and archives behind the scenes

25 June 2026 HOGG Online: The Geological Lecture Room, Oxford: a fresh look at a well-known group portrait with Sue Newell (Associate Researcher, Oxford University Museum of Natural History).

20 May 2026  HOGG Online:  Andrew Crombie Ramsay and his Geological Lectures to Working Men: no compromise with Anne Barrett.

18 March 2026 HOGG Online: Andrija Mohorovičić: Croatian seismologist and the Crust–Mantle boundary discovery, with Dr John Milsom.

19 February 2026  HOGG Online: The Miners’ Stratigraphy and the 18th century roots of stratigraphic geology,   with Dr. Ru Smith.

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