Celebrating John Milne ‘The Father of Modern Seismology'
The hundredth anniversary of the death of Professor John Milne ‘The Father of Modern Seismology’ will be commemorated on the 31 July 2013. As part of the celebrations, the Isle of Wight Society has compiled information on its website which details related events around the world. ‘Earthquake’ Milne’ was the nickname given to Professor John […]
Strata: The Remarkable Life Story of William Smith, the Father of English Geology – John L Morton
William Smith was the first man to realise that rock strata extended right across the country – that fossils found in Dorset were the same as those in Yorkshire because the rocks were of the same age. In 1797, he drew up a list of twenty-eight rock strata beneath the town of Bath from the […]
King of Siluria: How Roderick Murchison Changed the Face of Geology – John L Morton
From joining The Geological Society in 1825, Roderick Impey Murchison became its President only seven years later! He went about his investigation of older rocks in Wales and Eastern Europe with boundless energy and was the first to differentiate and name the Silurian, Devonian and Permian periods of geological time. After extensive research, John L. […]
Cherry Lewis awarded Sue Tyler Friedman medal
The Geological Society of London’s Sue Tyler Friedman medal has been awarded this year to Cherry Lewis for her distinguished contributions to the recording of the history of geology. The medal is awarded annually, or at such intervals as Council may determine, on a world-wide basis without regard to nationality. This Geological Society award was […]
Strata: The Remarkable Life Story of William Smith, the Father of English Geology – John L Morton
William Smith was the first man to realise that rock strata extended right across the country – that fossils found in Dorset were the same as those in Yorkshire because the rocks were of the same age. In 1797, he drew up a list of twenty-eight rock strata beneath the town of Bath from the […]
King of Siluria: How Roderick Murchison Changed the Face of Geology – John L Morton
From joining The Geological Society in 1825, Roderick Impey Murchison became its President only seven years later! He went about his investigation of older rocks in Wales and Eastern Europe with boundless energy and was the first to differentiate and name the Silurian, Devonian and Permian periods of geological time. After extensive research, John L. […]
The Making of the Geological Society of London – CLE Lewis and SJ Knell (eds), 2009.
Founded in 1807, the Geological Society of London became the world’s first learned society devoted to the Earth sciences.
Continental Tectonics and Mountain Building: The Legacy of Peach and Horne – R D Law, R W H Butler, R E Holdsworth, M Krabbendam and R A Strachan, 2010.
The world’s mountain ranges are the clearest manifestations of long-term deformation of the continental crust.
Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians: A Historical Perspective – R T J Moody, E Buffetaut, D Naish and D M Martill (eds), 2010.
The papers in this collection go beyond the familiar tales about famous ‘fossil hunters’ and focus on relatively little-known episodes in the discovery and interpretation (from both a scientific and an artistic point of view) of dinosaurs and other inhabitants of the Mesozoic world.
The Life and Work of Professor J.W. Gregory FRS (1864-1932): Geologist, Writer and Explorer – B E Leake, 2011
Gregory’s remarkable career and his scientific work are detailed and critically assessed.