Cyril James Stubblefield

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Sir (Cyril) James Stubblefield

Geological Survey of Great Britain from 1960 until 1966.[2]

Early life

Stubblefield was born in Cambridge, the only son of a gardener and his wife. He gained a scholarship to The Perse School, Cambridge.

Education

After work as a junior factory chemist, Stubblefield moved to London to continue his education in evening classes at the

Imperial College.[4]

Career

In 1923, Stubblefield was appointed demonstrator in geology at Imperial and began research into the early

Geological Society, and he gained his PhD in 1925. In 1929 he published the Handbook of the Geology of Great Britain with J. W. Evans
.

In 1928 Stubblefield joined the palaeontology department of the

Kent, and Cumbria
.

Stubblefield became chief palaeontologist of the survey in 1947, assistant director in 1953 and director in 1960. As director, Stubblefield oversaw the reorganisation of the British and Overseas surveys, and the Museum of Practical Geology into the Institute of Geological Sciences. He retired in 1966.

Honours

Stubblefield was secretary of the

Bigsby medal (1945), and the Murchison Medal (1951). He received his London DSc in 1942, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1944. Stubblefield was knighted in the 1965 New Year Honours.[5] He was president of the Sixth International Congress of Carboniferous Geology and Stratigraphy in 1967, and president of the Palaeontographical Society from 1966 to 1970.[6]
A trilobite genus, Stubblefieldia, was named in his honour, as were many other species.

Private life

Stubblefield married Muriel Yakchee in 1932. They had two sons Rodney and Peter. He died in 1999 and was cremated in Ruislip.

References

  1. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2001.0027
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  2. ^ H. B. Whittington; Tam Dalyell (4 November 1999). "Obituary: Sir James Stubblefield". The Independent. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
  3. ^ Peter A. Sabine (September 2004). "Stubblefield, Sir (Cyril) James (1901–1999)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Notable Members | The Links Club".
  5. ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 43529". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1964. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Obituary: Sir James Stubblefield". The Independent. 4 November 1999.

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