Edmund Johnston Garwood

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Edmund J. Garwood

Edmund Johnston Garwood (18 May 1864 in

British geologist and President of the Geological Society of London
from 1930 to 1932.

Biography

Garwood was born in Bridlington and educated at

Kanchenjunga and wrote an account of the local geology.[2][3]

In 1901, Garwood was appointed Yates-Goldsmid Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at

London University
, a position he held until his retirement in 1931.

In 1913–14, Garwood was elected as the President of the Geographical Association.

Geological Map of Shap and Ravenstonedale. From Garwood (1912)[4]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1914. His candidature citation read:

Yates-Goldsmild Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the University of London. Author of: - 'Origin of the Concretions in the Magnesian Limestone' (Geol Mag, 1891);[5] 'The Geology of Northumberland – County History of Northumberland' (vols i-vi); 'Contributions to the Glacial Geology of Spitzbergen' (with Dr J W Gregory, Quart Journ Geol Soc, vol liv);[6] 'Addition Notes on the Glacial Phenomena of Spitzbergen' (ibid, vol lv);[7] 'Notes on a Map of the Glacier of Kargchenjunga' (Geogr Journ, 1902);[2] 'Hanging Valleys in the Alps and Himalayas' (Quart Journ Geol Soc, vol lviii);[8] 'The Geological Structure and Physical Features of Sikkim' (Appendix to 'Round Kangchenjunga', by D W Freshfield, 1903);[3] 'The Tarns of the Canton Ticino' (Quart Journ Geol Soc, vol lxii);[9] 'The Faunal Succession in the Carboniferous Limestone of Westmorland' (Geol Mag, 1907);[10] 'The Geology of Tynemouth Parish – County History of Northumberland' (vol viii);[11] 'Note on a new Sounding Machine for use on Lakes and Rivers without a Boat' (Proc Roy Soc, A, vol lxxxi, 1908);[12] The Geology of Northlumberland and Durham' (Jubilee volume of Geol Assoc, Part iv);[13] 'The Lower Carboniferous Succession in the North-West of England' (Quart Journ Geol Soc, lxviii).[4]

The glacier systems of King's Bay Spitsbergen. From Garwood (1899)[7]

References

  1. JSTOR 768783
    .
  2. ^
    JSTOR 1775588
    .
  3. ^ a b Freshfield, D.W.; Garwood, E.J. (1903). "The Geological Structure and Physical Features of Sikkim". Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration. London: Edward Arnold. pp. 275–299.
  4. ^
    S2CID 129525427
    .
  5. doi:10.1017/S0016756800187291
    .
  6. S2CID 130720778
    .
  7. ^
    S2CID 129211792
    .
  8. S2CID 128397400
    .
  9. S2CID 128483955
    .
  10. doi:10.1017/S0016756800120187
    .
  11. ^ Garwood, E.J. (1907). "The Geology of Tynemouth Parish". In Northumberland County History Committee (ed.). A History of Northumberland. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: A. Reid, Sons & Co. pp. 2–16.
  12. doi:10.1098/rspa.1908.0076
    .
  13. ^ Garwood, E.J. (1910). "The geology of Northumberland and Durham". In Monckton, H.W.; R.S, Herries (eds.). Geology in the Field: The Jubilee Volume of the Geologists' Association (1858-1908). E. Stanford. pp. 661–697.


Stub icon

This biographical article about a British geologist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edmund_Johnston_Garwood&oldid=1220731835"