Henry Samuel Boase
Dr Henry Samuel Boase FRS (2 September 1799 – 5 May 1883) was a 19th-century British geologist and author.
Life and work
Boase was born in
The results of Boase's geological observations were embodied in his Treatise on Primary Geology (1834), a work of considerable merit in regard to the older crystalline and igneous rocks and the subject of mineral veins.[3] In 1837 he moved to London, where he remained for about a year, being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1837. In 1838 he became a partner in a firm of bleachers at Dundee,[1] and managing director in 1846.[citation needed] He then lived at 5 Fleuchar Craig in Dundee.[4]
Boase was a Christian creationist, he authored A Few Words on Evolution and Creation, 1883. The book was negatively reviewed by George Romanes in the Nature journal.[5]
Until 1865 he worked for the Turnbull brothers at the Claverhouse Bleachfield. He then went into partnership with George Ireland purchasing the Wellfield Works at Lilybank to create Ireland & Boase, flax and jute spinners. They made tarpaulins and sacks.[6]
By 1870 he was living with his family at Claverhouse in Dundee and running three companies: Boase & Co, Ireland & Boase and Small & Boase.[7] Boase retired in 1871 but stayed in Dundee. He died at Seafield House on Magdalen Place in Dundee, close to the River Tay,[8] on 5 May 1883.[9] He is buried in the Western Cemetery, Dundee. The grave lies on the west wall just before the enclosed mausoleum on that side.
Family
He married Elizabeth Valentina Stoddard (1799–1876) daughter of William Stoddard of
His grandson Captain Edgar Leslie Boase was killed at
Selected publications
- A Treatise on Primary Geology (1834)
- The Philosophy of Nature (1860)
- The Second Adam, the Seed of the Woman (1876)
- A Few Words on Evolution and Creation (1883)
Notes
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 95.
- ^ Crook 2004.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 95–96.
- ^ Dundee Post Office Directory 1846
- ^ Romanes, George J. (1883). A Few Words on Evolution and Creation. Nature 28: 222-224.
- ^ "(23) - Account of the families of Boase or Bowes - Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland".
- ^ Dundee Post Office Directory 187o
- ^ Dundee Post Office Directory 1883
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 96.
- ^ Boase grave, Western Cemetery, Dundee
- ^ "(23) - Account of the families of Boase or Bowes - Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland".
- ^ "Boase Edgar L :: Great War Dundee - This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home".
Attribution:
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Boase, Henry Samuel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 95–96. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
References
- Crook, Denise (2004). "Boase, Henry Samuel (1799–1883)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. .(subscription required)
- Hunt, Robert (1886). Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 282–283. . In