John Flett (geologist)
Sir John Smith Flett
Early life
Born in
Flett worked as a
Expeditions
Flett participated in several geological expeditions. He went with Tempest Anderson to observe the aftermaths of eruptions in the Caribbean in 1902 and 1907.[3]
Awards and later life
Flett was awarded the Neill Prize (1898–1901) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1900,[4] on the proposal of James Geikie, Ben Peach, John Horne and Ramsay Traquair. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1913,[5] received the Bolitho Medal of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall in 1917,[6] made KBE in 1925 and won the Wollaston Medal in 1935.
Flett served as president of the
Flett died in
Family
Flett married Mary Jane 'Polly' Meason;[8] They had four children: Winifred Mary Flett (1899-1991), Enid Jean Flett (1903 - 1972), Harald Flett (5 Feb 1906 - 1981) and Sir Martin Teall Flett (30 July 1911 - 25 Feb 1982).
His granddaughter, the journalist Scarth Flett, was married to the Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker John Pilger.
Recognition
In the mid-1970s, the then new, glass-faced structure built in the grounds of the South Kensington Museums complex between the Geological Museum and the British Museum (Natural History) containing a lecture theatre, was named in his honour.
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ ISBN 9780902198845. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- S2CID 85070450.
- ^ "Past Fellows".
- S2CID 177940168.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33178. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Papers of Sir John Smith Flett - Archives Hub".
- ^ Who's Who 1968-1969, A. & C. Black, St Martin's Press, 1968, p. 1045
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