Neville George
Thomas Neville George
FRSE LLD (13 May 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a Welsh geologist. He was president of the Geological Society of London
.
Life
Thomas Neville George was born in the
Cambridge University to study at postgraduate level gaining a doctorate (PhD) in 1928.[3]
From 1930 to 1933 he worked as a geologist for
Glasgow University gave him a professorship. He stayed in this post until retiral in 1974, serving as Dean of the Faculty of Science 1951 to 1955.[3][4]
In 1948 he was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of London and in the same year was awarded the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society of London.[5]
The University of Rennes gave him an honorary doctorate (DSc) in 1956. The University of Wales gave him an honorary doctorate (LLD) in 1970.
George was president of the Geological Society of London from 1968 to 1970.[6]
He died in Glasgow on 18 June 1980.
Publications
- South Wales (1970)
Family
In 1932 he married Sarah Hannah Davies. They had no children.
References
- S2CID 72887990.
- S2CID 72887990.
- ^ ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Neville George". universitystory.gla.ac.uk.
- ^ "Thomas Neville George". Countryside Council for Wales (in Welsh). Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Past presidents". The Geological Society. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
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