Thomas George Bonney
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| Born | 27 July 1833 |
| Died | 10 December 1923 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | British |
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Thomas George Bonney FRS (27 July 1833 – 10 December 1923) was an English geologist, president of the Geological Society of London.[1]
Career
Bonney was born in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, the eldest son of the Reverend Thomas Bonney, headmaster of Rugeley Grammar School.[2] His uncle was the Australian explorer Charles Bonney, and one of his brothers, Frederic Bonney, is remembered for his photography and ethnology in Australia.[3] Thomas was educated at Uppingham School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as 12th wrangler in 1856, and was ordained in the following year.[2]
From 1856 to 1861 he was mathematical master at
From 1877 to 1901 he was professor of geology in
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 6 June 1878.[5] He died in Cambridge on 10 December 1923. Lake Bonney in Antarctica is named after him.
Publications
His purely scientific works are:
- Cambridgeshire Geology (1875)
- The Story of our Planet (1893)
- Charles Lyell and Modern Geology (1895)
- Ice Work, Past and Present (1896)
- Volcanoes (1899).
- Bonney, T. G. The structure of the earth. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack. OCLC 18582859. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
In addition to many papers published in the
- Memories of a long life. Cambridge: OCLC 4338105.
- Bonney, T. G. (1919). Annals of the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society. London: The MacMillan & Co. Ltd. OCLC 1829655. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
See also
- Geology of the United Kingdom
- Mount Bonney
References
- ^ "Bonney, Rev. Thomas George". Who's Who: 250. 1919.
- ^ a b "Bonney, Thomas George (BNY852TG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "History of Colton House". coltonhouse.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ Presidential Address to the British Association Meeting, held at Sheffield in 1910
- ^ The Royal Society (8 June 1878). "Bonney; Thomas George (1833 - 1923)". Fellows. The Royal Society. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
Election Date: 06/06/1878.
[permanent dead link]
- David Oldroyd, 'Bonney, Thomas George (1833–1923)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bonney, Thomas George". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
External links
Works by or about Thomas George Bonney at Wikisource- Works by Thomas George Bonney at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Thomas George Bonney at Internet Archive
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