Alfred John Jukes-Browne

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Alfred John Jukes-Browne (born April 16, 1851 in Penn Fields near Wolverhampton as Alfred John Browne, † August 14, 1914 in Devon , England ) was a British geologist and paleontologist .

Jukes-Browne was the nephew of geologist Joseph Beete Jukes (his mother's brother) and he added the name of his uncle Jukes to his own name as soon as he turned 21. He studied at the University of Cambridge (among others with Thomas George Bonney ) with a bachelor's degree in 1873 and was from 1874 on the British Geological Survey, for which he mainly mapped in Suffolk , Cambridgeshire , Rutland and Lincolnshire (also for example for the report on Salisbury , Henley-on-Thames and Andover (Hampshire) he contributed). In 1902 he gave up the job at the Geological Survey for health reasons, but continued to work scientifically in geology and malacology . Twenty years earlier he was severely disabled, which did not prevent him from working on the survey.

Jukes-Brown, who was mainly concerned with paleontology of invertebrates and stratigraphy , wrote a large monograph on chalk in Great Britain for the survey from 1884 onwards . In 1876/77 he visited Egypt and in 1888/89 Barbados (for which he made a geological map). He wrote several textbooks and a book on the geological development of England.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Society (1909) and the Geological Society of London . In 1885 he received the Lyell Award and in 1901 the Murchison Medal .

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  • with William Henry Penning: Text book of field geology. With a section on paleontology. London 1879
  • The Student's Handbook of Physical Geology. G. Bell, London 1884
  • The Student's Handbook of Historical Geology. G. Bell, London 1886
  • The Student's Handbook of Stratigraphical Geology. Stanford, London 1902
  • with Charles Vincent Bellamy: The geology of Cyprus. Plymouth 1905
  • The building of the British Isles. A study in geographical evolution. G. Bell, London 1888, 1911
  • The Cretaceous Rocks of Great Britain. 3 volumes, HMSO, Wyman and Sons, London 1900 to 1904
  • The hills and valleys of Torquay, a study in valley development and an explanation of local scenery. 1907

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SURNAME Jukes-Browne, Alfred John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Browne, Alfred John (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Penn Fields
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1914
Place of death Devon , England