Edward Battersby Bailey

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Sir Edward Battersby Bailey (born July 1, 1881 in Marsden (Kent) , † March 19, 1965 ) was a British geologist.

Bailey studied in Cambridge at Clare College . He received top marks in the scientific Tripos exams and was also the university's heavyweight boxing champion. During World War I he was in the artillery and was badly wounded - he lost an eye and his left arm was disabled. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre (with palm trees), a Knight of the Legion of Honor and the Military Cross. From 1902 to 1929 he was with the Geological Survey. From 1929 to 1937 he was a professor at the University of Glasgow and from 1937 to 1945 director of the Geological Survey. He dealt with the geological mapping of the Scottish Highlands, especially the Argyll area.

In 1948 he received the Wollaston Medal . In 1920 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1930 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society , whose Royal Medal he received in 1943. In 1944, Bailey was elected to the National Academy of Sciences . He was an honorary member of the Geological Association . In 1946 he received an honorary doctorate (LLD) in Glasgow. In 1945 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor . He was in the Golders Green Crematorium in London cremated , where his ashes is located.

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  1. ↑ shaper RSE Fellows 1783-2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 7, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Knights and Dames: A – BEC at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
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SURNAME Bailey, Edward Battersby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British geologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Marsden (Kent)
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1965