George Thurland Prior

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George Thurland Prior (born December 16, 1862 in Oxford , † March 8, 1936 ) was a British mineralogist , known for the further development of the classification of meteorites by Gustav Rose .

Prior studied chemistry and physics at Oxford University (Magdalen College) with degrees in 1885 and 1886. From 1887 he was at the British Museum in the Department of Mineralogy (now the Natural History Museum ) and was 1909 to 1927 Keeper for Mineralogy. At first he dealt with chemical mineral analysis, later with meteorites.

In 1905 he received a D. Sc. in Oxford.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Society (1912). In 1927 he received the Murchison Medal . Prior Island and Mount Prior are named after him in Antarctica .

Fonts

  • On the genetic relationship and classification of meteorites, Mineralogical Magazine, Volume 18, 1916, pp. 26-44.
  • The classification of meteorites, Mineralogical Magazine, Volume 19, 1920, pp. 51-63.
  • Catalog of Meteorites, British Museum 1923

literature

  • LJ Spencer: George Thurland Prior. 1862-1936, Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 2 (5), 1936, p. 150
  • Obituary in Nature, Volume 137, 1936, p. 485
personal data
SURNAME Prior, George Thurland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxford
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1936