Joseph Beete Jukes

The HMS Fly, with which Jukes explored Newfoundland and Australia

Joseph Beete Jukes (born October 10, 1811 in Summer Hill, Birmingham , † July 29, 1869 in Dublin ) was an English geologist.

His parents were John and Sophia Jukes. He attended schools in Wolverhampton near Birmingham and then studied geology with Professor Adam Sedgwick at St. John College , Cambridge. He graduated in 1836 and became a Traveling Lecturer. From 1839 to 1840 he was entrusted with the geological exploration of Newfoundland (on the HMS Fly under the command of Francis Price Blackwood ) and then became director of the Irish department of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. 1842-46 he was in Australia .

The Mount Jukes in Tasmania is named after him.

Works

Excursions In and About Newfoundland, During the Years 1839 and 1840 . John Murray, London 1842 Digitized
Narrative of the surveying voyage of HMS Fly, commander by Captain FP Blackwood, RN in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the eastern archipelago, during the years 1842-46 . T. & W. Boone, London 1847 Volume 2 Digitized
A sketch of the physical structure of Australia, so far as it is known at present . T. & W. Boone, London 1850 Digitized
Joseph Beete Jukes, Edward Forbes, Baron Lyon Playfair Playfair, Warington Wilkinson Smyth, John Percy, Robert Hunt: Lectures on gold for the instruction of emigrants about to proceed to Australia . David Bogue, London 1852 digitized
Geology of the South Staffordshire Coal-field ; 1853
Popular physical geology . Reeve and Co., London 1853 digitized
The student's manual of geology . Adam and Charles Black, Edinbourgh 1857 digitized ; New Edition 1862 digitized ; 3rd ed. By Archibald Geikie . Adam and Charles Black, Edinbourgh 1872.
The South Staffordshire coal-field . 2nd ed. Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, London 1859 Digitized
On the lower palæozoic rocks of the south-east of Ireland, and their associated igneous rocks . MH Gill, Dublin 1859
The school manual of geology . Adam and Charles Black, Edinbourgh 1863 digitized

literature

Letters and extracts from the addresses an occsional writings of J. Beete Jukes, edited with connecting memorial notes by his sister . Chapman and Hall, London 1871 Digitized
Robert A. Bayliss: The Travels of Joseph Beete Jukes, FRS ; In Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London ; March 1978
Robert Cuff, Derek Wilton: Jukes' Excursions . Cuff Publications, St. John's, Nfld. 1993

Web links

Commons : Joseph Beete Jukes - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Karl Marx studied this edition in 1878. See Marx-Engels Complete Edition . Department IV. Volume 26. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2011, S, 139–679.

personal data
SURNAME	Jukes, Joseph Beete
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English geologist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH	Summer Hill, Birmingham
DATE OF DEATH	July 29, 1869
Place of death	Dublin

[1] Karl Marx studied this edition in 1878. See Marx-Engels Complete Edition . Department IV. Volume 26. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2011, S, 139–679.