Regius Professor of Geology (Edinburgh)

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The Regius Professor of Geology , (initially Murchison Professor of Geology and Mineralogy ) is a Regius Professorship in Earth Sciences at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The subject was in Edinburgh from 1770 in the as Regius Professor of Natural History by George III. endowed professorship. The first holder of this chair in natural history was Robert Ramsay . From 1871 the chair of geology continued as an independent professorship . The first holder of this chair was Archibald Geikie . The foundation falls under Queen Victoria's reign .

History of the chair

Archibald Geikie - first Regius Professor of Geology

In 1870, the then head of the British land surveying authority, Roderick Impey Murchison , split the professorship for natural history into a biological and a geological branch. He offered £ 6,000 as a foundation, but insisted on naming the professor himself. The approval of the establishment of the chair was approved by the Treasury , but the appointment clause was excluded. Archibald Geikie, then President of the Edinburgh Geological Society, was elected first professor. At the same time he was a protégé of Murchison, who got his way.

Geikie moved from the professorship to the civil service and became director general of the geological service in Great Britain and in 1891 raised to the nobility. His younger brother James took over the chair and continued it successfully until 1914. He was followed by Thomas John Jehu. In the announcement of this appointment, the professorship is no longer referred to as Murchison Professor, as under the two Geikies, but as Regius Professor of Geology.

The professorship has been part of the School of GeoSciences since 2002.

owner

Surname name suffix from to annotation
Archibald Geikie Esq., FRS 1871 1882 Archibald was the first professor on the professorship then named Murchison Professor of Geology and Mineralogy. After retiring from the professorship, he became director general of the geological service in Great Britain and was raised to the nobility in 1891.
James Geikie 1882 1914 James is the younger brother of Archibald. At the time of his appointment, James was Britain's foremost expert on Pleistocene geology . He was the first to propose the thesis that human settlement in Europe continued even through the Ice Age. In 1914 he withdrew from the professorship.
Thomas John Jehu MD, MA, FRSE, FGS 1914 1943 Prior to his appointment, Jehu had studied geology at the University of St. Andrews .
Arthur Holmes Esq., D.Sc., ARCSc., FRS, MRIA, MIMin.E., FGS 1943 1956
Frederick Henry Stewart Esq., B.Sc., Ph.D. Sep 30 1956 1986 Stewart came to Edinburgh from the University of Durham. Stewart's obituary lists 1982 as the year of his retirement. The statement is confirmed by the April 1, 1986 notice in the London Gazette of the appointment of his successor .
Geoffrey Stewart Boulton OBE, B.Sc., Ph.D., DSc, FRS, FRSE 1986 2008 In 1999 Boulton was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (fourth tier). His title was given with Regius Professor of Geology and Mineralogy again closer to the previous designation.
Dick Kroon 2008 til today

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u History of the GeoSciences at the Grant Institute ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences website; Retrieved November 18, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geos.ed.ac.uk
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o A History of the School of GeoSciences on the University of Edinburgh website, September 19, 2013; Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Message about the elevation of Archibald Geikie to the knighthood. In: London Gazette , 7 August 1891.
  4. ↑ Geikie's curriculum vitae in tabular form ; Sir; Archibald (1835-1924) on the Royal Society website; Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  5. ^ Curriculum vitae of Sir Archibald Geikie, KCB, PRS, & c., Honorary Member, 1863; President, 1893-1896 . (PDF) Website of the Geological Society of Glasgow; Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  6. ^ Geikie, Sir Archibald in the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica on Wikisource.
  7. ↑ a b c James Geikie's curriculum vitae on the University of Edinburg website, July 31, 2015; Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ a b c d Notice of the appointment of Thomas John Jehu as Regius Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh. In: London Gazette , July 24, 1914.
  9. ↑ Geikie, James in the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica on Wikisource.
  10. ^ Prof. TJ Jehu: Retirement from Chair of Geology at Edinburgh (PDF); In Nature 151, June 5, 1943; Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  11. ↑ a b c Frederick John North: Jehu, Thomas John . In: Dictionary of Welsh Biography ; Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  12. ^ Prof. Arthur Holmes, FRS Appointed to Chair of Geology at Edinburgh . In: Nature , 151, June 5, 1943; Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  13. ↑ a b c Notice of the appointment of Frederick Henry Stewart as Regius Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh. In: London Gazette , June 29, 1956.
  14. ↑ Communication on the appointment of Arthur Holmes as Regius Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh. In: London Gazette , April 6, 1943.
  15. ^ A b c Notice of the appointment of Geoffrey Stewart Boulton as Regius Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh. In: London Gazette , April 1, 1986.
  16. ↑ a b c MJ O'Hara: Sir Frederick Henry Stewart. 16 January 1916 - 9 December 2001: Elected FRS 1964 . (PDF) biography of Frederick Henry Stewart, December 1, 2006 on the Royal Society website; Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  17. ↑ a b Pearce Wright: Sir Frederick Stewart . In: Guardian , December 19, 2001; Obituary for Frederick Stewart; Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  18. ↑ a b Introduction of Geoffrey S. Boulton on the website of the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh; Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  19. ↑ a b Famous and not so famous honored. UK Crown Honorary Degrees Announced for 1999, BBC .
  20. ^ Introduction of Dick Kroon on the website of the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh; Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  21. ↑ News of the appointment of Dick Kroon. In: London Gazette , September 29, 2006.