Thomas John Jehu

Thomas John Jehu FRSE , FGS ( February 19, 1871 , Brynafon - July 18, 1943 ) was a British doctor and geologist . The Jehu Campbell Fossil Collection of the University of Edinburgh was Jehu and Robert Campbell founded and is now at the heart of the fossil collection of the "Highland Border Series". Many of the pieces in the collection are from the Aberfoyle area .

Life

Jehu was on 19 February 1871 in Brynafon, Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire ( Wales born), the son of John Jehu. After attending school in Oswestry , he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and graduated MB and Ch.B. in 1893. from.

He stayed at the university, continued his studies, and graduated after a year with a Bachelor of Science . He then studied at the University of Cambridge , where he earned a master's degree in science. Following graduation, Jehu spent two years as a Heriot Research Fellow, doing bathymetric exploration of the lakes of Snowdonia and eastern Caernarfonshire . He later compared the results with a study of glaciers in the Alps . In 1902 Archibald Geikie had proposed the establishment of a chair in geology at the University of St Andrews . In 1903, Jehu was appointed, becoming the first professor of geology at St Andrews. Here, too, Jehu pursued his interests in the glacial deposits with investigations of the Welsh boulder clay , particularly in Caernarfonshire and Pembrokeshire . He later shifted his interests to the Highland Border Series near Aberfoyle, where he was the first to discover fossils.

At that time, Jehu's assignment included three colleges, United College and St Mary's College in St Andrews and University College in Dundee . Jehu alternated teaching in Dundee and St. Andrews. In order to expand the teaching, an assistant position was set up from 1906 . Another position was approved in 1911. During this time, Jehu was also a member of a royal commission investigating coastal erosion .

In 1914, Jehu succeeded his teacher, James Geikie , in the chair of Regius Professor of Geology . His assistant from St. Andrews, Robert M. Craig, followed him to Edinburgh and became Professor of Economic Geography . The two men turned their attention to the Outer Hebrides , on which they pioneered a paper.

In 1932, Jehu led his department's move from the University of Edinburgh's Old College to the King's Buildings, where it has since been housed in the Grant Institute, funded by the Sir Alexander Grant Foundation. Jehu himself had made an effort to raise funds and deserves a high reputation for this.

He retained the professorship until his death on July 18, 1943. His successor in office was Arthur Holmes .

Work

Jehu made a name for himself through the well-planned and conducted investigations of the metamorphic igneous rock of the Highland Border Series around Aberfoyle and the archaic complex of the Outer Hebrides .

Honors

In 1905 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh at the suggestion of James Geikie , Benjamin Neeve Peach , John Horne , and Ramsay Heatley Traquair . He was honored with the Keith Price of the Royal Society from 1925-27 and served as Vice President from 1929-32.

From 1917 to 1918 he was President of the Edinburgh Geological Society .

family

In 1904 he married Annie Stewart.

bibliography

items

• The glacial deposits of northern Pembrokeshire ; Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1904; doi : 10.1017 / S0080456800033226
• The glacial deposits of western Caernarvonshire ; Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1909; doi : 10.1017 / S0080456800011868
• Discovery of Fossils in the Chert and Black Shale Series at Aberfoyle ; Nature 89 of June 6, 1912; Page 347; doi : 10.1038 / 089347a0

Books

• 1902 Some problems in variation and heredity
• 1902 A bathymetrical and geological study of the lakes of Snowdonia and eastern Carnarvonshire
• 1904 University of Glasgow; Chair of Geology; letter of application and testimonials in favor of Thomas J. Jehu
• 1909 Abstract of twelve Lectures delivered on "The History of North-West Europe during Tertiary Times
• 1912 Abstract of twelve lectures delivered on "The Record of Life as revealed in the Rocks
• 1913 Abstract of twelve lectures delivered on "The Natural History of Minerals and Ores
• 1914 The rise and progress of the Scottish school of geology: an inaugural lecture
• 1919 Abstract of twelve Lectures on "Man and His Ancestry
• 1923 Geology of the Outer Hebrides , Parts 1–5 (with Robert M. Craig)
• ? A Sketch of the Geology of Iona
• 1930 Iona, past and present (with Alec Ritchie and Euphemia Ritchie)

Web links

Wikisource: Some problems in variation and heredity (diploma thesis by TJ Jehu)  - Sources and full texts (English)

• Photo by Thomas John Jehu , EUA CA1 / 1/25 - Image-ID 0002294

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Frederick John North (2001): Jehu, Thomas John (1871–1943), geologist. In: Dictionary of Welsh Biography. On Biography.Wales, accessed August 21, 2019.
2. ^ ^{A b c d} Carter P., Douglas A. Bassett: North-East Montgomeryshire: A Corner of Geologists . In: The Welsh Geological Quarterly 1965 . 1 No. 2, No. Winter 1965, 1965, pp. 27-28.
3. ^ ^{A b} Jehu-Campbell Collection of "Highland Border Series" Fossils .
4. ↑ Jehu, Thomas John . In: Who's Who . 1919, p. 1301.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Archived lectures by TJ Jehu 1916 to 1917 in the Archives Hub ; Biographical information compiled by Graeme D. Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections Division using material from Who was who 1941–1950 . London: Adam and Charles Black, 1952; accessed on February 13, 2018.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} History of Geology at St Andrews on the University of St Andrews website.
7. ^ University of Edinburgh Journal 1967
8. ^ A History of the School of GeoSciences - The University of Edinburgh .
9. ↑ M. MacGregor: Prof. TJ Jehu . In: Nature , No. 152, October 2, 1943, ISSN  1476-4687 , p. 378. From Nature.com, accessed August 21, 2019.
10. ^ Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002 - Biographical Index Part One . The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2006, ISBN 0-902198-84-X (English, org.uk [PDF; 1.6  MB ; accessed on August 21, 2019]).

predecessor	Office	successor
James Geikie	Regius Professor of Geology 1914 to March 1943	Arthur Holmes