Thomas Webster (geologist)
Thomas Webster (* 1773 in Orkney ; † December 26, 1844 in London ) was a British architect and geologist .
Life
Webster went to school in Aberdeen and studied architecture and agriculture in London. Study trips to England and France followed. He designed the Royal Institution on Albemarle Street, where he was employed from 1779 and held the Christmas Lectures in 1830 .
As a geologist explored the geology ( Tertiary , Jurassic , Chalk ) of the Isle of Wight (which influenced corresponding sections in the description by Henry Charles Englefield published in 1816) and other parts of southern England such as Hampshire and Dorset (e.g. Isle of Portland , Isle of Purbeck ) . From 1812 to 1826 he was curator, librarian and draftsman of the Geological Society of London , whose Transactions he edited and whose secretary he was from 1819 to 1827, and in 1841/42 first professor of geology at University College London .
He was a good draftsman and watercolorist.
A mineral (websterite) was named after him, but later described as aluminite .
Web links
- Biography at Aberystwyth University (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Webster, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1773 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orkney |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1844 |
| Place of death | London |