Reeks GB 378 LDGSL/776 - BONNEY, Thomas George (1833-1923)

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GB 378 LDGSL/776 1858-1919 Series 1 box Allport , Samuel , 1816-1897 , petrologist

Lubbock , Sir , John , first Baron Avebury , 1834-1913 , banker, politican, and scientific writer

Bemrose , Henry Arnold , 1857-1939 , printer and publisher

Carpenter , William Benjamin , 1813-1885 , biologist and university administrator

Crookes , Sir , William , 1832-1919 , Knight , chemist and physicist

Darwin , Sir , Francis , 1848-1925 , Knight , botanist

Etheridge , Robert, the elder , 1819-1903 , palaeontologist and museum curator

Geikie , Archibald , 1835-1924 , geologist and historian

Gorst , Sir , John Eldon , 1835-1916 , Knight , politician and lawyer

Haast , Sir , (John Francis) Julius von , 1822-1887 , Knight , geologist and explorer

Hull , Edward , 1829-1917 , geologist

Hunt , Thomas Sterry , 1826-1892 , geologist and chemist

Huxley , Thomas Henry , 1825-1895 , biologist and science educationist

Thomson , William , Baron Kelvin , 1824-1907 , mathematician and physicist

Kingsley , Charles , 1819-1875 , novelist, Church of England clergyman, and controversialist

Lacroix , Antoine François Alfred , 1863-1948 , mineralogist and geologist

Lankester , Sir , (Edwin) Ray , 1847-1929 , Knight , zoologist

Lapworth , Charles , 1842-1920 , geologist

Lefroy , Sir , John Henry , 1817-1890 , Knight , army officer and meteorologist

Lister , Joseph , Baron Lister , 1827-1912 , surgeon and founder of a system of antiseptic surgery

Lyell , Sir , Charles , 1797-1875 , 1st baronet , geologist

Palmer , Edward Henry , 1840-1882 , orientalist

Pengelly , William , 1812-1894 , geologist and archaeologist

Ramsay , Sir , Andrew Crombie , 1814-1891 , Knight , geologist

Renard , Alphonse Francois , 1842-1903 , geologist and petrographer

Roberts , Robert Davies , 1851-1911 , adult educationist

Rosenbusch , Karl Heinrich Ferdinand , 1836-1914 , petrographer

Ruskin , John , 1819-1900 , art critic and social critic

Rutley , Frank , 1842-1904 , geologist and petrographer

Sedgwick , Adam , 1785-1873 , geologist

Sollas , William Johnson , 1849-1936 , geologist and anthropologist

Teall , Sir , Jethro Justinian Harris , 1849-1924 , Knight , geologist

Wadsworth , Marshman Edward , 1847-1921 , geologist and petrographer

Ward , James Clifton , 1843-1880 , geologist

Way , Albert , 1805-1874 , antiquary

Wood , Searles Valentine, the elder , 1798-1880 , palaeontologist

Woodward , Sir , Arthur Smith , 1864-1944 , Knight , palaeontologist

Thomas George Bonney was born on 27 July 1833 in Rugely, Staffordshire, the eldest of ten children of the Revd Thomas Bonney, headmaster of Rugely grammar school. He attended St John's College, Cambridge, and subsequently studied for holy orders. Though never studying geology formally, he taught the subject at his old college from 1868 onwards, inspiring and encouraging many students who went on to become leading geologists. From 1877 he also took on the role of geology academic at University College London (UCL). Moving to London in 1881 to concentrate on his work as assistant general secretary of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, he stayed there for a number of years until, retiring from his post at UCL, he returned to Cambridge in 1905 and resumed teaching at St John's.

Bonney wrote and published prolifically, in the form of academic works, popular books, and newspaper articles, as well as theological lectures and sermons. Valuing fieldwork, his geological interests included mineralogy, petrology (especially ultrabasic rocks and metamorphism), and glaciation studies. He was also a skilled artist and a keen alpine mountaineer.

He was a leader in many societies, being president of the Mineralogical Society (1884-1886), the Alpine Club (1883), and the British Association (1910), and vice-president of the Royal Society (1898-1899). He became a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1860, serving as secretary (1878-1884) and president (1884-1886), and remained so until his death on 9 December 1923.

Presented to the Society by Major Wetherall, 1940.

Scientific and general correspondence addressed to Thomas George Bonney, written between 1858 and 1919. There are 68 letters from 38 correspondents, some of them notable scientific figures such as: Sir Charles Lyell; William Thomson, Lord Kelvin; Joseph Lister; Adam Sedgwick and William Sollas.

Alphabetical by correspondent.

Access is by appointment only, daily readership fee is applicable unless you are a member of the Society. Please contact the Archivist for further information.

Copies, subject to copyright and the condition of the original, may be supplied. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

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Source: Obituary, 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vol 80 (1924) (Proceedings of the Geological Society of London); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Description by John Thackray, revised by Victoria Woodcock.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

1990s, revised September 2013 Ramsay , Sir , Andrew Crombie , 1814-1891 , Knight , geologist Lyell , Sir , Charles , 1797-1875 , 1st Baronet , geologist Lister , Joseph , 1827-1912 , 1st Baron Lister , surgeon Lefroy , Sir , John Henry , 1817-1890 , Knight , General , colonial governor Lankester , Sir , Edwin Ray , 1847-1929 , Knight , zoologist Kingsley , Charles , 1819-1875 , Canon of Westminster , author Thomson , William , 1824-1907 , 1st Baron Kelvin , physicist x Kelvin , 1st Baron Huxley , Thomas Henry , 1825-1895 , scientist and educationist Gorst , Sir , John Eldon , 1835-1916 , Knight , lawyer and politician Geikie , Sir , Archibald , 1835-1924 , Knight , geologist Etheridge , Robert , 1819-1903 , palaeontologist Darwin , Sir , Francis , 1848-1925 , Knight , botanist Crookes , Sir , William , 1832-1919 , Knight , chemist Carpenter , William Benjamin , 1813-1885 , biologist and university administrator Geology Ruskin , John , 1819-1900 , author , artist and social reformer Sedgwick , Adam , 1785-1873 , geologist Sollas , William Johnson , 1849-1936 , geologist and palaeontologist Woodward , Sir , Arthur , Smith , 1864-1944 , Knight , geologist Bonney , Thomas George , 1833-1923 , geologist

Presented to the Society by Major Wetherall, 1940.

Scientific and general correspondence addressed to Thomas George Bonney, written between 1858 and 1919. There are 68 letters from 38 correspondents, some of them notable scientific figures such as: Sir Charles Lyell; William Thomson, Lord Kelvin; Joseph Lister; Adam Sedgwick and William Sollas.

Alphabetical by correspondent.

Access is by appointment only, daily readership fee is applicable unless you are a member of the Society. Please contact the Archivist for further information.

Copies, subject to copyright and the condition of the original, may be supplied. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

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English

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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