GB 0402 JWG - GREGORY, Professor John Walter (1864-1932)

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GB 0402 JWG

Titel

GREGORY, Professor John Walter (1864-1932)

Datum(s)

  • 1903-1922 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Omvang en medium

1 large box and 2 files

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

Born, 1864; Geological Department of the Natural History Museum, 1887; expedition to Kenya, 1891; accompanied Lord Conway across Spitsbergen, 1896; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1893-1932; Professor of Geology, Melbourne, 1901; led an expedition around Lake Eyre; Chair of Geology at Glasgow University, 1904-1929; Government Commission into the working and organising of Calcutta University, 1917; undertook many travels including a trip to Chinese Tibet, 1922; President of the Geological Society of London, 1928-1930; trip to South America, 1931 on which he died, 1932.

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GB 0402 JWG 1903-1922 Collection level 1 large box and 2 files Gregory , John Walter , 1864-1932 , geologist

Born, 1864; Geological Department of the Natural History Museum, 1887; expedition to Kenya, 1891; accompanied Lord Conway across Spitsbergen, 1896; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1893-1932; Professor of Geology, Melbourne, 1901; led an expedition around Lake Eyre; Chair of Geology at Glasgow University, 1904-1929; Government Commission into the working and organising of Calcutta University, 1917; undertook many travels including a trip to Chinese Tibet, 1922; President of the Geological Society of London, 1928-1930; trip to South America, 1931 on which he died, 1932.

Unknown.

Papers of John Walter Greogory, 1903-1922, including photostat of annual report of the Secretary for Mines and Water Supply to D McLeod, State of Victoria Australia, including a report by Gregory, Director of the Geological Survey, 1903; hyposometric and astronomical observations, Yunnan and Tibet, 1913; and notes and letters from E A Reeves and A R Hinks of the Royal Geographical Society to J W Gregory and C J Gregory, 1921-1922.

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Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

English

Hand list and card index.

Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 80, No. 3 (Sep., 1932), pp. 269-272.

ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

17 January 2002; Oct 2008. Tibet Oceania Australia Victoria Royal Geographical Society Gregory , John Walter , 1864-1932 , geologist Astronomy Surveying Geological surveying China East Asia Yunnan

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Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Papers of John Walter Greogory, 1903-1922, including photostat of annual report of the Secretary for Mines and Water Supply to D McLeod, State of Victoria Australia, including a report by Gregory, Director of the Geological Survey, 1903; hyposometric and astronomical observations, Yunnan and Tibet, 1913; and notes and letters from E A Reeves and A R Hinks of the Royal Geographical Society to J W Gregory and C J Gregory, 1921-1922.

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As outlined in the Scope and Content.

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Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

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Taal en schrift aantekeningen

English

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Hand list and card index.

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Royal Geographical Society

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ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

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  • Engels

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