GB 0505 PP3 - HAWKES, Professor Leonard (1891-1981)

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The papers were transferred from the Bedford College Archives when the College merged with Royal Holloway in 1985.
GB 0505 PP3 1924-1962 Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres Hawkes , Leonard , 1891-1981 , geologist

Born 1891; educated Armstrong College, Durham University, gaining his BSc in 1912; 1851 Exhibitioner, Kristiania University, Norway, 1914-1915; gained MSc at Armstrong College, 1916; served World War One, 1914-1918, as Capt, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1917-1919; Lecturer in Geology, Armstrong College, 1919-1921; Head of Geology Department, 1921-1956, and Professor of Geology, 1928-1956, Bedford College, University of London; awarded the Lyell Fund by the Geological Society of London, 1927; Secretary, 1934-1942, and President, 1954-1957, Geological Society of London; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1952; President, Mineralogical Society, 1954-1957; Murchison Medallist, 1946; Wollaston Medallist, 1962, Geological Society of London; Emeritus Professor, 1956; retired, [1956]; Fellow of Bedford College, 1971; died 1981.

Publications: Geology and time (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, 1953); Iceland (Geographical Handbook Series, London, 1942).

The papers were transferred from the Bedford College Archives when the College merged with Royal Holloway in 1985.

Notebook, 1922-1957, containing the results of Geology students in examinations, practical and field work, and including names of students and class sizes; field report, 1923, by Hilda Kathleen Cargill (later the wife of Leonard Hawkes), on a Geology expedition to Edinburgh, Scotland, led by Hawkes, containing photographs of the expedition members; Murchison and Wollaston Medals, awarded to Professor Hawkes by the Geological Society in 1946 and 1962 respectively; expedition report from Iceland, 1901; geological trimming hammer.

6 items

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.
English

Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives contain Hawkes' personnel file (BC AR150/D645); correspondence of the Geography Department (BC AR336/5-6); and photographs of Geology field trips from 1922-1962 (BC PH1).

The Geological Society of London holds correspondence and papers relating to Hawkes, 1914-1964 (Ref: LDGSL, 1037-1042).

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the AIM25 project. 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. Mar 2000 Academic teaching personnel Awards Edinburgh Educational evaluation Educational personnel Europe Examination marks Field work Geological Society Geologists Geology Hawkes , Hilda Kathleen , fl 1923 , née Cargill x Cargill , Hilda Kathleen Hawkes , Leonard , 1891-1981 , geologist Higher science education Iceland Learning methods Medals Midlothian Northern Europe Photographs Practical work (learning method) Research work Scientific expeditions Scientific personnel Scientists Scotland Social behaviour Social norms Student evaluation Students Teachers UK University students Visual materials Western Europe London England Personnel People by occupation People

Notebook, 1922-1957, containing the results of Geology students in examinations, practical and field work, and including names of students and class sizes; field report, 1923, by Hilda Kathleen Cargill (later the wife of Leonard Hawkes), on a Geology expedition to Edinburgh, Scotland, led by Hawkes, containing photographs of the expedition members; Murchison and Wollaston Medals, awarded to Professor Hawkes by the Geological Society in 1946 and 1962 respectively; expedition report from Iceland, 1901; geological trimming hammer.

6 items

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.

• English

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English

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives contain Hawkes' personnel file (BC AR150/D645); correspondence of the Geography Department (BC AR336/5-6); and photographs of Geology field trips from 1922-1962 (BC PH1).

Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.

The Geological Society of London holds correspondence and papers relating to Hawkes, 1914-1964 (Ref: LDGSL, 1037-1042).

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.

• English