John Phillips (geologist)

John Phillips ( born December 25, 1800 Marden, Wiltshire, † April 24, 1874 ) was an English geologist.

In 1834 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1845 he was awarded the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London.

The lunar crater Phillips and the Phillips Martian Craters are named after him.

Works

• Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire (2 parts, in 1829 and 1836 2nd ed part of 11835, 3rd ed, edited by R. Etheridge, 1875)
• A Treatise on Geology (1837-1839)
• Memoirs of William Smith ( 1844)
• The Rivers, Mountains and Sea Coast of Yorkshire (1853 )
• Manual of Geology, Practical and Theoretical (1855 )
• Life on the Earth: its Origin and Succession (1860 )
• Vesuvius ( 1869)
• Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames (1871 )