Thomas George Bonney

Thomas George Bonney FRS ( born July 27, 1833 in Rugeley, Staffordshire, † December 10, 1923 in Cambridge ) was an English geologist.

Bonney was the eldest son of Rev. Thomas Bonney, head of Rugeley Grammar School. He went to Uppingham School and at St John 's College, Cambridge, where he received his degree in 1856 as 12th in the series of the best, and in whose faculty he was taken in the next year.

From 1856 to 1861 he held the post of master of mathematics at Westminster School, and operational geology only for recreation, especially in the Alps. In 1868 he was appointed as a tutor at St John's College, University of Cambridge and a lecturer in geology. He dealt mainly with igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Alps and various parts of England, such as from the Lizard complex in Cornwall, of Salcombe in South Hams District and the Charnwood Forest; from Wales and the Scottish Highlands.

Between 1877 and 1901 he was Professor of Geology at University College London. He was elected on June 6, 1878 Fellow of the Royal Society. Later he held the position of secretary, and finally the President of the Geological Society (1884-1886), the Wollaston Medal he was awarded in 1889; besides, he was secretary of the British Association (1881-1885) and president of the Mineralogical Society. From 1881-1883 Bonney was President of the Alpine Club and was appointed honorary canon of Manchester 1887.

The Bonneysee ( Bonney Lake ) in Antarctica is named after him.

Publications

Be mentioned are purely scientific publications:

  • Cambridgeshire Geology (1875 )
  • The Story of our Planet (1893 )
  • Charles Lyell and Modern Geology (1895 )
  • Ice Work, Past and Present (1896 )
  • Volcanoes (1899 )
  • The structure of the earth. TC & EC Jack, London, OCLC 18582859 ( online access, accessed 2 June 2010 ).

Besides many essays in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society and the Geological Magazine, he wrote several popular scientific works, such as on the regions of the Alps, on English and Welsh landscapes, as well as on theological topics. Among these publications can be found, for example:

  • Memories of a long life. Metcalfe, Cambridge in 1921, OCLC 4,338,105th
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