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	\| 1877 \|\| Fossil lists in Memoir: Dumfries (1877).		\| 1877 \|\| Fossil lists in Memoir: Dumfries (1877).
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	'''~~List from~~ the BGS Library catalogue'''		'''Works listed in the BGS Library catalogue'''

	British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology ; Etheridge, R. ; Carpenter, P.H. (1886). Catalague of Blastoidea in the geological department of the British museum (Natural history) : with an account of the morphology and systematic position of the group, and a revision of the genera and species. (Shelf 446-A). London : Printed by order of the Trustees.		British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology ; Etheridge, R. ; Carpenter, P.H. (1886). Catalague of Blastoidea in the geological department of the British museum (Natural history) : with an account of the morphology and systematic position of the group, and a revision of the genera and species. (Shelf 446-A). London : Printed by order of the Trustees.

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	! ~~Date~~ !! ~~Details~~		! Date_Text !! Comment
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	~~\| 1846 \|\| Born May 23rd, son of Robert Etheridge, Geologist.~~
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	\| 1819 \|\| Born December 3rd at Ross, Herefordshire. Educated at private school in Ross. Became tutor at a school in Bristol, then entered business. Met W. Sanders, geologist, and S. Stutchbury, Curator of Museum of Natural History at Bristol.		\| 1819 \|\| Born December 3rd at Ross, Herefordshire. Educated at private school in Ross. Became tutor at a school in Bristol, then entered business. Met W. Sanders, geologist, and S. Stutchbury, Curator of Museum of Natural History at Bristol.
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	\| 1850-~~1857~~ \|\| Succeeded Stutchbury as Curator. Also became lecturer on Botany in Bristol Medical School.		\| 1850-7 \|\| Succeeded Stutchbury as Curator. Also became lecturer on Botany in Bristol Medical School.
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	~~\| 1846 \|\| Took up geological work in Australia in first Geological Survey of Victoria under A.R.C. Selwyn. Survey disbanded and Etheridge returned home.~~
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	~~\| 1871 \|\| Appointed Palaeontologist to Geological Survey of Scotland (his father being Palaeontologist to English Survey)~~.
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	\| 1854 \|\| F.G.S.		\| 1854 \|\| F.G.S.
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	~~\| 1878 \|\| Resigned. Appointed Assistant Naturalist, British Museum, on removal of collections to South Kensington.~~
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	\| 1855 \|\| F.R.S.E.		\| 1855 \|\| F.R.S.E.
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	\| 1857 \|\| Appointed Assistant Naturalist under Huxley at Jermyn Street to catalogue and describe Mesozoic and Cainozoic fossils.		\| 1857 \|\| Appointed Assistant Naturalist under Huxley at Jermyn Street to catalogue and describe Mesozoic and Cainozoic fossils.
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	~~\| \|\| Prepared catalogue of Blastoidea with help of P.H. Carpenter~~.
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	\| \|\| Report on Thames mud and water printed.		\| \|\| Report on Thames mud and water printed.
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	~~\| \|\| Compiled bibliography of Australian Geology.~~
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	\| 1863 \|\| Succeeded J.W. Salter as Palaeontologist.		\| 1863 \|\| Succeeded J.W. Salter as Palaeontologist.
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	~~\| \|\| Studied fossils sent from Queensland by R. Logan Jack.~~
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	~~\| 1887 \|\| Returned to Australia as Palaeontologist to Geological Survey of New South Wales and to Australian Museum, Sydney. Worked there for last 33 years of his life.~~
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	\| 1865 \|\| “Catalogue of Fossils in Museum of Practical Geology”.		\| 1865 \|\| “Catalogue of Fossils in Museum of Practical Geology”.
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	~~\| 1892 \|\| Produced joint work with Jack on “The Geology and Palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea”.~~
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	\| 1867 \|\| Paper to Geological Society on “Physical structure of N. Devon and palaeontological value of Devonian fossils”. (defence of unity of Devonian system).		\| 1867 \|\| Paper to Geological Society on “Physical structure of N. Devon and palaeontological value of Devonian fossils”. (defence of unity of Devonian system).
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	\| 1868 \|\| Report on Somerset Coalfield to “Royal Commission on Coal”.		\| 1868 \|\| Report on Somerset Coalfield to “Royal Commission on Coal”.
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	~~\| 1895 \|\| Became Director of Australian Museum.~~
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	\| 1871 \|\| F.R.S.		\| 1871 \|\| F.R.S.
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	\| \|\| Initiated “Records of the Geological Survey”; founded new Library; published important memoirs on fossils of older rocks; founded “Records of the Australian Museum”; introduced popular science lectures and demonstrations.
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	\| 1880 \|\| Murchison Medal.		\| 1880 \|\| Murchison Medal.
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	~~\| 1895 \|\| Received Clarke Memorial Medal from Royal Society of New South Wales~~		\| 1881,2 \|\| President of Geological Society. Addresses on analysis and distribution of British Palaeozoic and Jurassic fossils.
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	\| 1881~~-1882~~ \|\| President of Geological Society. Addresses on analysis and distribution of British Palaeozoic and Jurassic fossils.
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	~~\| 1911 \|\| Received Muller Memorial Medal from the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science.~~
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	~~\| 1920 \|\| Died January 4th at Colo Vale, near Sydney~~.
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	\| \|\| Resigned from Geological Survey.		\| \|\| Resigned from Geological Survey.
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	\| \|\| Appointed Assistant Keeper in British Museum Geology Department.		\| \|\| Appointed Assistant Keeper in British Museum Geology Department.

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	British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology ; Etheridge, R. ; Carpenter, P.H. (1886). Catalague of Blastoidea in the geological department of the British museum (Natural history) : with an account of the morphology and systematic position of the group, and a revision of the genera and species. (Shelf 446-A). London : Printed by order of the Trustees.		British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology ; Etheridge, R. ; Carpenter, P.H. (1886). Catalague of Blastoidea in the geological department of the British museum (Natural history) : with an account of the morphology and systematic position of the group, and a revision of the genera and species. (Shelf 446-A). London : Printed by order of the Trustees.

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			\| GSM/DC/A/C/6/415 \|\| R Etheridge: Minute of appointment. \|\|
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			\| GSM/DC/A/C/7/260 \|\| R Etheridge: Minute of promotion. \|\|
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			\| GSM/DC/A/C/17/74 \|\| R Etheridge: Memorandum on the distribution of duplicates \|\|
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			\| GSM/DC/A/C/17/158 \|\| R Etheridge: Minute on his duties and pay \|\|
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			\| GSM/DC/A/C/24/113 \|\| R Etheridge: Letter on Arctic fossils. \|\|
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			\| GSM/DC/A/C/25/92-97 \|\| R Etheridge: Letters about his resignation and removal to the British Museum. \|\|
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			\| GSM/DC/A/C/25/93 \|\| E A Bond: Letter on the transfer of R. Etheridge. \|\|
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			\| GSM/DC/A/C/25/93-97 \|\| R Etheridge: Letter on his transfer. \|\|
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			\| GSM/GL/Et \|\| Robert Etheridge (Snr) \|\| Botanist. joined the Survey in 1857 and left in 1881 to join the British Museum (NH).
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			\| GSM/GX/Hm/1 \|\| Copy of "Devonian Rocks and Fossils" by Robert Etheridge (Snr) \|\| The proper title of this is "On the physical structure of West Somerset and North Devon, and on...
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	[[Category:Pioneers of the British Geological Survey]]		[[Category:Pioneers of the British Geological Survey]]

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== Timeline ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Details
|-
| 1846 || Born May 23rd, son of Robert Etheridge, Geologist.
|-
| 1819 || Born December 3rd at Ross, Herefordshire. Educated at private school in Ross. Became tutor at a school in Bristol, then entered business. Met W. Sanders, geologist, and S. Stutchbury, Curator of Museum of Natural History at Bristol.
|-
| 1850-1857 || Succeeded Stutchbury as Curator. Also became lecturer on Botany in Bristol Medical School.
|-
| 1846 || Took up geological work in Australia in first Geological Survey of Victoria under A.R.C. Selwyn. Survey disbanded and Etheridge returned home.
|-
| 1871 || Appointed Palaeontologist to Geological Survey of Scotland (his father being Palaeontologist to English Survey).
|-
| 1854 || F.G.S.
|-
| 1878 || Resigned. Appointed Assistant Naturalist, British Museum, on removal of collections to South Kensington.
|-
| 1855 || F.R.S.E.
|-
| 1857 || Appointed Assistant Naturalist under Huxley at Jermyn Street to catalogue and describe Mesozoic and Cainozoic fossils.
|-
| || Prepared catalogue of Blastoidea with help of P.H. Carpenter.
|-
| || Report on Thames mud and water printed.
|-
| || Compiled bibliography of Australian Geology.
|-
| 1863 || Succeeded J.W. Salter as Palaeontologist.
|-
| || Studied fossils sent from Queensland by R. Logan Jack.
|-
| 1887 || Returned to Australia as Palaeontologist to Geological Survey of New South Wales and to Australian Museum, Sydney. Worked there for last 33 years of his life.
|-
| 1865 || “Catalogue of Fossils in Museum of Practical Geology”.
|-
| 1892 || Produced joint work with Jack on “The Geology and Palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea”.
|-
| 1867 || Paper to Geological Society on “Physical structure of N. Devon and palaeontological value of Devonian fossils”. (defence of unity of Devonian system).
|-
| 1868 || Report on Somerset Coalfield to “Royal Commission on Coal”.
|-
| 1895 || Became Director of Australian Museum.
|-
| 1871 || F.R.S.
|-
| || Initiated “Records of the Geological Survey”; founded new Library; published important memoirs on fossils of older rocks; founded “Records of the Australian Museum”; introduced popular science lectures and demonstrations.
|-
| 1880 || Murchison Medal.
|-
| 1895 || Received Clarke Memorial Medal from Royal Society of New South Wales
|-
| 1881-1882 || President of Geological Society. Addresses on analysis and distribution of British Palaeozoic and Jurassic fossils.
|-
| 1911 || Received Muller Memorial Medal from the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science.
|-
| 1920 || Died January 4th at Colo Vale, near Sydney.
|-
| || Resigned from Geological Survey.
|-
| || Appointed Assistant Keeper in British Museum Geology Department.
|-
| 1885 || “Stratigraphical geology and palaeontology” published.
|-
| 1888 || “Fossils of the British Islands, stratigraphically and zoologically arranged” (1st volume on Palaeozoics published).
|-
| 1891 || Retired. Consulting Geologist to Dover Coal Boring.
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| 1896 || Bolitho Medal from Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
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| 1897 || Paper on “The Kent Coalfield” to engineering conferences.
|-
| 1903 || Died.
|}

== Biographies and obituaries ==

Obituary - Robert Etheridge, F.R.S., L.& E., F.G.S. Born 3rd December 1819, died 18th December 1903. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 1 p.42-48. 1904

Obituary - Robert Etheridge (1847 - 1920). Geologists Magazine. Whole Series. v. 57 p.239-240. 1920

Lamplugh, G.W. Obituary - Robert Etheridge (son of a former President). [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 76 p.lix-lx. 1920

Geikie, A. Obituary - Robert Etheridge. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 60 p.lxviii-lxxi. 1904

Proceedings Royal Society LXXV (1905) p. 258.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Etheridge Robert Etheridge] — Wikipedia article

[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Etheridge,_Robert Etheridge, Robert] Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 article on Wikisource

== Publications ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Details
|-
| 1904 || List of works and Memoirs: Geological Magazine (1904) pp 46-48.
|-
| 1872 || Fossil lists in Memoir: North Ayrshire (1872).
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| 1873 || Fossil lists in Memoir: Central Lanark (1873).
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| 1879 || Fossil lists in Memoir: Airdrie etc. (1879).
|-
| 1877 || Fossil lists in Memoir: Dumfries (1877).
|}

== BGS archives ==

[[Category:Pioneers of the British Geological Survey]]