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	Lapworth, C. Obituary - William Gunn. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 59 p.liv-lv. 1903		Lapworth, C. Obituary - William Gunn. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 59 p.liv-lv. 1903

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	Lapworth, C. Obituary - William Gunn. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 59 p.liv-lv. 1903		Lapworth, C. Obituary - William Gunn. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 59 p.liv-lv. 1903

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== Timeline ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Details
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| 1837 || Born September 27th.
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| 1867 || Joined Survey under Murchison. Worked on Carboniferous of West Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland.
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| 1884 || Promoted to Geologist and transferred to Scotland. Worked in Bute and subsequently in North-west Highlands. Later surveyed in Arran, first to prove Tertiary vent.
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| 1901 || Appointed District Geologist.
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| 1902 || Retired in September. Died on October 24th.
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| 1900 || Memoirs: Belford, Holy Isle and Farne Islands (1900).
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== Biographies and obituaries ==

Obituary - William Gunn, F.G.S. Born 27th September 1837, died 24th October 1902. Geologists Magazine. New Series. v. 9 p.576. 1902

Lapworth, C. Obituary - William Gunn. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 59 p.liv-lv. 1903

== Publications ==
Memoirs: Belford, Holy Isle and Farne Islands (1900).

Memoirs: Coast south of Berwick-upon-Tweed (1897).

Memoirs: Norham and Tweedmouth (1897).

Joint author of Memoir: Wooler and Coldstream (1895).

Joint author of Memoir: Ingleborough (1888).

Joint author of Memoir: Cowal in Argyll (1897).

Joint author of Memoir: North-west Highlands (1907).

Joint author of Memoir: Burnley Coalfield (1875).

Joint author of Memoir: North Arran (1903).

Joint author of Memoir: Fannich Mountains (1913).

Joint author of Memoir: Ben Wyvis (1912).

Contributed papers to Transactions Edinburgh Geological Society; Berwick Naturalist Club; Glasgow Geological Society, Geological Society London; and Geological Magazine.

== BGS archives ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Ref No !! Title !! Description
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| GSM/DC/A/C/7/483,523 || W Gunn: Letter on his appointment. ||
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| GSM/GL/Bw/4 || Correspondence with W.Gunn, W.Topley and R S Black ||
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| GSM/GL/Gn || W Gunn || Gunn joined the Survey in 1867. He was transferred to Scotland in 1892 and worked mainly in Arran...
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| GSM/MG/C/12/89 || J. Gunn: Letters to F.W. Rudler about seyelite. ||
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| GSM/MG/P/4/40 || Letters to F.W. Rudler about Arctic fossils. ||
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