Henry Benedict Medlicott M.A., F.R.S.
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| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 1829 | Born August 3rd at Loughrea, County Galway, son of Rev. S. Medlicott, educated at Trinity College, Dublin. |
| 1851 | Appointed to Geological Survey in Ireland. |
| 1853 | Transferred to the English branch. Worked with Aveline in the Vale of Pewsey and other parts of Wiltshire. |
| 1854 | Appointed to Indian Geological Survey (commenced duties 1854). |
| 1854 | Chosen Professor of Geology at the Thomason College of Engineering at Roorkee. |
| 1876 | Became Superintendent (and afterwards Director) of Geological Survey of India. |
| 1877 | Elected F.R.S. |
| 1887 | Retired. |
| 1888 | Wollaston Medal. |
| 1905 | Died April 6th at Clifton, Bristol. |
Biographies and obituaries
Proceedings Royal Society. B. LXXIX (1907) p. xix.
Memoir on Indian Surveys C.R. Markham (1878) pp. 225,etc.
Henry Benedict Medlicott — Wikipedia article
Medlicott, Henry Benedict. Who's Who. Vol. 57. 1905. p. 1102.
Blanford, W. T (1907). Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character. 79 (535): i-xxxvii+xxxviii-lxiii.
Grout, A (2004). Medlicott, Henry Benedict (1829–1905). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/34972
Medlicott, Henry Benedict.) Dictionary of Indian Biography.djvu/300