William Whitaker
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| Date | Details |
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| 1836 | Born May 4th in London. Educated at St. Albans Grammar School and University College London. |
| 1855 | B.A. Hons. In Chemistry. |
| Engaged as assistant in Geological Museum. | |
| 1857 | Appointed to Geological Survey. |
| Worked with Hull, Polwhele and Bauerman in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and the country near Brill, Buckinghamshire. | |
| Later with Bristow in Berkshire and N. Hants. | |
| 1859 | Elected F.G.S. |
| 1863 | Promoted to Geologist. |
| Took on original survey of London Basin. | |
| Also whole of Essex and Suffolk and parts of West Norfolk and Cambridge. | |
| 1882 | Appointed District Surveyor, stationed at Southampton. Surveyed parts of S. Hants. And superintended re-surveys in Bedford, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Northants, Oxford and Wiltshire. |
| Leading authority on water-supply and underground geology. | |
| 1885 | Associate Institution of Civil Engineers. A.I.C.E. |
| 1886 | Murchison Medal. |
| 1887 | Elected F.R.S. |
| 1896 | Retired. |
| 1898-1900 | President of Geological Society. |
| 1906 | Prestwich Medal. |
| 1923 | Wollaston Medal. |
| 1925 | Died January 15th. |
Biographies and obituaries
Evans, J.W. Obituary - William Whitaker, born in 1836, died 1925. [In Anniversary Address.]. Proceedings of the Geological Society in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. v. 81 p.lxi-lxii. 1925
Obituary - William Whitaker. Born in 1836, died 15th January 1925. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. v. 37 p.231-235. 1926
Geological Magazine (1907) p. 49
Strahan, A. Mr. W. Whitaker, F.R.S. Nature 115, 129–130 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115129a0
Geological Magazine (1925) p. 240
Proceedings Royal Society (1925) p. ix.
William Whitaker (geologist) — Wikipedia article
George, W. (2008, January 03). Whitaker, William (1836–1925), geologist. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 29 Aug. 2020, from https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-56929
George, William A. William Whitaker (1836–1925) — geologist, bibliographer and a pioneer of British hydrogeology. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 225, 51-65, 1 January 2004, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.225.01.05 Article of ResearchGate
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Whitaker (geologist) — PeoplePill entry
Noteworthy Naturalist William Whitaker (1836-1925) Pre-eminent Essex Geologist Essex Field Club
Publications
List of papers and geological Survey Publications see “Geological Magazine (1907), pp. 52-58).
Memoirs: “Memoir Geological Survey vol. IV London Basin” (1872); “London and parts Thames Valley, vols. I and II” (1889); “Guide to Geology of London” (1901); “Parts of Middlesex” (1864); “Ipswich etc” (1885); “East Essex” (1877); “Southwold and Suffolk C