Leonard Johnston Wills

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Leonard Johnston Wills (1884-1979) was a British geologist and paleogeographer. He served as Professor of Geology at the University of Birmingham from 1932 until 1949. Among his interests were fossilized arthropods, footprints, and fish.^[1] He won both the Wollaston Medal and the Lyell Medal for his works.

[edit] Works

• "A palæogeographical atlas of the British Isles and adjacent parts of Europe", 1952
• "A monograph of British Triassic scorpions", 1947
• "Concealed coalfields: A palaeogeographical study of the stratigraphy and tectonics of mid-England in relation to coal reserves", 1956
• "A palaeogeological map of the Lower Palaeozoic floor below the cover of Upper Devonian, Carboniferous and later formations : with inferred and speculative reconstructions of Lower Palaeozoic and Precambrian outcrops in adjacent areas", 1978

[edit] References

1. ^ The Lapworth Museum at the University of Birmingham