Nevil Story Maskelyne

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Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story Maskelyne (3 September 1823 – 20 May 1911) was an English geologist and politician.

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[edit] Scientific Career

Nevil Story Maskelyne was a pioneer of photography and an associate of Fox Talbot.

He was Keeper of Minerals at the British Museum from 1857 to 1880.

The meteoritic mineral maskelynite was named after him.

[edit] Family

Nevil was the eldest son of Antony Mervin Reeve Story and Margaret Maskelyne, the daughter of the Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne. The family adopted the name of Maskelyne on Nevil's coming of age as they had inherited that family's estate at Basset Down in Wiltshire.

Nevil married Thereza Mary Llewelyn (1834 - 27th February 1926) on 29th June 1858.

Their daughter Mary married Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster on 29th July 1885, and Hugh & Mary's granddaughter Vanda Morton published Nevil's biography in 1987 (see references).

[edit] Political Career

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Cricklade as a Liberal, 1880 - 1886, and as Liberal Unionist, 1886 - 92. He was also a member of Wiltshire County Council, 1889 - 1904.

[edit] Publications

  • A guide to the collection of minerals (1862)
  • Mineralogical notes (1863)
  • Mineralogical notices (1871)
  • Crystallography (1895)

[edit] References

  • Vanda Morton : Oxford rebels : the life and friends of Nevil Story Maskelyne 1823-1911 : pioneer Oxford scientist, photographer and politician, 1987 ISBN 0-86299-456-X


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