Jethro Teall

Sir Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (5 January 1849 – 2 July 1924) was a British geologist.

Life

He was born to Jethro Teall (1816-1848) and Mary Hathaway (1820-1880) in Northleach, Gloucestershire. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge.^[1] In 1874, he was awarded the Sedgwick Prize for his study of lower-level greensand, a form of sandstone.^[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1890, mainly on account of his book British Petrography, written in 1888. He won the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society in 1905. Teallite is named for him. He was awarded D.Sc. degrees by the University of Dublin and the University of Oxford and an LL.D. by the University of St Andrews. In 1901, he became the director of His Majesty's Geological Survey, personally completing much work in north west Scotland. He was knighted in 1916 for his contribution to the survey.

He married Harriet Moore Cowen (1856-1940) in 1879 and had two children, Major George (1880-1939) and Frederick Teall (1882-1952). He was a member of the Athenaeum Club, London. He died in Rosendale Road, London, in 1924.

References

↑ "Teall, Jethro Justinian Harris (TL869JJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ "Sir Jethro Teall, F.R.S : Abstract : Nature". Nature. Retrieved 12 July 2011.

Presidents of the Geological Society of London

19th century	George Bellas Greenough Henry Grey Bennet William Blake John MacCulloch George Bellas Greenough Earl Compton William Babington William Buckland John Bostock William Fitton Adam Sedgwick Roderick Murchison George Bellas Greenough Charles Lyell William Whewell William Buckland Roderick Murchison Henry Warburton Leonard Horner Henry De la Beche Charles Lyell William Hopkins Edward Forbes William Hamilton Daniel Sharpe Joseph Ellison Portlock John Phillips Leonard Horner Andrew Crombie Ramsay William Hamilton Warington Wilkinson Smyth Thomas Henry Huxley Joseph Prestwich George Douglas Campbell John Evans Peter Martin Duncan Henry Clifton Sorby Robert Etheridge John Whitaker Hulke Thomas Bonney John Wesley Judd William Blanford Archibald Geikie Wilfred Hudleston Henry Woodward Henry Hicks William Whitaker

20th century	Jethro Teall Charles Lapworth John Marr Archibald Geikie William Sollas William Watts Aubrey Strahan Arthur Smith Woodward Alfred Harker George Lamplugh Richard Oldham Albert Seward John Evans Francis Bather John Gregory Edmund Garwood Thomas Holland John Green Owen Thomas Jones Henry Hurd Swinnerton Percy Boswell Herbert Leader Hawkins William Fearnsides Arthur Trueman Herbert Harold Read Cecil Tilley Owen Thomas Jones George Lees William King Walter Campbell Smith Leonard Hawkes James Stubblefield Sydney Hollingworth Oliver Bulman Frederick Shotton Kingsley Dunham Thomas Neville George William Alexander Deer Thomas Westoll Percy Kent Wallace Pitcher Percival Allen Howel Francis Janet Watson Charles Holland Bernard Leake Derek Blundell Anthony Harris Charles Curtis R. S. J. Sparks Richard Hardman Robin Cocks

21st century	Ronald Oxburgh Mark Moody-Stuart Peter Styles Richard Fortey Lynne Frostick

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