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Edmund J. Garwood

Edmund Johnston Garwood (18 May 1864 in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire[1] – 12 June 1949 in London) was a British geologist and President of the Geological Society of London from 1930 to 1932.

Biography

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Garwood was born in Bridlington and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1886. In 1899 he accompanied D.W. Freshfieldon an expedition to Kanchenjunga and wrote an account of the local geology.[2][3]

In 1901, Garwood was appointed Yates-Goldsmid Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at London University, a position he held until his retirement in 1931.

In 1913–14, Garwood was elected as the President of the Geographical Association.

Geological Map of Shap and Ravenstonedale. From Garwood (1912)[4]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1914. His candidature citation read:

Yates-Goldsmild Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the University of London. Author of: - 'Origin of the Concretions in the Magnesian Limestone' (Geol Mag, 1891);[5] 'The Geology of Northumberland – County History of Northumberland' (vols i-vi); 'Contributions to the Glacial Geology of Spitzbergen' (with Dr J W Gregory, Quart Journ Geol Soc, vol liv);[6] 'Addition Notes on the Glacial Phenomena of Spitzbergen' (ibid, vol lv);[7] 'Notes on a Map of the Glacier of Kargchenjunga' (Geogr Journ, 1902);[2] 'Hanging Valleys in the Alps and Himalayas' (Quart Journ Geol Soc, vol lviii);[8] 'The Geological Structure and Physical Features of Sikkim' (Appendix to 'Round Kangchenjunga', by D W Freshfield, 1903);[3] 'The Tarns of the Canton Ticino' (Quart Journ Geol Soc, vol lxii);[9] 'The Faunal Succession in the Carboniferous Limestone of Westmorland' (Geol Mag, 1907);[10] 'The Geology of Tynemouth Parish – County History of Northumberland' (vol viii);[11] 'Note on a new Sounding Machine for use on Lakes and Rivers without a Boat' (Proc Roy Soc, A, vol lxxxi, 1908);[12] The Geology of Northlumberland and Durham' (Jubilee volume of Geol Assoc, Part iv);[13] 'The Lower Carboniferous Succession in the North-West of England' (Quart Journ Geol Soc, lxviii).[4]

The glacier systems of King's Bay Spitsbergen. From Garwood (1899)[7]

References

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  1. ^ King, W. B. R. (1950). Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. Vol. 7. The Royal Society. pp. 107–113. JSTOR 768783.
  • ^ a b Garwood, E.J. (1902). "Notes on a Map of "The Glaciers of Kangchenjunga," with Remarks on Some of the Physical Features of the District". The Geographical Journal. 20 (1): 13–24. doi:10.2307/1775588. JSTOR 1775588.
  • ^ a b Freshfield, D.W.; Garwood, E.J. (1903). "The Geological Structure and Physical Features of Sikkim". Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration. London: Edward Arnold. pp. 275–299.
  • ^ a b Garwood, E.J. (1912). "The Lower Carboniferous Succession in the North-West of England". The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 68 (1–4): 449–586. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1912.068.01-04.32. S2CID 129525427.
  • ^ Garwood, E.J. (1891). "On the Origin and Mode of Formation of the Concretions in the Magnesian Limestones of Durham". Geological Magazine. 8 (10): 433–440. Bibcode:1891GeoM....8..433G. doi:10.1017/S0016756800187291.
  • ^ Garwood, E.J.; Gregory, J.W. (1898). "Contributions to the Glacial Geology of Spitsbergen". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 54 (1–4): 197–227. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1898.054.01-04.18. S2CID 130720778.
  • ^ a b Garwood, E.J. (1899). "Additional Notes on the Glacial Phenomena of Spitsbergen". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 55 (1–4): 681–191. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1899.055.01-04.40. S2CID 129211792.
  • ^ Garwood, E.J. (1902). "On the Origin of some Hanging Valleys in the Alps and Himalayas". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 58 (1–4): 703–718. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1902.058.01-04.41. S2CID 128397400.
  • ^ Garwood, E.J. (1906). "The Tarns of the Canton Ticino (Switzerland)". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 62 (1–4): 165–194. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1906.062.01-04.11. S2CID 128483955.
  • ^ Garwood, E.J. (1907). "Notes on the Faunal Succession in the Carboniferous Limestone of Westmoreland and Neighbouring Portions of Lancashire and Yorkshire". Geological Magazine. 4 (2): 70–74. Bibcode:1907GeoM....4...70G. doi:10.1017/S0016756800120187.
  • ^ Garwood, E.J. (1907). "The Geology of Tynemouth Parish". In Northumberland County History Committee (ed.). A History of Northumberland. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: A. Reid, Sons & Co. pp. 2–16.
  • ^ Garwood, E.J. (1908). "Note on a New Sounding Machine for Use on Lakes and Rivers without a Boat". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 81 (547): 242–249. Bibcode:1908RSPSA..81..243G. doi:10.1098/rspa.1908.0076.
  • ^ Garwood, E.J. (1910). "The geology of Northumberland and Durham". In Monckton, H.W.; R.S, Herries (eds.). Geology in the Field: The Jubilee Volume of the Geologists' Association (1858-1908). E. Stanford. pp. 661–697.

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