Record ID:
35954735 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 86843285
Heading:
Birth:
  • 1833-07-27
  • Rugeley (England)
Death:
  • 1923-12-10
  • Cambridge (England)
Associated with:
  • Great Britain
Fields of activity:
  • Geology
Occupations:
  • Geologists College teachers
Used for:
  • Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923
Notes:
  • LCCN 03-22940: Darwin, C. The structure and distribution of coral reefs, 1901 (hdg.: Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923; usage: Prof. T.G. Bonney)
  • The holy places at Jerusalem, 1864 t.p. (T.G. Bonney, M.A., F.G.S., fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge)
  • Wikipedia, April 6, 2016 (Thomas George Bonney FRS (27 July 1833 - 10 December 1923) was an English geologist, president of the Geological Society of London; Bonney was born in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England; educated at Uppingham School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as 12th wrangler in 1856; From 1856 to 1861 he was mathematical master at Westminster School, and he pursued geology only as a recreational activity; In 1868 he was appointed tutor at St John's College, Cambridge and lecturer in geology; From 1877 to 1901 he was professor of geology in University College London. He became secretary and later president of the Geological Society of London (1884-1886), and also a fellow; secretary of the British Association (1881-1885) and its president for the year 1910-1911; president of the Mineralogical Society. He was president of the Alpine Club, 1881-1883. In 1887, Bonney was appointed honorary canon of Manchester. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 6 June 1878. He died in Cambridge on 10 December 1923. Lake Bonney in Antarctica is named after him)
Local system number:
  • (AuPaJTL)89671
  • abv05978774
  • 000000960274
Cataloguing source:
  • ICU eng rda ICU InU CU-S
Authentication code:
  • kin