John Pringle (geologist)
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Dr John Pringle FRSE FGS (1877–1948) was a Scottish geologist who won the Geological Society of London's Lyell Medal in 1938.[1]
Life[]
He was born in Selkirk on 21 October 1877 and studied Geology at Heriot Watt College in Edinburgh, graduating around 1900.
From 1901 he worked for HM Geological Survey, initially as a fossil collector. In 1913 he became Assistant Palaeontologist to the Survey.
The University of Wales awarded him an honorary doctorate (DSc) in 1931. In 1932 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Murray Macgregor, James Ernest Richey, James Phemister and .[2]
In 1934 he became the official Palaeontologist to the Survey. He retired in 1937 and died on 2 August 1948.
References[]
- ^ "The Geological Society of London". www.geolsoc.org.uk.
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
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