Irish geologist and stratigrapher (1829–1917)
Prof. Edward Hull Edward Hull FRS geologist andstratigrapher who held the position of Director of theGeological Survey of Ireland .[ 1] [ 2] Royal College of Science ,Dublin . His dates are listed in theOxford Dictionary of National Biography .
He was born inAntrim ,Ireland , the eldest son of the Rev. John Dawson Hull.[ 3] [ 4] Trinity College Dublin , receiving a diploma in civil engineering in 1849 and graduating with a B.A. degree.[ 5] [ 6]
Hull joined the Geological Survey of Ireland and worked in Wales and on theLancashire Coalfield . He worked for the Geological Survey of Scotland (1867–1868) and led an expedition to survey parts of Arabia Petraea and Palestine (1883). He became Director of the Irish branch of the Survey and retired in 1891.
Hull was elected aFellow of the Geological Society of London in 1855.[ 6] Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1867.[ 7] Royal Geological Society of Ireland in 1873.[ 3] University of Glasgow in 1879.[ 8] Murchison Medal in February 1890.[ 6]
His daughterCharlotte Ferguson-Davie became a noted physician. He died at his home inNotting Hill , London, aged 88.[ 1] [ 9]
The geology of the country around Wigan The geology of the country around Prescot, Lancashire The Triassic and Permian rocks of the midland counties of England The Physical Geology and Geography of Ireland The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoir on the Physical Geology and Geography of Arabia Petraea Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund . 1886.Volcanoes: Past and Present The Wallchart of World History The Coal-fields of Great Britain: Their History, Structure and Resources Geology of Belfast and the Lagan Valley: (One-Inch Geological Sheet 36) Reminiscences of a Strenuous Life (autobiography), 19092nd edition, 1910 Hull married in 1857 Mary Catherine Henrietta Cooke, daughter of Charles Turner Cooke, a surgeon inCheltenham and his wife Catherine Bennett Cooke. They had a family of two sons and four daughters, who includedEleanor Hull andCharlotte Elizabeth Ferguson-Davie .[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
Coat of arms of Edward Hull Notes 6 June 1901[ 15] Crest On a wreath of the colours a talbot's head erased Argent gorged with a collar dancettee Erminois between two laurel branches Proper. Escutcheon Sable a chevron engrailed Erminois between three talbots' heads erased Argent. Motto Vi Et Virtute
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