George Barrow (11 December 1853 – 23 July 1932) was a Britishgeologist.[1]
Barrow was born inSt George Hanover Square, London,[2] the fifth of eight children born to John George Barrow, a general practitioner at the Royal College of Surgeons, and his wife, Eleanor Barrow.[1]
Barrow matriculated at London University in 1871, holding a Turner scholarship. Admitted toKing's College London, he studied science, winning prizes in mathematics and geology. He was the first to map ametamorphic gradient by determining a sequence ofmetamorphic zones in themetapelites of theScottish Highlands.[3][4] Every first appearance of anindex mineral was taken by Barrow as the beginning of a new metamorphic zone. Later, the underlying principles of metamorphic zones were clarified by theFinnish geologistPentti Eskola, who introduced the concept ofmetamorphic facies. Barrow was awarded the Bolitho Medal of theRoyal Geological Society of Cornwall in 1912.[1]
He died inChorleywood, Hertfordshire.[5]
The Barrow Award of theMineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland for contributions to metamorphic geology is named in his honour.
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