George Frederick Harris (geologist)

George Harris
Born 1862 (1862)
Anglesey, Hampshire[1]
Died 1906 (aged 43–44)
Thornton Heath, Surrey[2]
Residence Thornton Heath, Surrey[2]
Nationality English
Citizenship United Kingdom
Alma mater King's College
Birkbeck Institution
Scientific career
Fields Geology

George Frederick Harris (September 13, 1862- July 16, 1906) was an English palaeontologist.

George Frederick Harris was one of the founders of the Malacological Society of London[2] and a Fellow of the Geological Society. With Henry William Burrows he wrote The Eocene and Oligocene beds of the Paris basin. London :University college, E. Stanford, 1891.[1]

Education

Mr. Harris was educated at Netherhampton House School, Wilton, near Salisbury. He subsequently attended classes at King's College, London, and the Birkbeck Institution.[1]

Works

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  • Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part 1. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. British Museum (Natural History). Department of Geology.
  • The Gelinden Beds, Geological Magazine, 1887[1]
  • Granites and our Granite Industries, 1888[1]
  • The Geology of Gironde, Geological Magazine, 1890[1]
  • A Journey through Russia, Geological Magazine, 1898[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "George Frederick Harris, F.G.S." Geological Magazine. 3 (9): 431–432. 1906. doi:10.1017/s0016756800118692. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "George Frederick Harris, F.G.S.". Geological Magazine. 3: 384. 1906. doi:10.1017/s0016756800118564.

Plates from the Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca:

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