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Fellows are entitled to the postnominal FGS (Fellow of the Geological Society), over 2,000 of whom are Chartered Geologists (CGeol). The Society is a registered charity , no. 210161. It is also a member of the Science Council , and is licensed to award Chartered Scientist to qualifying members.
John Craig FGS (1796–1880) was a Scottish geologist and lexicographer. He was lecturer in geology at Anderson's University, Glasgow, and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. In 1849 he published a dictionary. [1] Born at Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, the son of a merchant, Craig had only six months in a local school and began life as a ...
This is a list of the presidents of the Geological Society of London. [1] List of presidents. 1807–1813 George Bellas Greenough; 1813–1815 Henry Grey Bennet;
Davies was awarded the inaugural Murchison Medal from the Geological Society of London in 1873, and was made a fellow (FGS) in 1877. In 1875, he was made an Assistant, responsible for the entire fossil collection of the museum, and in 1880 was promoted Assistant First Class.
Thomas DSc FLS FGS [1] 1862–64 Tennant, Professor James FGS FRGS; 1864–66 CRESY, ... Geological Society website. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
Charles Findlay Davidson OBE FRSE FGS MIMM (16 July 1911 - 1 November 1967) was a Scottish geologist. He served as Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was Assistant Curator to the Museum of Practical Geology in London and Chief Geologist of the British Geological Survey.
President of the Geological Society of London (1974-1976) Sir Percy Edward Kent FGS FRS [ 1 ] (18 March 1913 – 9 July 1986) was a British geologist who won the Royal Medal in 1971. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Awarded the Bigsby Medal in 1955 and the Murchison Medal in 1969, he was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1973 Birthday Honours .
He won the Geological Society of London's Murchison Fund in 1940 and the Murchison Medal in 1960, a year after his retirement. He won Edinburgh Geological Society's Clough Medal in 1968. [8] He died at home, 45 Thorburn Road in Colinton, Edinburgh on 19 December 1986.