The Life and Work of Professor J.W. Gregory FRS (1864-1932), Geologist, Writer and Explorer
- ISBN-10
- 1862393230
- ISBN-13
- 9781862393233
- Category
- Geologists
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Geological Society of London
- Author
- Bernard E. Leake
Description
Gregory's remarkable career and his scientific work are here detailed and critically assessed. Accounts of his heroic 1893 expedition to the Rift Valley in Kenya (now the Gregory Rift), his first crossing of Spitzbergen, and his resignation as Leader of the first British Antarctic Expedition of 1901. In the Chair of Geology in Glasgow from 1904, he built up the largest first-year geology class in the UK, over 400 students. He worked in every field of geology and every continent except Antarctica. He was also involved with the search for a 'homeland' for the Jews in Libya and Angola.
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