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John Edward Marr

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John Edward Marr FGS FRS (14 June 1857 – 1 October 1933) was a British geologist. [1]

28 relations: Alfred Harker, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Caernarfon, Caernarfonshire, Cambrian, Cambridge, Cambridge County Geographies, Exhibition (scholarship), Fellow of the Royal Society, Geological Society of London, Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Joachim Barrande, Lake District, Lancaster Royal Grammar School, Lyell Medal, Paleozoic, Poulton-le-Sands, Royal Medal, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Sedgwick Club, Shap, Silesian (series), St John's College, Cambridge, Thomas George Bonney, Thomas McKenny Hughes, University of Cambridge, Wollaston Medal, Woodwardian Professor of Geology.

Alfred Harker

Alfred Harker FRS (19 February 1859 – 28 July 1939) was an English geologist who specialised in petrology and interpretive petrography.

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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society is an academic journal on the history of science published annually by the Royal Society.

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Caernarfon

Caernarfon is a royal town, community, and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,615.

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Caernarfonshire

Caernarfonshire (Sir Gaernarfon), historically spelled as Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire in English, is one of the thirteen historic counties, a vice-county and a former administrative county of Wales.

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Cambrian

The Cambrian Period was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon.

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Cambridge

Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.

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Cambridge County Geographies

Cambridge County Geographies is a book series published by Cambridge University Press.

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Exhibition (scholarship)

An exhibition is a type of scholarship award or bursary.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society judges to have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".

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Geological Society of London

The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom.

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Henry Alleyne Nicholson

Henry Alleyne Nicholson FRS FRSE FGS FLS (11 September 1844 – 19 January 1899) was a British palaeontologist and zoologist.

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Joachim Barrande

Joachim Barrande (11 August 1799 – 5 October 1883) was a French geologist and palaeontologist.

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Lake District

The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England.

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Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS) is a selective grammar school (day and boarding) for boys aged 11–18 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

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Lyell Medal

The Lyell Medal is a prestigious annual scientific medal given by the Geological Society of London, equal in status to the Murchison Medal.

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Paleozoic

The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era (from the Greek palaios (παλαιός), "old" and zoe (ζωή), "life", meaning "ancient life") is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.

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Poulton-le-Sands

Poulton-le-Sands is one of three small villages that combined to create Morecambe, Lancashire, England, the other two being Torrisholme and Bare.

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Royal Medal

A Royal Medal, known also as The King's Medal or The Queen's Medal, depending on the gender of the monarch at the time of the award, is a silver-gilt medal, of which three are awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences", done within the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters.

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Sedgwick Club

The Sedgwick Club is the official student geological society at the University of Cambridge, and is the oldest student-run geological society in the world.

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Shap

Shap is a linear village and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in Eden district, Cumbria, England.

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Silesian (series)

The Silesian is in the geologic timescale of Europe a series or epoch, a subdivision of the Carboniferous system or period.

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St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge (the full, formal name of the college is The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge).

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Thomas George Bonney

Thomas George Bonney (27 July 1833 – 10 December 1923) was an English geologist, president of the Geological Society of London.

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Thomas McKenny Hughes

Thomas McKenny Hughes (17 December 1832 – 9 June 1917) was a Welsh geologist.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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Wollaston Medal

The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London.

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Woodwardian Professor of Geology

The Woodwardian Professor of Geology is a professorship held in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Marr

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