词条 | L. W. Hinxman |
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Lionel Wordsworth Hinxman FRSE (1855–1936) was a Scottish geologist, with a special love and knowledge of Scottish mountains. LifeHe was born on 21 March 1855 in Dunmore near Falkirk in Stirlingshire the son of Rev Charles Hinxman and his wife, Emmeline Fisher of Poulshot. His parents had married in Wiltshire in 1850 and only recently moved to Scotland.[1] He was sent back to England for education, firstly at Marlborough College then Cheltenham College before winning a place at Cambridge University where he graduated BA in 1877. From 1883 he worked for HM Geological Survey alongside John Horne and Ben Peach rising to District Geologist in 1905. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1902. His proposers were James Geikie, John Horne, Ben Peach and Ramsay Heatley Traquair.[2] He retired in 1919 and returned to England. His role as District Geologist was filled by Murray Macgregor.[3] He died in Ringwood in Hampshire on 29 April 1936. PublicationsSee [4]
FamilyHe was married to Elizabeth Saunders. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/ba71a315-c84a-43a3-a31e-9118ee465207|title=Settlement on the marriage of the revd. Charles Hinxman of Durnford and Emmeline Fisher…|website=The National Archives|accessdate=3 September 2018}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hinxman, Lionel Wordsworth}}{{Scotland-bio-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v156/n3973/abs/156743a0.html|title=Geological Survey (Scottish Office) Dr. Murray Macgregor|website=Nature|accessdate=3 September 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/geologyOfBritain/archives/pioneers/pioneers.cfc?method=viewRecord&personId=138|title=Lionel Wordsworth Hinxman B.A., F.R.S.E.| Pioneers of the British Geological Survey | British Geoscientists | Discovering geology | British Geological Survey (BGS)|website=bgs.ac.uk|accessdate=3 September 2018}} 8 : 1855 births|1936 deaths|People educated at Marlborough College|People educated at Cheltenham College|Alumni of the University of Cambridge|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|British geologists|British non-fiction writers |
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