| 词条 | Ralph Richardson (geologist) |
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Ralph Richardson WS FRSE FRSGS FEGS (1845–1933) was a Scottish lawyer and noted amateur geologist and historian. LifeHe was born in Edinburgh on 22 November 1845 the son of James Richardson FRSE (d.1868), a merchant, and his wife, Alison Black, daughter of Adam Black, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He was educated at Edinburgh High School then Edinburgh Academy 1857 to 1861. He also spent at least a year at the Kreuzschule in Dresden (indicating that he had musical abilities). He was then apprenticed as a lawyer to Maclachlan, Ivory and Rodger WS at 25 Castle Street. He also undertook formal studies in Law at Edinburgh University and the College de France in Paris. In 1870 he lived at 16 Coates Crescent.[1] In 1875 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his contributions to geology. His proposers were David Milne Home, Ramsay Heatley Traquair, Alexander Buchan and John Hutton Balfour.[2] In 1882 he co-founded the Edinburgh Geological Society, also serving as its first Vice President. He gave the inaugural address: "Agassis and Glacial Geology".[3] In the same year he lived at 10 Magdala Place in Edinburgh's West End and had offices at 19 Castle Street in Edinburgh's First New Town, just off Princes Street.[4] In 1895 he gave a further annual lecture "Old Edinburgh Geologists".[5] In later life he served as HM Commissary Clerk to Edinburgh. He died at Magdala Place in Edinburgh on 26 June 1933. Publications
FamilyIn 1879 he married Melville Elizabeth Fleming (sic) daughter of Andrew Fleming FRSE (1822-1901). They had no children. References1. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1870 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Ralph}}{{UK-geologist-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_indexp2.pdf}} 3. ^http://trned.lyellcollection.org/content/4/3/245.full 4. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1882 5. ^http://trned.lyellcollection.org/content/7/2/81 5 : 1845 births|1933 deaths|People from Edinburgh|British geologists|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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