George Frederick Harris (geologist)

George Frederick Harris (13 September 1862 – 16 July 1906) was an English palaeontologist. He was one of the founders of the Malacological Society of London[2] and a Fellow of the Geological Society.

George Harris
Born1862 (1862)
Anglesey, Hampshire[1]
Died1906 (aged 43–44)
Thornton Heath, Surrey[2]
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materKing's College
Birkbeck Institution
Scientific career
FieldsGeology

Education

Harris was educated at Netherhampton House School, Wilton, near Salisbury. He subsequently attended classes at King's College, London, and the Birkbeck Institution.[1]

Works
  • Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part 1. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. British Museum (Natural History). Department of Geology.
  • The Gelinden Beds, Geological Magazine, 1887[1]
  • Granites and our Granite Industries, 1888[1]
  • The Geology of Gironde, Geological Magazine, 1890[1]
  • With Henry William Burrows: The Eocene and Oligocene beds of the Paris basin, 1891[3]
  • A Journey through Russia, Geological Magazine, 1898[1]

References
  1. "George Frederick Harris, F.G.S." Geological Magazine. 3 (9): 431–432. 1906. Bibcode:1906GeoM....3..431.. doi:10.1017/s0016756800118692.
  2. "George Frederick Harris, F.G.S." Geological Magazine. 3 (8): 384. 1906. Bibcode:1906GeoM....3R.384.. doi:10.1017/s0016756800118564.
  3. Harris, George Frederick; Burrows, Henry William (1891). The Eocene and Oligocene beds of the Paris basin. London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Plates from the Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca:

  • Plate II.
    Plate II.
  • Plate IV.
    Plate IV.
  • Plate V.
    Plate V.
  • Plate VI.
    Plate VI.
  • Plate VII.
    Plate VII.
  • Plate VIII.
    Plate VIII.


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