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He wrote (wholly or in part) memoirs on the ''Geology of Banbury'' (1864), of ''Stockport'' (1866), of ''North Derbyshire'' (1869, 2nd ed. 1887), and of the ''Yorkshire Coal-field'' (1878). In [[1874]] he retired from the Geological Survey, having been appointed professor of geology in the [[Yorkshire College]] at Leeds; in 1885 he became also professor of [[mathematics]], while for many years he held the lectureship on geology at the school of military engineering at [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]]. |
He wrote (wholly or in part) memoirs on the ''Geology of Banbury'' (1864), of ''Stockport'' (1866), of ''North Derbyshire'' (1869, 2nd ed. 1887), and of the ''Yorkshire Coal-field'' (1878). In [[1874]] he retired from the Geological Survey, having been appointed professor of geology in the [[Yorkshire College]] at Leeds; in 1885 he became also professor of [[mathematics]], while for many years he held the lectureship on geology at the school of military engineering at [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]]. |
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He was elected fellow of the [[Royal Society]] in 1886, and two years later was chosen professor of geology in the [[university of Oxford]]. His manual of ''Physical Geology'' (1876, 3rd ed. 1882) is an excellent book. |
He was elected fellow of the [[Royal Society]] in 1886, and two years later was chosen professor of geology in the [[university of Oxford]]. In 1892 he was awarded the [[Murchison Medal]] of the [[Geological Society of London]]. |
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His manual of ''Physical Geology'' (1876, 3rd ed. 1882) is an excellent book. |
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He died at Boars Hill, Oxford, on the 19th of August 1896. |
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A portrait of him, with brief memoir, was published in ''Proc. Yorksh. Geol. and Polytechnic Soc.'' xiii. 232. |
A portrait of him, with brief memoir, was published in ''Proc. Yorksh. Geol. and Polytechnic Soc.'' xiii. 232. |
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Alexander Henry Green (October 10, 1832 - 1896), English geologist, son of the Rev. Thomas Sheldon Green, master of the Ashby Grammar School, was born at Maidstone.
He was educated partly at his father's school, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and afterwards at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated as sixth wrangler in 1855 and was elected a fellow of his college. In 1861 he joined the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and surveyed large areas of the midland counties, Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
He wrote (wholly or in part) memoirs on the Geology of Banbury (1864), of Stockport (1866), of North Derbyshire (1869, 2nd ed. 1887), and of the Yorkshire Coal-field (1878). In 1874 he retired from the Geological Survey, having been appointed professor of geology in the Yorkshire College at Leeds; in 1885 he became also professor of mathematics, while for many years he held the lectureship on geology at the school of military engineering at Chatham.
He was elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1886, and two years later was chosen professor of geology in the university of Oxford. In 1892 he was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London.
His manual of Physical Geology (1876, 3rd ed. 1882) is an excellent book.
He died at Boars Hill, Oxford, on the 19th of August 1896.
A portrait of him, with brief memoir, was published in Proc. Yorksh. Geol. and Polytechnic Soc. xiii. 232.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
