Basil Charles King
Basil Charles King | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 June 1915 |
| Died | 11 September 1985 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds, Durham University |
| Occupation(s) | geologist, author |
| Known for | lecturer at Glasgow University; professor at Bedford College, London |
| Spouse |
Dorothy Margaret Wells
(m. 1939) |
Basil Charles King FRSE (1915–1985) was a British geologist and author. He won the Geological Society of London’s Bigsby Medal for 1959.
Life
[edit]King was educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds.[1] He studied geology at Durham University, graduating in 1936 with first-class honours.[1][2] He then worked as a demonstrator at Bedford College before moving to Africa as a member of the Uganda Geology Survey. He eventually returned to the United Kingdom as senior lecturer at Glasgow University.[1]
He began lecturing in geology at Glasgow University and later received a professorship at Bedford College, London in 1956.[1] In 1950 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Neville George, John Weir, George Walter Tyrrell, and Arthur Holmes.[3] He became a member of the Geological Society of London in 1949.[4]
His health failing, King retired and moved to Arran in 1977[1]. He died on 11 September 1985.
Family
[edit]He was married to Dorothy Margaret Wells in 1939.
Publications
[edit]- The Geology of the Osi Area (1949)
- The Napak Area of Southern Karamoja, Uganda (1949)
- The Ard Bheinn Area of the Central Igneous Complex of Arran (1954)
- The Form of Beinn an Dubhaich Granite on Skye (1960)
- The History of the Alkaline Volcanoes and Intrusive Complexes of Eastern Uganda and Western Kenya (1969) co-written with Michael John Le Bas and Diana Stephanie Sutherland
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Professor Basil Charles King" (PDF). Proceedings of the Geological Society of Glasgow: 8–9. 1986.
- ^ "Calendar 1936-7". Durham University Archives. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Bye-Laws and List of Members". Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society. 35 (269): ix–xlviii. 1965. Bibcode:1965MinM...35D...9.. doi:10.1180/minmag.1965.035.269.01.
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