George Frederick Harris (geologist)

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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

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.

Education[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "George Frederick Harris, F.G.S." Geological Magazine. 3 (9): 431–432. 1906. Bibcode:1906GeoM....3..431.. doi:10.1017/s0016756800118692.
  2. ^ a b "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)

Gallery[edit]

Plates from the Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca:

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