F._J._North

F. J. North

F. J. North

Geologist and museum curator


Frederick John North (18891968) was a British geologist and museum curator.[1]

He was a lifelong advocate and populariser of geology, and was from 191459 Keeper of Geology at the National Museum of Wales. He trained as a palaeontologist, specialising in fossil brachiopods; but from the 1920s, he wrote and spoke broadly about slate, coal, ironstone and limestone. He was a keen historian, cartographer, archaeologist, caver and photographer. He was a founder member of the British Association for History of Science.[2]

Bibliography

  • 1930: The River Scenery at the Head of the Vale of Neath, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
  • 1937: Humphrey Lhuyd's maps of England and of Wales. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
  • 1949: Snowdonia (with B. Campbell and R. Scott). New Naturalist #13. Collins, London.

References

  1. Bassett, Douglas Anthony (2001). "NORTH, FREDERICK JOHN (1889 - 1968), geologist, educator, historian of science and museum curator". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. Marren, Peter (1995). The New Naturalists. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0002199971.



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