Jethro Teall

Sir Jethro Justinian Harris Teall FRS HFRSE PGS (5 January 1849 – 2 July 1924) was a British geologist and petrographist.

Teallite is named after him.

Life

He was born to Jethro Teall of Sandwich, Kent (1816-1848) and his wife, Mary Hathaway (1820-1880) in Northleach, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Northleach Grammar School then Berkeley Villa School in Cheltenham.

He studied Sciences at St John's College, Cambridge, specialising in Geology.^[1] In 1874, he was awarded the Sedgwick Prize for his study of lower-level greensand, a form of sandstone.^[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1890, mainly on account of his book British Petrography, written in 1888. He won the Bigsby Medal in 1889.^[3] He was President of the Geological Society of London 1900–1902,^[4] and won the Wollaston Medal of the Society in 1905. He was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Dublin (DSc) and the University of Oxford (DSc) and by the University of St Andrews (LLD).

In 1901, he became the Director of His Majesty's Geological Survey, personally completing much work in north west Scotland. He was knighted in 1916 for his contribution to the survey.

He was a member of the Athenaeum Club, London.

He died at Rosendale Road in London on 2 July 1924.

Family

He married Harriet Moore Cowen (1856-1940) in 1879 and had two children, Major George (1880-1939) and Frederick Teall (1882-1952).

Publications

Teall, Jethro Justinian Harris (1888). British Petrography: with special reference to the igneous rocks. London: Dulau & Company.

References

^ "Teall, Jethro Justinian Harris (TL869JJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Strahan, A. (July 1924). "Sir Jethro Teall, F.R.S : Abstract : Nature". Nature. 114 (2855): 95. doi:10.1038/114095a0.
^ "Teall, Sir Jethro Justinian Harris". Who's Who: 2522. 1920.
^ "The Geological Society of London". The Times. No. 36070. London. 20 February 1900. p. 5.

[1] "Teall, Jethro Justinian Harris (TL869JJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[Nature-2] Strahan, A. (July 1924). "Sir Jethro Teall, F.R.S : Abstract : Nature". Nature. 114 (2855): 95. doi:10.1038/114095a0.

[3] "Teall, Sir Jethro Justinian Harris". Who's Who: 2522. 1920.

[4] "The Geological Society of London". The Times. No. 36070. London. 20 February 1900. p. 5.

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19th century	George Bellas Greenough Henry Grey Bennet William Blake John MacCulloch George Bellas Greenough Earl Compton William Babington William Buckland John Bostock William Fitton Adam Sedgwick Roderick Murchison George Bellas Greenough Charles Lyell William Whewell William Buckland Roderick Murchison Henry Warburton Leonard Horner Henry De la Beche William Hopkins Edward Forbes William Hamilton Daniel Sharpe Joseph Ellison Portlock John Phillips Leonard Horner Andrew Crombie Ramsay William Hamilton Warington Wilkinson Smyth Thomas Henry Huxley Joseph Prestwich George Douglas Campbell John Evans Peter Martin Duncan Henry Clifton Sorby Robert Etheridge John Whitaker Hulke Thomas Bonney John Wesley Judd William Blanford Archibald Geikie Wilfred Hudleston Henry Woodward Henry Hicks William Whitaker
20th century	Jethro Teall Charles Lapworth John Marr Archibald Geikie William Sollas William Watts Aubrey Strahan Arthur Smith Woodward Alfred Harker George Lamplugh Richard Oldham Albert Seward John Evans Francis Bather John Gregory Edmund Garwood Thomas Holland John Green Owen Thomas Jones Henry Hurd Swinnerton Percy Boswell Herbert Leader Hawkins William Fearnsides Arthur Trueman Herbert Harold Read Cecil Tilley Owen Thomas Jones George Lees William King Walter Campbell Smith Leonard Hawkes James Stubblefield Sydney Hollingworth Oliver Bulman Frederick Shotton Kingsley Dunham Neville George William Alexander Deer Thomas Westoll Percy Kent Wallace Pitcher Percival Allen Howel Francis Janet Watson Charles Holland Bernard Leake Derek Blundell Anthony Harris Charles Curtis R. S. J. Sparks Richard Hardman Robin Cocks
21st century	Ronald Oxburgh Mark Moody-Stuart Peter Styles Richard Fortey Lynne Frostick

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