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Etheridge Robert (03.12.1819 – 18.12.1903)
Born in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. After graduating from school in his hometown of Etheridge, he went to work at a business house in Bristol, and devoted his free time to studying natural science. In 1850, he was appointed curator of the museum at the Bristol Philosophical Institute, whose duties he combined with teaching botany at Bristol Medical School. In 1857, thanks to the support of influential British geologist and traveler Roderick I. Murchison, Etheridge was appointed to the post at the Museum of Applied Geology in London, which led to his choice of paleontological specialization. In 1865, Etheridge assisted Professor Huxley in preparing the Fossil Catalog at the Museum of Applied Geology. His main work for many years was the assignment of names to fossils collected in the process of geological surveys, and in the preparation of their descriptions, included in numerous official reports. Etheridge became the largest specialist in fossil fossils in Britain, which allowed him to prepare the work "Fossil fossils of the British Isles". Etheridge was also the author of several articles on the Upper Triassic foundation, an important essay on Physical Structure of North Devon and the publication Palaeontological Value of the Devonian Fossils. He edited and in many ways rewrote the second part of the new edition of John Phillips's Manual of Geology, called Stratigraphical Geology and Palaeontology. In 1871, Etheridge was elected a member of the Royal Society, in 1880 he was awarded the Roderick Murchison medal, and in 1881-1882 headed was the president of the society. In 1881, Etheridge left the Geological Survey in the geological department of the British Museum, where he served as assistant curator until 1891. In 1896, he became the first holder of the Bolito Medal of the Royal Geological Society of Wales, which was awarded for outstanding achievements in geology.
Etheridge died in Chelsea, London. Buried at Brompton Cemetery. Islands in the Strait of Bruyne. Opened and named by expedition B. Lee Smith in 1880. |
