Wilfrid Norman Edwards

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Wilfrid Norman Edwards
Known forGeological mapping
Awards Murchison Medal 1961
Scientific career
Institutions British Geological Survey

Wilfrid Norman Edwards (born 1897) [1] [2] was a British geologist, who worked for the British Geological Survey for his whole career. He published numerous geological maps and reports on the geology of various parts of England. He was president of the Yorkshire Geological Society in 1957, and was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1961 for his contributions to the stratigraphy and structure of the Coal Measures, particularly in the Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire Coalfield. [3]

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Career

Edwards was appointed to the geological survey of Great Britain in 1923, [1] and worked for the survey for his whole career, publishing maps and reports on the geological structure of various parts of England. By the late 1920s, he was based in Yorkshire, and was elected a member of the Yorkshire Geological Society. [4] Edwards was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London in January 1937. [5] In 1955, he was the district geologist to the Yorkshire Unit of the geological survey, when he gave an address on coal fields to the society. [6] Edwards held the post of president of the Yorkshire geological society in 1957. [7] In 1961, when he was awarded the Murchison Medal, he held the post of assistant director with the geological survey of Great Britain, and was based in their Leeds office. [3]

Family

Edwards married Monica Tomlinson in Nottingham in 1927. [8]

Selected works

Edwards published papers, reports and maps under the name 'Wilfrid Edwards' and under his full name 'Wilfrid Norman Edwards', or 'W N Edwards'.

Maps [9]

1923. Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series, Wiltshire. Southampton: Ordnance Survey.

1924. Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series, Wiltshire. Southampton: Ordnance Survey.

1954. Geological Survey of England and Wales 6 inch [1:10 560] county series, Derbyshire. Southampton: Ordnance Survey.

Books and reports.

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References

  1. 1 2 Flett, J S (1937). The history of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 241.
  2. ↑ "Index entry, Births Dec 1897". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Geological Society of London : Awards". Nature. 189 (4759): 100. January 23, 1961. Bibcode:1961Natur.189Q.100.. doi:10.1038/189100a0 – via www.nature.com.
  4. ↑ "LIST OF MEMBERS (Corrected to September 1st, 1934)". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 22 (4): 316–322. January 23, 1934. Bibcode:1934PYGS...22..316.. doi:10.1144/pygs.22.4.316 – via CrossRef.
  5. ↑ "Proceedings, Session 1936-37". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. 93: ix. 1937. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1937.093.01-04.02.
  6. ↑ "Annual Report for 1955". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 30: 321. 1955. doi:10.1144/pygs.30.3.321.
  7. ↑ Edwards, W (1958). "The Geological Survey in Yorkshire". Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 31 (4): 367–381. Bibcode:1958PYGS...31..367E. doi:10.1144/pygs.31.4.367.
  8. ↑ "Index entry, Marriages Mar 1927". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Wilfrid Norman Edwards - MediaWiki". earthwise.bgs.ac.uk.
  10. ↑ "Wells and springs of Dorset". H. M. Stationery off. January 1, 1926 – via Internet Archive.


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