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Excerpt from The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 18: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information; Medal to Mumps
Petrographer to the Geological Survey. Formerly Lecturer on Petrology in Edinburgh University. Neill Medallist of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Bigsby Medallist of the Geological Society of London.
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