Background
JUKES-BROWNE, Alfred John was born in April 1851 in Penn Fields, near Wolverhampton. Son of A. H. Browne and C. A. Jukes. Took name of Jukes-Browne on attaining age of 21.
JUKES-BROWNE, Alfred John was born in April 1851 in Penn Fields, near Wolverhampton. Son of A. H. Browne and C. A. Jukes. Took name of Jukes-Browne on attaining age of 21.
Studied at Cholmondeley School, Highgate. Saint John's College, Cambridge. Bachelor of Arts.
Appointed to staff of Geological Survey, 1874. Was chiefly occupied in mapping parts of Suffolk, Cambridge, Rutland, and Lincoln up1 to 1883. Was then entrusted with the preparation of a monograph on the British Upper Cretaceous rocks, and in collecting materials for this examined and partly resurveyed the Cretaceous districts in Hertfordshire, Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Oxford, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, and Devon.
Spent the winter of 1888-1889 in Barbados, afterwards collaborating with Professor J. B. Harrison in papers on the geology of that island.
Retired from the Geological Survey in 1902 on account of illhealth.
Fellow of the Royal Society. Fellow of the Geological Society.
Spouse 1881, Emma Jessie Smith.