Background
He was born in Oxford, England, and arrended Magdalen College there in 1881.
He was born in Oxford, England, and arrended Magdalen College there in 1881.
He obtained his Doctor of Science degree from Oxford University in 1905.
He made great contributions to mineralogical chemistry, petrology and meteoritics. He received a first class in the Honour School in Chemistry in 1885 and Physics in 1886. Later he went to study in Germany.
He entered the British Museum in 1887, where he was Keeper of Minerals from 1909 to 1927.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1912.
Royal Society.
