Background
Henry William Bristow was born in London on 17 May 1817. He was the son of Major-general Henry Bristow, a member of a Wiltshire family, and his wife Elizabeth Atchorne of High Wycombe.
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Mines and Miners; or underground life. Translated, adapted to the present state of British Mining, and edited by H. W. Bristow ... Illustrated, etc.
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On the formation of the Chesil Bank, Dorset
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A descriptive catalogue of the Rock Specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology; with explanatory notices of their nature and mode of occurrence, and ... A. C. Ramsay, H. W. Bristow, and H. Bauerman.
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A Glossary of Mineralogy (Classic Reprint)
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Henry Bristow
Henry William Bristow was an English geologist and naturalist.
Education
Henry William Bristow attended King's College London.
Career
After passing with distinction through King"s College, London, Henry William Bristow joined the staff of the Geological Survey in 1842, and was set to work in Radnorshire. From this county he was shortly afterwards transferred to the Cotteswold district, which he examined up to Bath, and afterwards surveyed a large part of Dorset, Wiltshire, and Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, besides some of the Wealden area, Berkshire, and Essex, rising ultimately in 1872 to the position of director for England and Wales. His field work was admirable in quality, for he was no less patient than accurate in unravelling a complicated district — one of those men, in short, who lay the foundations on which his successors can build, and whose services to British geology are more lasting than showy.
He retired from the survey in July 1888 and died on 14 June 1889.
Maurice and Lazarus. Bristow was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1862.
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Bristow was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. A road in Cheylesmore, Coventry United Kingdom is named after him.
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On the formation of the Chesil Bank, Dorset
(This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. T...)
- Mines and Miners; or underground life. Translated, adapted to the present state of British Mining, and edited by H. W. Bristow ... Illustrated, etc.
- A descriptive catalogue of the Rock Specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology; with explanatory notices of their nature and mode of occurrence, and ... A. C. Ramsay, H. W. Bristow, and H. Bauerman.
- A Glossary of Mineralogy (Classic Reprint)
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On the formation of the Chesil Bank, Dorset
Membership
Henry William Bristow was elected Fellow of the Geological Society in 1843 and Fellow of the Royal Society in 1862, was an honorary member of sundry societies, and received the order of Steamship
Connections
Henry William Bristow was married to Eliza Harrison.
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United Kingdom