Education
He studied geology and mineralogy from 1790 to 1794 under Abraham Werner at Freiberg.
He studied geology and mineralogy from 1790 to 1794 under Abraham Werner at Freiberg.
Soon after his return to England he was entrusted by government with the investigation of the gold deposits in County Wicklow, Ireland. in the early days of the Geological Society he became one of its active members. In 1826 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Weaver subsequently travelled as a mining geologist in Mexico and the United States.
He had retired for some years before his death, which took place at his home in Pimlico, 2 July 1855.
Royal Society.