| Basil Charles King | |
| Death Date: | 11 September |
| Nationality: | British |
| Occupation: | geologist, author |
| Known For: | lecturer at Glasgow University; professor at Bedford College, London |
| Education: | King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds, Durham University |
Basil Charles King (1915–1985) was a British geologist and author. He won the Geological Society of London’s Bigsby Medal for 1959.
King was educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds.[1] He studied geology at Durham University, graduating in 1936 with first-class honours.[2] He then worked as a demonstrator at Bedford College before moving to Africa as a member of the Uganda Geology Survey. He eventually returned to the United Kingdom as senior lecturer at Glasgow University.
He began lecturing in geology at Glasgow University and later received a professorship at Bedford College, London in 1956. In 1950 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Neville George, John Weir, George Walter Tyrrell, and Arthur Holmes.[3] He became a member of the Geological Society of London in 1949.[4]
His health failing, King retired and moved to Arran. He died on 11 September 1985.
He was married to Dorothy Margaret Wells in 1939.