F. J. North Explained
Frederick John North (18891968) was a British geologist and museum curator.[1]
He was a lifelong advocate and populariser of geology, and was from 191459 Keeper of Geology at the National Museum of Wales. He trained as a palaeontologist, specialising in fossil brachiopods; but from the 1920s, he wrote and spoke broadly about slate, coal, ironstone and limestone. He was a keen historian, cartographer, archaeologist, caver and photographer. He was a founder member of the British Association for History of Science.[2]
Bibliography
- 1930: The River Scenery at the Head of the Vale of Neath, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
- 1937: Humphrey Lhuyd's maps of England and of Wales. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
- 1949: Snowdonia (with B. Campbell and R. Scott). New Naturalist #13. Collins, London.
Notes and References
- s2-NORT-JOH-1889. NORTH, FREDERICK JOHN (1889 - 1968), geologist, educator, historian of science and museum curator. Douglas Anthony. Bassett. Douglas Bassett (geologist). 2001. 9 November 2021.
- Book: Marren
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. The New Naturalists. HarperCollins. 1995. 978-0002199971.