George Frederick Harris (geologist) explained

George Harris
Birth Place:	Anglesey, Hampshire
Death Place:	Thornton Heath, Surrey
Citizenship:	United Kingdom
Nationality:	English
Field:	Geology
Alma Mater:	King's College Birkbeck Institution

George Frederick Harris (13 September 1862 – 16 July 1906) was an English palaeontologist. He was one of the founders of the Malacological Society of London and a Fellow of the Geological Society.

Education

Harris was educated at Netherhampton House School, Wilton, near Salisbury. He subsequently attended classes at King's College, London, and the Birkbeck Institution.

Works

• Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part 1. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. British Museum (Natural History). Department of Geology.
• The Gelinden Beds, Geological Magazine, 1887
• Granites and our Granite Industries, 1888
• The Geology of Gironde, Geological Magazine, 1890
• With Henry William Burrows: The Eocene and Oligocene beds of the Paris basin, 1891^[1]
• A Journey through Russia, Geological Magazine, 1898

Gallery

Plates from the Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca:

Notes and References

1. Book: Harris, George Frederick. The Eocene and Oligocene beds of the Paris basin. Burrows. Henry William. 1891. London.