Rev. Joseph Cumming | |
Birth Date: | 1812 2, df=yes[1] |
Birth Place: | Matlock, Derbyshire |
Death Place: | London |
Education: | Oakham Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Occupation: | geologist and clergyman |
Spouse: | Agnes Peckham |
Parents: | Joseph Notzel Cumming and his wife Mary Gosling née Barnes[2] |
Children: | six |
Joseph George Cumming, MA Cantab., (15 February 1812 – 21 December 1868) was an English geologist and archaeologist. His major works concerned the geology and history of the Isle of Man.
Born at Matlock in Derbyshire where his mother and father ran the Old Bath Hotel at Matlock Bath.[2] Cumming was educated at Oakham School, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, taking the degree of MA, and entering holy orders in 1835.