L. W. Hinxman Explained

L. W. Hinxman
Birth Name:	Lionel Wondsworth Hinxman
Birth Date:	21 March 1855
Honorific Prefix:	FRSE
Birth Place:	Dunmore, Scotland
Death Date:	29 April 1936
Death Place:	Ringwood, England

Lionel Wordsworth Hinxman FRSE (21 March 1855 – 29 April 1936) was a Scottish geologist who was a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Hinxman was noted for his passion and expertise on mountains in Scotland.

Early life and education

Hinxman was born on 21 March 1855 in Dunmore, near Falkirk in Stirlingshire. He was the son of Rev. Charles Hinxman and his wife, Emmeline Fisher of Poulshot. His parents had married in Wiltshire in 1850, and had only recently moved to Scotland.^[1]

He was sent back to England for education, firstly at Marlborough College then Cheltenham College before winning a place at Cambridge University where he graduated BA in 1877.

Career

Beginning in 1883, he worked for HM Geological Survey alongside John Horne and Ben Peach. He rose to the position of District Geologist in 1905.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1902. His proposers were James Geikie, John Horne, Ben Peach and Ramsay Heatley Traquair.^[2]

He retired in 1919 and returned to England. His role as District Geologist was filled by Murray Macgregor.^[3]

Personal life and death

He was married to Elizabeth Saunders. He died in Ringwood in Hampshire on 29 April 1936.

Publications

See ^[4]

• Suilven (1890)
• Ben Eighe and the Torridon Hills (1891)
• Beinn Bhan of Applecross (1892)
• The Geology of the Neighbourhood of Edinburgh (1910)
• The Geology of the Districts of Braemar, Ballater and Glen Clova (1912)
• Ben Wyvis (1912)
• The Geology of Upper Strathspey, Gaick and the Forest of Atholl (1913)
• The Geology of the Country around Beauly and Inverness (1914)
• The Economic Geology of the Central Coalfield of Scotland (1921)
• The Geology of the Lower Findhorn and Lower Strath Nairn (1923)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Settlement on the marriage of the revd. Charles Hinxman of Durnford and Emmeline Fisher…. The National Archives. 3 September 2018.
2. Book: Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. July 2006. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 0-902-198-84-X. 28 October 2016. 24 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf. dead.
3. Geological Survey (Scottish Office) Dr. Murray Macgregor. Nature. 1945 . 156 . 3973 . 743 . 10.1038/156743a0 . 1945Natur.156Q.743. . 3 September 2018.
4. Web site: Lionel Wordsworth Hinxman B.A., F.R.S.E.| Pioneers of the British Geological Survey | British Geoscientists | Discovering geology | British Geological Survey (BGS). bgs.ac.uk. 3 September 2018.