Linsdall Richardson Explained

Linsdall Richardson (24 December 18811 January 1967)^[1] was a 20th-century British geologist and academic author who was awarded the Lyell Medal in 1937.^[2]

Life

Linsdall Richardson was born in Burnley in Lancashire on 24 December 1881.^[1] He was the son of Rev John Linsdall Richardson (b.1849), then a curate, and his wife, Fanny Sutcliffe of Burnley.^[3] The family moved to Holton, Suffolk in 1882 and to Cratfield in Norfolk in 1884.^[4]

He was educated at Clifton College, Bristol. He spent most of his life as Director of Cheltenham school of Science and Technology. In 1908 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Edward William Prevost, Alexander Morison McAldowie, John Walter Gregory and John Horne.^[5]

In the First World War he worked on conscription with the Ministry of National Service.

He died on New Years Day, 1 January 1967.

He donated a large number of borehole samples of Quaternary sands and gravels to the Cheltenham Museum.^[6]

Publications

• Wells and Springs of Warwickshire (1928) Full-text at the Internet Archive
• Wells and Springs of Somerset (1928) Full-text at the British Geological Survey^[7]
• The Country around Moreton-in-Marsh (1929) Full-text at the Internet Archive
• Wells and Springs in Worcestershire (1930) Full-text at the Internet Archive
• Wells and Springs of Gloucestershire (1930) Full-text at the British Geological Survey^[8]
• Wells and Springs in Leicestershire (1931) Full-text at the Internet Archive
• The Country around Cirencester (1933) Full-text at the Internet Archive
• Wells and Springs of Herefordshire (1935) Full-text at the British Geological Survey^[9]
• Geology of the Country around Witney (1946) Full-text at the Internet Archive

Notes and References

1. F.B.A.W.. 1967. Linsdall Richardson, F.R.S.E., F.G.S.. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 78. 2. 379–381. 10.1016/S0016-7878(67)80026-9.
2. Web site: Lyell Medal . 2022-05-16 . The Geological Society of London.
3. Manchester Courier 27 September 1879
4. Web site: Biographical. 1935.
5. 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. 2018-03-19. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf. dead.
6. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-03-19 . 2016-08-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160802142308/http://cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/Docs/Geology%20Collection.pdf . dead .
7. Web site: BGS publications online . 2024-02-23 . pubs.bgs.ac.uk.
8. Web site: BGS publications online . 2024-02-23 . pubs.bgs.ac.uk.
9. Web site: BGS publications online . 2024-02-23 . pubs.bgs.ac.uk.