Sidney Hugh Reynolds Explained

Sidney Hugh Reynolds DSc, FGS (18 December 1867  - 20 August 1949) was an English geologist, paleontologist, and zoologist who was born in Brighton.[1] He died in Clifton, Bristol, aged 81 leaving behind a widow and a daughter.[2]

Education and career

Reynolds was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received B.A. (Nat.Sci. Tripos, Pt I, 1st Class) 1889; (Pt II, 1st Class, 1890); M.A. 1894; Sc.D. 1913. He was acting professor of zoology at Madras Christian College in 1891–1892 and in 1897–1898.[3] He taught Geology and Zoology at the University of Bristol in 1894 where he became an assistant professor in 1899 and then a professor in 1900. In 1910 he was appointed the chair of geology, a position held until he retired as professor emeritus in 1933. an assistant professor of zoology and geology from 1899 to 1900, a professor of zoology and geology from 1900 to 1910, and a professor of geology from 1910 to 1933, when he retired as professor emeritus. Following his retirement as a professor, Reynolds went on to become the curator of the Stroud District Cowle Museum.

Selected publications

Photography

Awards

Reynolds was the president of Section "G" of the British Association in 1926. He was awarded the Lyell Medal in 1928. (In the same year William Dickson Lang was also awarded the Lyell Medal for work done independently.)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Arthur Smith Woodward: His Life and Influence on Modern Vertebrate Paeolontology. Geological Society, London. 2016. 978-1-86239-741-5. Johanson, Z.. Special Publication 430. 105.
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  2. Trueman. A.E. 1949. Prof. S. H. Reynolds. Nature. 164. 4168. 473–474. 10.1038/164473b0. 4068317. free.
  3. 1919. Reynolds, Sidney Hugh. Who's Who. 2065.
  4. Web site: 2020-06-30. Who made the Conway Library?. 2021-03-29. Digital Media.
  5. Web site: National Archives. photograph albums (5) the Orient and France. 29 March 2021.
  6. Web site: Sidney Hugh Reynolds - National Portrait Gallery. 2021-03-29. www.npg.org.uk. en.