| RefNo | EC/1874/15 |
| Previous numbers | Cert X, 243 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Citation | Alfred R C Selwyn Esqr.
1845-1852 Served on the Geological Survey of Gt Britain with much ability
First discoverer of Crustacea in the Lingula flag, North Wales
1852 Appointed Director of the Geological Suvey, Victoria, Australia
1853 First to prove the Silurian age of gold-bearing rocks of the province physically & by fossils.
Also that the Miocene & other gold-bearing drifts pass under the basaltic table-lands, previously unsuspected
1855 Examined & reported to the Government on the Coal field of Tasmania
1859 Examined & reported to the Government on the Geology of South Australia
Personally mapped or directed operations during the construction of a large series of a a [sic] large series of excellent Geological Maps of Victoria & other parts of Australia.
Author of Reports and Memoirs on those regions.
1869 Succeeded Sir Wm Logan as Director of the Geological Survey of Canada |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge. W E Logan; Rod I Murchison; Cha Lyell; Andw C Ramsay; T H Huxley; H W Bristow; Robert Etheridge; John Percy; Josh Prestwich; Arch Geikie; Thomas Oldham; Edward Hull |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6167 | Selwyn; Alfred Richard Cecil (1824 - 1902) | 1824 - 1902 |