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Authorised form of nameHorne; John (1848 - 1928); geologist
Dates1848 - 1928
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCampsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Date of birth01 January 1848
Place of death20 Merchiston Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death30/05/1928
DatesAndPlacesBuried: Ediburgh, Scotland.
Occupationgeologist
Research fieldGeology
ActivityEducation:
Glasgow high school; Glasgow University
Career:
Joined the Scottish Branch of HM Geological Survey as an assistant, becoming an apprentice to Benjamin Neeve Peach (FRS 1892) and eventually lifelong scientific partnership(1867); involved in mapping the Central Lowlands; his and Peach’s approach led them to resolve the “Highlands Controversy” with the publication of “The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland”, closely followed by their “Northwest Highlands Memoir” (1907); Director of the Scottish Branch of the Survey (1901-1911).ards/Medals:
Murchison medal jointly with Benjamin Neeve Peach (FRS 1892) (1899)
Wollaston medal jointly with Benjamin Neeve Peach (FRS 1892) (1921)
Neill Prize of RSE (1889-92).
Memberships:
Royal Society of Edinburgh (Council 1902-05; 1906-7); (Vice President 1907-13), and (President 1915–19)
Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Edinburgh Geological Society
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election14/06/1900
Age at election52
ProposerWilliam Whitaker; Ramsay Heatley Traquair; Alexander Buchan; Horace Bolingbroke Woodward; Edwin Tulley Newton; Thomas McKenny Hughes; John Edward Marr
William Turner; James Cossar Ewart; Alex Crum Brown; John Evans; Charles Alexander McMahon; Henry Woodward; Archibald Geikie; Jethro Justinian Harris Teall; John Murray; Charles Lapworth; Benjamin Neeve Peach; James Geikie
RelationshipsParents: James Horne, farmer, and his wife, Janet, née Braid.
Spouse: Anna Leyland (d.1926), daughter of Henry Taylor of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Children: Two sons and a daughter.
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP)
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1929 vol 104 pp i-viii, plate, by Sir John Smith Flett
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/65629841
CodeNA6268
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/002254Horne, John and Peach, Benjamin Neevend
NLB/69/241Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John] Horne, FRS12 February 1926
NLB/11/860Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Archibald Geikie, Fellow of the Royal Society21 October 1895
NLB/71/159Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John] Horne, FRS25 January 1928
NLB/21/218Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Horne, Fellow of the Royal Society, 12 Keith Crescent, Blackhall, Midlothian1 October 1900
NLB/21/325Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Horne, Fellow of the Royal Society, Geological Survey31 October 1900
NLB/67/640Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr John Horne, FRS5 February 1925
NLB/27/467Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to John Horne, Fellow of the Royal Society2 October 1903
NLB/41/629Copy letter from John Rose Bradford, to Dr John Horne, Fellow of the Royal Society24 January 1910
NLB/43/397Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Horne, Fellow of the Royal Society26 December 1910
NLB/47/218Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr John Horne FRS19 December 1912
NLB/51/202Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr John Horne FRS9 January 1915
NLB/51/453Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr John Horne FRS23 March 1915
NLB/51/822Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr J Horne FRS6 June 1915
NLB/52/556Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. John Horne, FRS13 January 1916
NLB/54/895Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. John Horne, FRS31 October 1917
NLB/54/893Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John] Horne, FRS30 October 1917
NLB/62/365Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. John Horne, FRS31 January 1922
NLB/57/304Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr John Horne, FRS11 October 1919
NLB/69/95Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John] Horne, FRS8 January 1926
NLB/58/163Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. John Horne, FRS22 March 1920
NLB/58/760Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. John Horne, FRS16 June 1920
NLB/59/717Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. John Horne, FRS5 November 1920
NLB/67/330Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr John Horne, FRS5 December 1924
NLB/61/724Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John] Horne, FRS18 October 1921
NLB/67/797Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John [Rose] Bradford, KCMG, FRS12 March 1925
NLB/66/8Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; Dr [John] Horne, FRS4 February 1924
MC/39/56Letter from John Horne, 20 Merchiston Gardens, Edinburgh, to Sir William [Bate] Hardy14 March 1925
NLB/67/623Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr John Horne, FRS2 February 1925
NLB/67/469Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John] Horne, FRS5 January 1925
NLB/67/400Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr John Horne, FRS15 December 1924
NLB/67/805Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John] Horne, FRS12 March 1925
NLB/69/115Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John] Horne, FRS14 January 1926
NLB/70/239Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John] Horne, FRS14 February 1927
NLB/69/98Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John] Horne, FRS11 January 1926
NLB/67/843Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John] Horne, FRS23 March 1925
NLB/69/254Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [John] Horne, FRS15 February 1926
NLB/69/225Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. John Horne, FRS8 February 1926
NLB/68/582Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John] Horne, FRS5 September 1925
NLB/71/60Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John] Horne, FRS16 December 1927
IM/002253Horne, Johnnd
EC/1900/06Horne, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/57New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration27 June 1919-27 February 1920
MC/25/109Letter from John Horne, Geological Survey and Museum, 33 George Square, Edinburgh, to The Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House29 September 1910
NLB/42/750Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr J [John] Horne FRS 1 October 1910
MC/27/180Letter from John Horne, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22 George Street, to the [Royal Society]21 December 1912
MC/27/179Letter from John Horne, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22 George Street, to The Secretaries, Royal Society18 January 1912
NLB/45/227Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr J [John] Horne FRS19 January 1912
MC/29/139Letter from John Horne, Royal [Society of] Edinburgh, 22 George [Street], [Edinburgh], to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society18 February 1914
MC/39Volume 39 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1925
MC/30/92Letter from John Horne, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22 George Street, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]7 January 1915
MC/31/77Letter from John Horne, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22 George Street, to The Secretaries of the Royal Society21 March 1916
MC/31/78Letter from John Horne, 12 Keith Crescent, Blackhall, Midlothian, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]20 May 1916
MC/31/76Letter from John Horne, 12 Keith Crescent, Blackhall, Midlothian, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]11 January 1916
MC/34/103Letter from John Horne, 20 Merchiston Gardens, Edinburgh, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]8 October 1919
MC/35/82Letter from John Horne, 20 Merchiston Gardens, Edinburgh, to the Royal Society22 September 1921
MC/30/93Letter from John Horne, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22 George Street, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]22 February 1915
MC/39/55Letter from John Horne, 20 Merchiston Gardens, Edinburgh, to Sir William [Bate] Hardy6 March 1925
MC/39/59Letter from John Horne, 20 Merchiston Gardens, Edinburgh, to Sir John Hardy9 September 1925
MC/39/58Letter from John Horne, 20 Merchiston Gardens, Edinburgh, to [Francis Alexander] Towle4 September 1925
MC/39/57Letter from John Horne, 20 Merchiston Gardens, Edinburgh, to Sir William [Bate] Hardy21 March 1925
MC/32/144Letter from John Horne, 20 Merchiston Gardens, Edinburgh, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]26 October 1917
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