| Authorised form of name | Tristram; Henry Baker (1822 - 1906); geologist; naturalist |
| Dates | 1822 - 1906 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Eglingham, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of birth | 11 May 1822 |
| Place of death | Durham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 08 March 1906 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Graveyard, Durham Cathedral |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Geology |
| Natural history |
| Activity | Education:
Durham School (1837-1839); School at Lincoln College, Oxford (1839); Durham University (1840, for 2 terms); Lincoln College, Oxford, BA (1844), MA (1846). Honorary LLD (1868, Edinburgh) and (1896, St Andrews)
Career:
Deacon (1845); Priest (1846); Curate, Morchard Bishop, Devon (1845-1846); Acting Chaplain, Bermuda (1847-1849); Rector, Castle Eden, County Durham (1849-1860); Master of Greatham Hospital and Vicar, Greatham, Durham (1860-1873); Honorary Canon, Durham (1870); Canon, Durham (1873-1906); Proctor in Convocation for Archdeaconry of Durham (1874-1885); Proctor for Dean and Chapter, Durham Cathedral (1889-1900); worked for the Church Missionary Society; Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Province of Durham; Grand Chaplain, United Grand Lodge of England and Wales; helped to found the Universities Lodge, Durham; masonic lodge, Shildon named after him
Memberships:
FLS; CMZS; Tyneside Natural History Society |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 04/06/1868 |
| Age at election | 46 |
| Proposer | Thomas Spratt |
| George Bowdler Buckton |
| Edward William Cooke |
| John Tyndall |
| Thomas Thomson |
| George Bentham |
| William Pengelly |
| John Hogg |
| Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| William Jardine |
| Thomas Henry Huxley |
| William Henry Flower |
| Thomas Spencer Cobbold |
| Philip Lutley Sclater |
| John Gould |
| John Lubbock |
| Charles Lyell |
| Charles Cardale Babington |
| James Salter |
| Joseph Beete Jukes |
| John Gwyn Jeffreys |
| Thomas Bell |
| Charles Darwin |
| Relationships | Parents: Henry Baker Tristram, vicar of Eglingham, Northumberland, and Charlotte Jocelyn (d. 1830), daughter of Thomas Watson Smith and his wife, Mary Hely-Hutchinson.
Siblings: Thomas Hutchinson Tristram (1825–1912), ecclesiastical lawyer, became chancellor of London and many other dioceses.
Spouse: (m. 1850) Eleanor Mary Bowlby (d. 1903), daughter of Captain Peter Bowlby and Elizabeth Haslewood.
Children: One son and seven daughters, including Katherine Alice Salvin Tristram, missionary and teacher. |
| PublishedWorks | RCN R66447
RCN R66451
RCN R66448
RCN R66449
RCN R66450 |
| OtherInfo | Was a Freemason. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; [Reference 1]
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1908 vol 80 pp xliii-xliv signed by A G
References:
Brian J Ford, 'Shining through the centuries: John Ray's life and legacy. A report of the meeting "John Ray and his successors"' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 5-22
FS Bodenheimer, 'Canon Henry Baker Tristram of Durham (1822-1906), reprinted from Durham University Journal (June 1957)
Notes:
E W Cooke has signed the election certificate twice |
| Code | NA7571 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/21/18 | Letter from Henry Baker Tristram to [AB Hewetson] | 19 September 1879 |
| IM/Maull/004653 | Tristram, Henry Baker | 1893 |
| IM/Maull/004656 | Tristram, Henry Baker | nd |
| NLB/32/482 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to the Reverend Canon William Greenwell, Fellow of the Royal Society, Durham | 19 March 1906 |
| MC/21/288 | Letter from William Greenwell, Durham, to the Royal Society | 21 March 1906 |
| RR/6/300 | Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the geographical and geological relations of the fauna and flora of Palestine' by Henry Baker Tristram | 27 May 1868 |
| EC/1868/19 | Tristram, Henry Baker: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/6/299 | Referee's report by Joseph Dalton Hooker, on a paper 'On the geographical and geological relations of the fauna and flora of Palestine' by Henry Baker Tristram | 25 May 1868 |
| AP/50/15 | Unpublished paper, 'On the geographical and geological relations of the fauna and flora of Palestine' by [Henry Baker] Tristram | 1868 |
| MC/21 | Volume 21 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1906 |