| Authorised form of name | Prior; George Thurland (1862 - 1936); mineralogist |
| Dates | 1862 - 1936 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 16 December 1862 |
| Date of death | 08 March 1936 |
| Occupation | mineralogist |
| Research field | Meteorites |
| Petrology |
| Mineralogy |
| Activity | Education:
Christ Church Cathedral School; Magdalen College School; Magdalen College DSc (Oxon); MA
Career:
Succeeded Dr Walter Flight (FRS 1883) in the Mineral Department of the British Museum (Natural History) and was in charge of the chemical laboratory (1887); took charge of the collection of rocks upon the death of Thomas Davies; promoted by Lazarus Fletcher (FRS 1889) to the Directorship of the Natural History Museum (c.1892); Keeper of Minerals (1909-1927).
Memberships:
Mineralogical Society (President)
Awards/Medals:
Murchison Medal 1927 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/05/1912 |
| Age at election | 50 |
| Proposer | Henry Woodward; Hugo Muller; Horace Bolingbroke Woodward; Aubrey Strahan; John Edward Marr; Arthur Herbert Church; Thomas Henry Holland; George Downing Liveing |
| Lazarus Fletcher; Henry Alexander Miers; Nevil Story Maskelyne; Robert Bellamy Clifton; Edwin Ray Lankester; Arthur Smith Woodward; John Wesley Judd; Thomas George Bonney; Alfred Harker |
| Relationships | Parents: George Thomas Prior |
| OtherInfo | Distinguished for his work in mineral chemistry and petrography and on meteorites. |
| Royal Society Obituary or Memoir | Click to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 151-159, plate, by L J Spencer |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/236423438 |
| Code | NA1212 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/63/149 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Thurland] Prior, FRS | 07 July 1922 |
| NLB/70/177 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Thurland] Prior, FRS | 22 January 1927 |
| NLB/59/56 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Thurland] Prior, FRS | 12 July 1920 |
| NLB/60/471 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Thurland] Prior, FRS | 11 February 1921 |
| NLB/61/435 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Thurland] Prior, FRS | 8 July 1921 |
| NLB/62/303 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Thurland] Prior, General Secretary of the Mineralogical Society and FRS | 20 January 1922 |
| NLB/64/895 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Thurland] Prior | 7 July 1923 |
| NLB/65/851 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [George Thurland] Prior, FRS | 18 January 1924 |
| NLB/67/565 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [George Thurland] Prior, FRS | 23 January 1925 |
| NLB/66/764 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Thurland] Prior, FRS | 4 July 1924 |
| NLB/69/553 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Thurland] Prior, FRS | 7 June 1926 |
| NLB/70/132 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [George Thurland] Prior, FRS | 8 January 1927 |
| NLB/69/656 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [George Thurland] Prior, Hon. General Secretary, Mineralogical Society | 9 July 1926 |
| NLB/71/60 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John] Horne, FRS | 16 December 1927 |
| NLB/70/665 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [George Thurland] Prior, FRS | 24 June 1927 |
| IM/003681 | Prior, George Thurland | 1932 |
| EC/1912/15 | Prior, George Thurland: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |