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Authorised form of nameHall; Arthur Lewis (1872 - 1955)
Dates1872 - 1955
NationalityBritish
South African
Place of birthBirmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Date of birth10 January 1872
Place of deathPretoria, Gauteng; South Africa; Africa
Date of death13/08/1955
Research fieldGeology
ActivityEducation:
University College of Bristol (1891); Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, BA natural sciences (1899), MA, PhD
Career:
Teacher at Dulwich College (1900-1902); geologist to the Geological Survey of the Transvaal Colony (1902-1910); Geological Survey of the Union of South Africa (1910-1932, Assistant Director 1917-1932), included responsibility for the museum of the Geological Survey which he opened to the public in 1920; retired 1932 but continued to work as a consultant geologist
Memberships:
FGS (1900); Geological Society of South Africa (1903, President 1913-1914); South African Philosophical Society (1905); Royal Society of South Africa (1909); South African Geographical Society (President 1925); Geological Society of America (1934); Society of Economic Geologists
Medals/Awards:
Honorary Doctor of Science (Sc D) degree, University of Cambridge; Murchison Medal 1930
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/05/1935
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Biographical Database of Southern African Science
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1956 vol 2 pp 139-148, plate, by S H Haughton
CodeNA1771
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1935/10Hall, Arthur Lewis: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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