| Authorised form of name | Fearnsides; William George (1879 - 1968) |
| Surname | Fearnsides |
| Forenames | William George |
| Dates | 1879 - 1968 |
| Dates and places | Birth:
10 November 1879
Death:
15 May 1968 |
| Activity | Education:
MA
Career:
Sorby Professor of Geology and Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Sheffield; ex-Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Memberships:
FGS |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
5/05/1932 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1969 vol 15 pp 83-98, plate, by O M B Bulman |
| Royal Society code | NA1841 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1932/04 | Fearnsides, William George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/49/62 | Referee's report by William George Fearnsides, on a paper 'The Cambrian area of Rushton (Shropshire)' by Edgar Sterling Cobbold and Roy Woodehouse Pocock | 26 July 1933 |