| Authorised form of name | Greenough; George Bellas (1778 - 1855) |
| Dates | 1778 - 1855 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 18 January 1778 |
| Place of death | Naples, Italy |
| Date of death | 02 April 1855 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Education:
Peterhouse, Cambridge (no degree); Gottingen (studied law)
Career:
Became interested in mineralogy and natural history under the influence of J F Blumenbach (FRS 1793); settled in London, attending lectures of Davy and Wollaston; studied geology in Ireland with Davy (1806); MP for Gatton (1807-1812); made a geological map of India (1852)
Memberships:
MRI; FGS (First President, 1811)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/03/1807 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: -1832 |
| Relationships | Son of [?] Bellas, and his wife nee Greenough; inherited a fortune from his maternal grandfather Greenough on the condition he take the name |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/51755789 |
| Code | NA3070 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MC/2/220 | Letter from [George Bellas] Greenough, Regent's Park, to the Royal Society | 27 August 1836 |
| MS/682/19 | Letter from George Bellas Greenough, Edinburgh, to James Sowerby, Mead Place, Lambeth | 23 August 1811 |
| RR/71/136 | Referee's report by Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, on a paper 'Residual lattice strains in plastically deformed poly-crystalline metal aggregates' by George Bellas Greenough | [1948] |
| EC/1806/18 | Greenough, George Bellas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001769 | Greenough, George Bellas | nd |
| CMP/1/2 | Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society | 13 December 1832 |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |