| Authorised form of name | Jukes; Joseph Beete (1811 - 1869) |
| Dates | 1811 - 1869 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Summerhill, near Birmingham, England |
| Date of birth | 10 October 1811 |
| Place of death | Hampstead House, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of death | 29 July 1869 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Geomorphology |
| Activity | Education:
Wolverhampton Grammar School (1822-1829); MA (St John's College, Cambridge)
Career:
Geological Surveyor of Newfoundland (1839-1840); Naturalist to HMS Fly exploring Australia and New Guinea (1841-1846); Geological Survey of the United Kingdom - North Wales and English midlands (1846); Local Director, Geological Survey of Ireland (1850); Professor of Geology in the Museum of Irish Industry, later the Royal College of Science for Ireland (1854); President of the Geological Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1862)
Memberships:
MRIA (1852); FGS (1836); Geological Society of Ireland (President, 1853-1855)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/06/1853 |
| Relationships | Son of Sophia and John Jukes, Birmingham button manufacturer ; married (1849) Georgina Augusta Meredith |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
Robert A Bayliss, 'The Travels of Joseph Beete Jukes, FRS' in NR 1977-8 vol 32 pp 201-212
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Code | NA3843 |
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