| Authorised form of name | Bigsby; John Jeremiah (1792 - 1881) |
| Dates | 1792 - 1881 |
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England |
| Date of birth | 14 August 1792 |
| Place of death | Gloucester Place, London |
| Date of death | 10 February 1881 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Education:
St Andrews University; Edinburgh University. MD (1814, Edinburgh)
Career:
Entered Army Medical Department (1816); worked in Canada; developed interest in geology; Secretary and medical officer to the Boundary Commission, Canada (1822); left the army (1823); returned to England and practised in Newark-on-Trent (1827-1846); moved to London and devoted himself to geology; published 'Thesaurus Siluricus' (1868); gave money to the Geological Society to found a medal
Memberships:
FGS; FRGS; FLS (1823, resigned 1842)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1869 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1881-1882 vol 33 pp xvi-xvii
References:
Susan Sheets-Pyenson, '"Pearls Before Swine": Sir William Dawson's Bakerian Lecture of 1870' in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 177-191 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/40160164 |
| Royal Society code | NA5703 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| EC/1869/06 | Bigsby, John Jeremiah: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| M/116 | Bigsby Medal of the Geological Society of London | |
| MS/787/1/18 | Letter from J[ohn] J[eremiah] Bigsby, 39 Gloster Place, Portman Square, to [Henry Bowman Brady] | 22 April 1876 |
| RR/6/19 | Letter from Roderick Impey Murchison, to Edward Sabine, regarding a paper 'A brief account of the 'Thesaurus Siluricus,' with a few facts and inferences' by John Jeremiah Bigsby | 2 November 1866 |
| RR/6/20 | Referee's report by Andrew Crombie Ramsay, on a paper 'A brief account of the 'Thesaurus Siluricus,' with a few facts and inferences' by John Jeremiah Bigsby | 6 February 1867 |
| MC/8/149 | Letter from W B [William Branwhite] Clarke, Parsonage, St Leonard's, near Sydney, NSW [New South Wales], to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 29 February 1868 |
| MC/8/247 | Letter from J J [John Jeremiah] Bigsby, 89 Gloucester Place, [Portman] Square, to the Royal Society | 18 September 1868 |
| MC/8/248 | Letter from J J [John Jeremiah] Bigsby, 89 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 23 September 1868 |
| MC/8/276 | Letter from J J [John Jeremiah] Bigsby, 89 Glo Pl [Glouester Place], P Sq [Portman Square], to the Royal Society | 7 December 1868 |
| MC/8/279 | Letter from J J [John Jeremiah] Bigsby, 89 Glo Pl [Glouester Place], P Sq [Portman Square], to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 7 December 1868 |