| Authorised form of name | Topley; William (1841 - 1894) |
| Surname | Topley |
| Forenames | William |
| Dates | 1841 - 1894 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Greenwich, London, England (13 March 1841)
Death:
Croydon, Surrey (30 September 1894) |
| Activity | Research Field:
Geology
Education:
Royal School of Mines (1858)
Career:
Assistant Geologist, Geological Survey of United Kingdom; studied Kent, Sussex and the carboniferous district of Northumberland; published maps and memoirs of the Geological Survey, Jermyn Street, London; died of a fever apparently contracted by drinking infected water in Algiers
Memberships:
FGS; AICE |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
7/06/1888 |
| Relationships | Uncle of William White Carlton Topley (FRS 1930) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1895-1896 vol 59 pp lxix-lxxi signed by A G H |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/14844061 |
| Royal Society code | NA6161 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| NLB/5/960 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Topley, Fellow of the Royal Society | 24 November 1891 |
| NLB/7/388 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Topley, Fellow of the Royal Society | [3] February 1893 |
| NLB/7/490 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Wiliam Topley, Fellow of the Royal Society | 1 March 1893 |
| NLB/10/114 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 2 October 1894 |
| NLB/8/347 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Topley, Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 October 1893 |
| NLB/10/291 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 November 1894 |
| NLB/10/556 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to F W Rudler, Geological Museum, Jermyn Street | 18 December 1894 |
| NLB/10/547 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Whitaker, Fellow of the Royal Society | 14 December 1894 |
| RR/12/19 | Referee's report by William Topley, on a paper 'On the evidences of a submergence of Western Europe, and of the Mediterranean coasts, at the close of the glacial or so-called post-glacial period, and immediately preceding the Neolithic or recent period' by Joseph Prestwich | 2 March 1893 |
| EC/1888/22 | Topley, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/3/799 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Topley, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 October 1889 |