| Authorised form of name | Medlicott; Henry Benedict (1829 - 1905) |
| Dates | 1829 - 1905 |
| Place of birth | Loug hrea, County Galway, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 03 August 1829 |
| Place of death | Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire |
| Date of death | 06/04/1905 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Education:
France, Guernsey, Dublin. BA (1850, Dublin), MA (1870)
Career:
Staff, Geological Survey of Ireland (1851); transferred to the Geological Survey of England (1853); joined Geological Survey of India; Professor of Geology, Roorkee College (1854-1862); served as a volunteer during the Indian Mutiny; Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India (by 1876); retired to England (1887); died of heart failure
Memberships:
FGS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1877 |
| Relationships | Son of Rev Samuel Medlicott, Rector of Loughrea |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1907 vol 79 pp xix-xxvi by William T Blanford
References:
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
Notes:
Citation 2 is list of publications from Cert X, 303i |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/34756980 |
| Code | NA6468 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/11/72 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Henry Benedict Medlicott, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 April 1895 |
| NLB/11/158 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Henry Benedict Medlicott, 43 St John's Road, Clifton, Bristol | 3 May 1895 |
| NLB/12/343 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Henry Benedict Medlicott, Fellow of the Royal Society | 3 February 1896 |
| NLB/12/707 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Henry Benedict Medlicott, Fellow of the Royal Society | 15 April 1896 |
| EC/1877/13 | Medlicott, Henry Benedict: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/11/98 | Letter from H B [Henry Benedict] Medlicott, Calcutta, to the Royal Society, London | 4 September 1877 |
| MC/11/87 | Letter from H B [Henry Benedict] Medlicott, Geological Survey of India, Calcutta, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, London | 3 July 1877 |
| MC/11/88 | Letter from H B [Henry Benedict] Medlicott, Geological Survey of India, Calcutta, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, London | 3 July 1877 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
| MC/12/110 | Letter from H B [Henry Benedict] Medlicott, Calcutta, to [Walter White], Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, London | 3 November 1880 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |