Person Gregory; John Walter (1864 - 1932); geologist and naturalist Gregory John Walter geologist and naturalist 1864 - 1932 British Male Gainsborough Road, Mile End Old Town, London, England 27 January 1864 18640127 The rapids of the Urubamba River, Peru, South America 02/06/1932 19320602 Burial: Urubamba River, Peru, South America

geologist and naturalist Glacial geology Physical geography Palaeontology Geology Education: Stepney grammar school; Birkbeck College BSc 1891; DSc 1893 Career: Travelled to the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin of North America (1891); seconded to a proposed expedition to British East Africa (1892); joined Sir Martin Conway in the first crossing of Spitsbergen (1896); went to the West Indies (1899); appointed to the chair of geology and mineralogy at the University of Melbourne (1900); director of the geological survey of Victoria (1901); chair of geology at the University of Glasgow (1904-1929); drowned as a consequence of his canoe overturning on the Urubamba River, Peru (1932). Memberships: FGS (President 1928–30) Awards/Medals: Bugsby Medal 1905 Parents: John James Gregory, wool merchant, and Jane, née Lewis. Spouse: Audrey (née Chaplin) (6 June 1895). Gregory Rift in the Great Rift Valley is named after him. Fellow 06/06/1901 37 Edwin Ray Lankester; Edwin Tulley Newton; Horace Bolingbroke Woodward; George Jennings Hinde Thomas George Bonney; John Wesley Judd; William Thomas Blanford; Charles Alexander McMahon; Archibald Geikie; William Richard Gowers; Henry Woodward; Lazarus Fletcher Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 53-59, plate, by Percy George Hamnall Boswell 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1932.0011 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Gregory%2C+John+Walter RCN 10575 RCN 14449 RCN 14523 RCN 14450 27 Jan 1864 - 2 Jun 1932 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 08/05/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1348 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/61611728 2f6ffbe0-0af8-4cce-af3e-35968af0e52d