Person Fitton; William Henry (1780 - 1861); geologist Fitton William Henry geologist 1780 - 1861 Male Dublin, Ireland January 1780 London 13 May 1861

Physician Geology Education: Trinity College, Dublin. AB (1799), MD (1810, Edinburgh), LCP (1811), MD (1815, Dublin) Career: Settled in medical practice, Northampton; assisted Rev Walter Stephens (?1772-1808) with his pioneering geological explorations south of Dublin and edited his findings for posthumous publication as 'Notes on the Mineralogy of Part of the Vicinity of Dublin (1812) and wrote a similarly entitled paper (1811); married a woman of means and gave up medicine for geology; developed the descending strata from chalk to oolite; as President of the Geological Society he initiated the annual Presidential Address and inaugurated the publication of the Society's Proceedings; awarded Wollaston Medal (1852) Memberships: FCP (1816); FGS 1816 (President 1827-1829) Son of Nicholas Fitton; married (1820) Miss James Fellow 09/11/1815 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Irish Innovators Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1862-1863 vol 12 pp iv-vi ©The Royal Society 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://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-7921 Jan 1780 - 13 May 1861 NA3138 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/47517277 ecea9593-5b84-4ac9-bb2c-47080b95ae42