Person Spencer; Leonard James (1870 - 1959); mineralogist and geologist Spencer Leonard James mineralogist and geologist 1870 - 1959 British Male Worcester, England 07 July 1870 18700707 St James's Hospital, Balham, London, England 14 April 1959 19590414 Marriage: Stratfield Mortimer, near Reading, England.

Mineralogist and geologist Geology Mineralogy Education: Keighley trade and grammar school; Bradford Technical College; Royal College of Science, Dublin; MA, ScD (Camb) Career: Took up an appointment at the department of mineralogy of the British Museum (Natural Museum) (1 January 1894); employed abstracting papers for the Patent Office (1885); Editor (since 1901) of the 'Mineralog Mag'; awarded the Wollaston Fund by the Geological Society of London (1902); special constable in the Metropolitan Police (1915-1918); interested in meteorites, particularly tektites; Keeper of minerals, Minerals Department, British Museum (1927-1935); examiner for the natural science tripos at Cambridge (1931-2); died of a cerebral thrombosis and arteriosclerosis. Memberships: ARCS (Dubl); FGS (VP 1945–6); Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (President 1936-1939) Awards/Medals: Murchison medal 1937 Roebling medal 1940 Parents: James Spencer, schoolmaster, and Elizabeth Bonser. Spouse: Edith Mary Close (1872–1954) daughter of Islip J. Close, farmer, of Mortimer in Berkshire, (5 April 1899). Children: One son and two daughters. Named new minerals: miersite, tarbuttite, parahopeite, chloroxiphite, diaboleite, schulterite, aramayoite, and bismutotantalite. Provided new information on incompletely described minerals such as plagionite, heteromorphite, and semseyite. Fellow 07/05/1925 55 George Thurland Prior; Lazarus Fletcher; William James Lewis; John Edward Marr; Thomas George Bonney; Henry Alexander Miers; Charles William Andrews; John William Evans; Arthur Smith Woodward; John Walter Gregory; John Edward Stead;William Fletcher Barrett Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1961 vol 7 pp 243-248, plate, by C E Tilley Spencer L J, GA WS 3984.jpg ©Godfrey Argent Studio 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.1961.0019 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Spencer%2C+Leonard+James RCN 16006 RCN 9017 RCN 16007 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH7977 7 Jul 1870 - 14 Apr 1959 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 24/07/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update NA5254 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes eb8dc60e-139a-4f81-a324-29c11dc74dac