Person Oldham; Thomas (1816 - 1878) Oldham Thomas 1816 - 1878 British Male Dublin, Ireland 04 May 1816 Rugby, Warwickshire 17 July 1878

Trinity College, Dublin (1848) Rugby, Warwickshire (1877-1878)

Geology Education: Trinity College, Dublin BA (1830-1836), MA (1846); Edinburgh University (geology and engineering).MA Career: Appointed to the Geological Survey of Ireland (1838); Curator to the Geological Society of Dublin (1843-1845) and Assistant to Professor Sir John Benjamin MacNeill (179301880), the first Professor of Civil Engineering in Trinity College, Dublin; Professor of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin (1845); Local Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland (1846-1850); Superintendent, Geological Survey of India (1851 - 1876); awarded Gold Medal by the Emperor of Austria (1873); retired and lived in Rugby (1877) Memberships: Geological Society of Ireland (President 1848-1950); MRIA(1844); FGS (1843); Member of Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal (1857) Eldest son of Thomas Oldham and his wife Margaret Bagot? or Boyd; married (1850) Miss L M Dixon of Liverpool Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1875 Fellow 09/06/1848 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Irish Innovators 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 4 May 1816 - 17 Jul 1878 NA5605 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/13723914 6af847c9-e7ab-467c-b2c8-354987293d19