Person Bigsby; John Jeremiah (1792 - 1881) Bigsby John Jeremiah 1792 - 1881 Male Nottingham, England 14 August 1792 Gloucester Place, London 10 February 1881

Newark-on-Trent (ca 1823-1843); 89 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London (1869)

Physician Geology Education: St Andrews University; Edinburgh University. MD (1814, Edinburgh) Career: Entered Army Medical Department (1816); worked in Canada; developed interest in geology; Secretary and medical officer to the Boundary Commission, Canada (1822); left the army (1823); returned to England and practised in Newark-on-Trent (1827-1846); moved to London and devoted himself to geology; published 'Thesaurus Siluricus' (1868); gave money to the Geological Society to found a medal Memberships: FGS; FRGS; FLS (1823, resigned 1842) Fellow 03/06/1869 Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1881-1882 vol 33 pp xvi-xvii References: Susan Sheets-Pyenson, '"Pearls Before Swine": Sir William Dawson's Bakerian Lecture of 1870' in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 177-191 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 14 Aug 1792 - 10 Feb 1881 NA5703 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/40160164 9904ee6e-2941-49d5-aedb-d1fdb08b95ac