Person Story-Maskelyne; Mervyn Herbert Nevil (1823 - 1911) Story-Maskelyne Mervyn Herbert Nevil Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story- Maskelyne 1823 - 1911 British Male Basset Down House, near Wroughton, Wiltshire, England 03 September 1823 Basset Down House, near Wroughton, Wiltshire 20/05/1911 19110520 Burial: Purton, Wiltshire

112 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park Gardens, London (1869); Basset Down, Wiltshire

Mineralogy Education: Wadham College, Oxford. BA (1845), MA (1849) Career: Professor of Mineralogy, Oxford University (1856-1895); Keeper of the Mineral Department, British Museum (1857-1880); settled on his estate as a country gentleman (1879); MP for Cricklade, Wiltshire (1880-1886, 1886-1892) Memberships: FGS; Imperial Mineralogical Society, St Petersburg; Boston Natural History Society Eldest son of Anthony Mervin Reeve Story (FRS 1823) and his wife Margaret Maseklyne daughter of Nevil Maskelyne (FRS 1758); succeeded to the Basset Down Estate (1879); married (1858) Therza Mary, daughter of John Dillwyn Llewelyn (FRS 1836); father-in-law of Sir Arthur Rucker (FRS 1884) Royal Society roles: VP 1897-1899 Fellow 02/06/1870 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1911-1912 vol 86 pp xlvii-lv signed by A W R and H A M 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 Anglo American Cataloguing Rules (second edition) rules for double barrelled and compound surnames 3 Sep 1823 - 20 May 1911 NA6363 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/774292 0cb4f1d4-3b2a-4f3f-a04b-25d8958ac346