Person Hull; Edward (1829 - 1917); geologist Hull Edward geologist 1829 - 1917 British Male Antrim, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland 21 May 1829 18290521 14 Stanley Gardens, Kensington, London, England 18/10/1917 19171018

Geologist Surveying Geology Education: Schools in Edgeworthstown, co. Longford and Lucan, co. Dublin; Trinity College, Dublin. BA Career: Joined Geological Survey of Great Britain under Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche (1796–1855) (1850); responsible for mapping the south Lancashire coalfield (1860-1867); improved his work under la Beche’s successor, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871) (FRS 1826) (1855); district surveyor of geological survey of Scotland under Archibald Geikie (1835–1924) (FRS 1865), when he mapped the Lanarkshire coalfield (1867); sent to Dublin to take charge of the Irish survey (1869); became Irish director (1869); supervised the preparation of the eighty-five sheets necessary to complete the survey's one-inch geological map of Ireland (1869-1890); visited Hungary (1873) and USA (1890) as a private consultant; led an expedition to the Wadi Araba on behalf of the Palestine Exploration Fund, with Horatio Herbert Kitchener as a member of his party (1883-4); professor of geology in the Royal College of Science for Ireland (1869–1890); retired from the survey (1890); left Dublin for London; died of bronchitis (1917). Geological Survey of Ireland; worked in Wales and Lancashire; Geological Survey of Scotland (1867-1868); led expedition to survey parts of Arabia Petraea and Palestine (1883); Director, Irish branch of the Survey; retired (1891) Memberships: FGS (1855) Royal Geological Society of Ireland (President 1873–5) Awards/Medals: Murchison medal 1890 Parents: Revd John Dawson Hull (c.1801–1886). Spouse: Mary Catherine Henrietta (d. 1901), daughter of Charles Turner Cooke of Cheltenham. Children: Two sons and four daughters, one of whom was Eleanor Hull (1860–1935), historian and founder of the Irish Texts Society. Fellow 06/06/1867 38 Thomas Henry Huxley; John Tyndall; Williamm Pengelly; Joseph Beete Jukes; Joseph Prestwich; Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton; Warington Wilkinson Smyth; Edward William Brayley William Sanders; Andrew Crombie Ramsay; Charles Lyell; Henry William Bristow; James Prescott Joule; Robert Angus Smith; Frederick Crace Calvert; John Phillips; Archibald Geikie; Roderick Impey Murchison; Robert Hunt Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1917-1919 vol 90 pp xxviii-xxxi, plate, signed by H W Hull E, IM Maull 002300.jpg 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/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Hull%2C+Edward RCN 45319 RCN 45309 RCN 14678 RCN 45316 RCN 45321 RCN 45332 RCN 14679 RCN 45322 RCN 45323 RCN 45318 RCN 45311 RCN 45313 RCN 45314 RCN 45315 RCN 14677 RCN 45317 RCN 14680 RCN 45320 21 May 1829 - 18 Oct 1917 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 22/05/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6845 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 22/05/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/67245847 beb0161e-4808-40c5-9344-8398b046ce73