| Authorised form of name | Bristow; Henry William (1817 - 1889); geologist |
| Dates | 1817 - 1889 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 17 May 1817 |
| Place of death | 103 Knatchbull Road, Camberwell, London, England |
| Date of death | 14 June 1889 |
| Occupation | Geologist |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Education:
Fortescue House, Twickenham; King's College, London
Career:
Geologist with the Geological Survey of Great Britain (from 1842); Director, Geological Survey (1872); retired (1888).
Memberships:
FGS (1843) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/06/1862 |
| Age at election | 45 |
| Proposer | Roderick Impey Murchison; Andrew Crombie Ramsay; Robert Hunt; Charles Lyell; Thomas Henry Huxley; C Wheatstone; John Phillips; Joseph Beete Jukes; John Percy; Warington Wilkinson Smyth; Robert Godwin-Austen; John Gould; Philip Lutley Sclater |
| Relationships | Parents: Major-General Henry Bristow (1786–1874), a member of a Wiltshire family, and Elizabeth Atchorne (d. 1850) of High Wycombe.
Spouse: Eliza Harrison, daughter of David Harrison of London, solicitor (22 October 1863).
Children: Two sons and two daughters. |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 50645
RCN 13728 |
| OtherInfo | Remembered for being highly regarded as a field surveyor. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/7770036 |
| Code | NA3148 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/Maull/000570 | Bristow, Henry William | nd |
| NLB/3/482 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Harrison & Sons | 21 June 1889 |
| NLB/9/45 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Dr Henry William Bristow, Fellow of the Royal Society | 17 March 1894 |
| EC/1862/03 | Bristow, Henry William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/10/361 | Letter from H W [Henry William] Bristow and Robert Hunt, Geological Survey Office, 28 Jermyn Street, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society | 3 March 1876 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |