Authorised form of name | Jukes-Browne; Alfred John (1851 - 1914); palaeontologist and stratigrapher |
Other forms of name | Alfred John Jukes- |
Other forms of surname | Browne |
Dates | 1851 - 1914 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Penn Fields, near Wlverhampton, West Midlands, England |
Date of birth | 16 April 1851 |
Place of death | Torquay, Devon, England |
Date of death | 14/08/1914 |
Research field | Stratigraphy |
Geology |
Activity | Education: Highgate School (1863-1868); BA (Camb) Career: Joined the Geological Survey working in East Anglia and Lincolnshire (1874-1883); physical demands of geological surveying impacted his health forcing him to retire for a time; took up field work for the study of the fossils of chalk deposits, exploring details of classification of English chalk strata over nine years the Cretaceous areas of the south and west of England, eventually resulting in the publication of three volumes of Survey Memoirs; worked in Barbados and in conjunction with Professor J.B Harrison, described the upraised oceanic deposits in that island; wrote three geological textbooks and “The Building of the British Isles”; retired from the Geological Survey due to ill health (1902). Memberships: FGS Awards/Medals: Murchison Medal (1901) |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 06/05/1909 |
Age at election | 58 |
Proposer | Jethro Justinian HarrisTeall; Henry Woodward; Harry Govier Seeley; Thomas McKenny Hughes; Thomas George Bonney; John Edward Marr; Edwin Tulley Newton; Horace Bolingbroke Woodward; Aubrey Strahan; Edward Hull |
Relationships | Parents: Alfred Hall and Caroline Amelia (née Jukes) Browne. Spouse: Emma Jessie Smith (1881) |
Published works | RCN 8742 RCN 14790 RCN 46478 RCN 46477 RCN 46479 RCN 11564 |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; J., J. Alfred John Jukes-Browne, F.R.S. . Nature 93, 667–668 (1914) [URL; https://doi.org/10.1038/093667b0 last accessed: 01/05/2024]. |
Royal Society code | NA2878 |
Reference number | Title | Date |
EC/1909/15 | Jukes-Browne, Alfred John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/40/767 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 11August 1909 |
MS/787/1/75 | Letter from [Alfred] [John] Jukes-Browne, Eversley House, Elm Grove, Salisbury, to [Henry Bowman] Brady | 12 October 1890 |
MS/787/1/68 | Letter from [Alfred] [John] Jukes-Browne, Dinton, Salisbury, to [Henry Bowman] Brady | 11 June 1890 |
MS/787/1/65 | Letter from [Alfred] [John] Jukes-Browne, Dinton, Salisbury, to [Henry Bowman] Brady | 28 May 1890 |
MS/787/1/67 | Letter from [Alfred] [John] Jukes-Browne, Dinton, Salisbury, to [Henry Bowman] Brady | 5 June 1890 |
MS/787/1/58 | Letter from A[lfred] J[ohn] Jukes-Browne, Teddington House, Warminster, Wiltshire, to H[enry] B[owman] Brady | 10 October 1889 |
MS/787/1/61 | Letter from A[lfred] J[ohn] Jukes-Browne, 1 Carlton Place, Teignmouth, Devon, to [Henry Bowman] Brady | 6 December 1889 |
MS/787/1/60 | Letter from A[lfred] J[ohn] Jukes-Browne, 1 Carlton Place, Teignmouth, Devon, to [Henry Bowman] Brady | 20 November 1889 |
MS/787/1/71 | Letter from [Alfred] [John] Jukes-Browne, Dinton, Salisbury, to [Henry Bowman] Brady | 17 June 1890 |
MS/787/1/62 | Letter from [Alfred] [John] Jukes-Browne, Dinton, Salisbury, to [Henry Bowman] Brady | 5 May 1890 |
NLB/15/229 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir James Crichton Browne [Alfred John Jukes-Browne], Dr Augustus Desire Waller, and Dr Klein, Fellows of the Royal Society | 19 July-15 October 1897 |
NLB/40/395 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 3 June 1909 |
NLB/40/411 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to A [Alfred] J [John] Jukes-Browne FRS | 4 June 1909 |
NLB/47/120 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to A [Alfred] J [John] Jukes-Brown FRS | 4 December 1912 |
NLB/47/105 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to A [Alfred[ J [John] Jukes FRS | 29 November 1912 |
MS/787/1/59 | Letter from A[lfred] J[ohn] Jukes-Browne, Teddington House, Warminster, Wiltshire, to [Henry Bowman] Brady | 15 October 1889 |
MC/24/10 | Letter from [Alfred John] Jukes-Browne, Floriston, Torre, Torquay, to [Royal Society] | 25 May 1909 |
MC/24/11 | Letter from [Alfred John] Jukes-Browne, Floriston, Torre, Torquay, to [Royal Society] | 28 May 1909 |
MC/24/9 | Letter from [Alfred John] Jukes-Browne, Floriston, Torre, Torquay, to The Assistant Secretary, [Royal Society] | 19 May 1909 |
NLB/40/354 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to A [Alfred] J [John] Jukes-Browne FRS | 26 May 1909 |
MC/24/8 | Letter from [Alfred John] Jukes-Browne, Floriston, Torre, Torquay, to The Secretaries of The Royal Society | 10 May 1909 |
NLB/42/713 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to A [Alfred] J [John] Jukes-Browne FRS | September 1910 |
MC/25/119 | Letter from [Alfred John] Jukes Browne, Floriston, Torre, Torquay, to [Robert] Harrison, [Assistant] Secretary, [Royal Society] | 8 September 1910 |
MC/27/196 | Letter from [Alfred John] Jukes-Browne, Westleigh, Torquay, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society] | 3 December 1912 |
MC/29/256 | Letter from [Aubrey] Strahan, Director, Geological Survey and Museum, Jermyn Street, London, S.W, to The Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, Burlington House | 19 September 1914 |
MC/24 | Volume 24 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1909 |