| Authorised form of name | Lapworth; Charles (1842 - 1920); geologist |
| Dates | 1842 - 1920 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Faringdon, Berkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 20 or 30 September 1842 |
| Place of death | His home in Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| Date of death | 13/03/1920 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Education:
Culham Training College. Hon LLD (St Andrews)
Career:
Schoolmaster, Episcopal Church school, Galashiels (for 11 years); studied geology; Assistant, Madras College, St Andrews (1875); Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, Mason Science College, Birmingham (1881)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1888 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1891 |
| Relationships | Father of Arthur Lapworth (FRS 1910) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP); DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1921 vol 92 pp xxxi-xl, plate, signed by J J H T and W W W
References:
Beryl M Hamilton, '"A Geological Blunder", 1893: A Scientific Storm in a Journalistic Teacup' in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 63-77
Notes:
DSB gives birth date as 20 September 1842 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/241621358 |
| Royal Society code | NA8065 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1888/17 | Lapworth, Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/5/888 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Professor Charles Lapworth, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 November 1891 |
| NLB/5/858 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to General Sir Henry Ponsonby | 5 November 1891 |
| NLB/12/172 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Charles Lapworth, Fellow of the Royal Society | 23 December 1895 |
| NLB/14/827 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Charles Lapworth, Fellow of the Royal Society | 26 May 1897 |
| NLB/14/828 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Joseph Benjamin Stone, Minster for Parliament, House of Commons, S.W. | 26 May 1897 |
| NLB/14/829 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Raphael Meldola, Fellow of the Royal Society | 26 May 1897 |
| NLB/13/546 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Charles Lapworth, Fellow of the Royal Society, Mason College, Birmingham | 6 October 1896 |
| NLB/25/100 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor [Charles] Lapworth, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 3 August 1902 |
| NLB/24/780 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to [Charles] Lapworth, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 9 July 1902 |
| NLB/27/344 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor Charles Lapworth, Fellow of the Royal Society | 14 August 1903 |
| NLB/39/362 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Harrison & Sons | 9 January 1909 |
| NLB/39/312 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor C [Charles] Lapworth, Fellow of the Royal Society | 16 December 1908 |
| NLB/52/560 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society | 13 January 1916 |
| NLB/58/164 | Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [William Whitehead] Watts, Chairman of the Geology Committee and FRS | 22 March 1920 |
| RR/13/20 | Referee's report by Charles Lapworth, on a paper 'On the diurnal periodicity of earthquakes' by Charles Davison | 24 March 1896 |
| NLB/3/916 | List of corrections in the addresses of Royal Society Fellows | 8 November 1889 |
| AP/75/8 | Unpublished paper, 'The geological structure of Monzoni and Upper Fassa' by Maria M Ogilvie Gordon | 1902 |
| MC/15/238 | Letter from Charles Lapworth, The Mason Science College, Birmingham, to Professor [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society | 14 November 1891 |
| MC/15 | Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1889-1892 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |