George Highfield Morton
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George Highfield Morton | |
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| Born | July 9, 1826 |
| Died | March 30, 1900 (aged 73) |
| Known for | Geology of the country around Liverpool |
| Awards | Lyell Medal, 1892 |
George Highfield Morton (9 July 1826 – 30 March 1900) was a British geologist, best known for his work on the geology of Liverpool and North Wales. He founded the Liverpool Geological Society in 1859, and was awarded the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1892.
Morton was born in Liverpool, and educated at the Mechanics’ Institute. He was interested in geology from an early age, and began a collection of fossils as a child.[1] Morton made a living as a house painter and decorator.[2]
In the 1840s and 1850s, Morton visited a number of geological localities in Lancashire, and presented papers on his findings to the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, the British Association and the Geological Society of London. In 1863, Morton published a book on the Geology of the Country around Liverpool,[3] based on a lecture he had given to the Liverpool naturalists' field club in November 1861.
In 1864, Morton was appointed as a lecturer in geology at Queen’s College, Liverpool. Morton published a second edition of his book in 1891,[1] and in 1897 published an appendix and a geological map of the district.[5]
