John Pringle (geologist)

Scottish geologist and palaeontologist

Dr John Pringle FRSE FGS (21 October 1877–2 August 1948) was a Scottish geologist who won the Geological Society of London's Lyell Medal in 1938.^[1]

He was born in Selkirk on 21 October 1877 and studied geology at Heriot Watt College in Edinburgh, graduating around 1900.

From 1901 he worked for HM Geological Survey, initially as a fossil collector. In 1913 he became Assistant Palaeontologist to the Survey.

The University of Wales awarded him an honorary doctorate (DSc) in 1931. In 1932 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Murray Macgregor, James Ernest Richey, James Phemister and Robert Campbell.^[2]

In 1934 he became the official Palaeontologist to the Survey. In 1935, he published British Regional Geology: The South of Scotland.^[3] He retired in 1937 and died on 2 August 1948.

References

↑ "The Geological Society of London". www.geolsoc.org.uk.
↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
↑ British Regional Geology: The South of Scotland. H.M. Stationery Office. 1935.

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