Alexander Henry Green
Field sketches by Survey geologist Alexander Henry Green (1832–1896)
Alexander Henry Green MA, FRS, FGS, was a Senior Fellow of Caius
College, Cambridge, Professor of Geology at Oxford and a Lecturer
at the Royal School of Military Engineering in Chatham. He is best
known for his substantial contribution to the geology of the Yorkshire
Coalfields for the 'Geological Survey of England and Wales' and as
the author of the popular 'Manual of Physical Geology' as well as
many Survey memoirs.
Less well known are his beautiful field sketches in pencil, ink
and watercolour. These 13 images are held at the
National Geosciences Data Centre at the British Geological Survey,
Keyworth.
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