Author: Ramsay, A C.
Title: Red Rocks of England of Older Date than the Trias. [From the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society for August 1871].
Description: No printer or publisher, 1871. Pp [241]-256. 'From the library of James CROLL (1821-1890), Scottish scientist and geologist. He was essentially self-taught with a background in hotel management and insurance. His orthodox scientific career began with an appointment to the Geological Survey of Scotland in 1867, a position he held until 1881. He corresponded with Lyell, Geikie and Darwin; Geikie in particular encouraging him in his researches. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1876 and received an honorary LL.D. from St. Andrews in the same year. The last ten years of his life were dogged by ill-health and he died in Perth in 1890.' Disbound. 21 cm x 13.5 cm. Lightly age browned.

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