Grenville Cole

Grenville Arthur James Cole FRS, FGS, MRIA (21 October 1859 – 20 April 1924) was an English geologist. He was from 1890 the Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the Royal College of Science for Ireland, and from 1905 the Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland.[1]

Cole was born in London,[2] and was the son of John Jenkins Cole (1815–1897) an architect, and Anna Maria Josephine Smith (b.c1832-1903).

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1917.

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References

  1. "obit. Prof. Grenville A. J. Cole, F.R.S.". Nature 113 (2844): 649–650. 3 May 1924. doi:10.1038/113649a0.
  2. Jackson, P. N. Wyse (2007). "Grenville Arthur James Cole (1857-1924): the cycling geologist". Geological Society, London, Special Publications 287: 135–147. doi:10.1144/SP287.11.

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