George Frederick Harris (geologist)

{{Short description|English palaeontologist (1862–1906)}}

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George Frederick Harris (13 September 1862 – 16 July 1906) was an English palaeontologist. He was one of the founders of the Malacological Society of London and a Fellow of the Geological Society.

Education

Harris was educated at Netherhampton House School, Wilton, near Salisbury. He subsequently attended classes at King's College, London, and the Birkbeck Institution.

Works

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  • Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part 1. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. British Museum (Natural History). Department of Geology.
  • The Gelinden Beds, Geological Magazine, 1887
  • Granites and our Granite Industries, 1888
  • The Geology of Gironde, Geological Magazine, 1890
  • With Henry William Burrows: The Eocene and Oligocene beds of the Paris basin, 1891{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13964|title=The Eocene and Oligocene beds of the Paris basin|last=Harris|first=George Frederick|last2=Burrows|first2=Henry William|date=1891|publisher=|isbn=|location=London|pages=}}
  • A Journey through Russia, Geological Magazine, 1898

References

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{{cite journal|title=George Frederick Harris, F.G.S.|journal=Geological Magazine|date=1906|volume=3|issue=8|page=384|doi=10.1017/s0016756800118564|bibcode=1906GeoM....3R.384.|doi-access=free}}

{{cite journal|title=George Frederick Harris, F.G.S.|journal=Geological Magazine|date=1906|volume=3|issue=9|pages=431–432|doi=10.1017/s0016756800118692|bibcode=1906GeoM....3..431.|doi-access=free}}

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Gallery

Plates from the Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca:

Catalogue_of_Tertiary_Mollusca_in_the_Department_of_Geology,_British_Museum_(Natural_History)._Part_1._The_Australasian_Tertiary_Mollusca_BHL8400993.jpg|Plate II.

Catalogue_of_Tertiary_Mollusca_in_the_Department_of_Geology,_British_Museum_(Natural_History)._Part_1._The_Australasian_Tertiary_Mollusca_BHL8401001.jpg|Plate IV.

Catalogue_of_Tertiary_Mollusca_in_the_Department_of_Geology,_British_Museum_(Natural_History)._Part_1._The_Australasian_Tertiary_Mollusca_BHL8401005.jpg|Plate V.

Catalogue_of_Tertiary_Mollusca_in_the_Department_of_Geology,_British_Museum_(Natural_History)._Part_1._The_Australasian_Tertiary_Mollusca_BHL8401009.jpg|Plate VI.

Catalogue_of_Tertiary_Mollusca_in_the_Department_of_Geology,_British_Museum_(Natural_History)._Part_1._The_Australasian_Tertiary_Mollusca_BHL8401013.jpg|Plate VII.

Catalogue_of_Tertiary_Mollusca_in_the_Department_of_Geology,_British_Museum_(Natural_History)._Part_1._The_Australasian_Tertiary_Mollusca_BHL8401017.jpg|Plate VIII.

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Category:19th-century English geologists

Category:1906 deaths

Category:1862 births

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