William Johnson Sollas
| William Johnson Sollas MA, ScD, LID, FRS | |||||||||
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| Born | 1849 | ||||||||
| Died | 1936 | ||||||||
| Residence |
173 Woodstock Road, Oxford 84 Banbury Road, Oxford [1923] 104 Banbury Road, Oxford [1929] | ||||||||
| Occupation |
geologist anthropologist | ||||||||
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1910.09.29 proposed by A.C. Haddon, seconded by T.A. Joyce
Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford
1913 HML Paviland Cave: an Aurignacian station in Wales Delivered 14th Nov.
report of the council for 1914: congratulations to Professor W . J. Sollas, who has been awarded one of the Royal Medals by the Royal Society
Obit in Man Dec. 1936 no. 278
Notes From Elsewhere
William Johnson Sollas FRS[1] (30 May 1849 – 20 October 1936) was a British geologist and anthropologist. After studying at the City of London School, the Royal College of Chemistry and the Royal School of Mines he matriculated to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded First Class Honours in geology. After some time spent as a University Extension lecturer he became Lecturer in Geology and Zoology at University College, Bristol in 1879, where he stayed until he was offered the post of Professor of Geology at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1897 he was offered the post of Professor of Geology at the University of Oxford, which he accepted.
Considered "one of the last true geological polymaths",[2] Sollas worked in a number of areas including the study of sponges, brachiopods and petrological research, and during his lifetime published 180 papers and wrote three books. His biggest contribution at Oxford was in expanding the University geology department, hiring new Demonstrators and Lecturers and expanding the facilities available to students. Described as "eccentric" in his final years, he left much of the running of the Department to J.A. Douglas while he concentrated on research, finally dying in office on 20 October 1936.
Publications
External Publications
Ancient hunters and their modern representatives
House Publications
Paviland Cave: An Aurignacian Station in Wales; JRAI VOL. 43 1913 pp 325-374
