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'''William Boyd Dawkins'''
{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = William Boyd
| name = Dawkins
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| honorific_suffix = MA FRS FGS FSA
| image = File:Dawkins,_William_Boyd.jpg
| birth_date = 1837
| death_date = 1929
| address = Birch View Norman Rd Rusholme Manchester [1869] <br />Woodhurst, Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield, Manchester [1883]<br />Fallowfield House, Fallowfield, Manchester [1903]
| occupation = academic<br />geologist
| elected_ESL = 1869.02
| elected_ASL =
| elected_AI = 1869
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ESL, AI Ordinary Fellow
| left = 1929 deceased
| clubs = Athenaeum Club
| societies = Geological Society<br />Royal Society <br />Society of Antiquaries<br />Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society<br />Palaeontographical Society
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
ESL Council 1869-70 Member<br /><br />AI Council 1871 Member<br />AI Council 1873 Member<br />AI Council 1874 Member<br />AI Council 1877 Member<br />AI Council 1878 Member<br />AI Council 1879 Member<br />AI Council 1880 Member<br />AI Council 1881 Member<br />AI Council 1882 Member<br />AI Council 1883 Member
=== House Notes ===
Prof of Geology and Palaeontology in Victoria University, Owen's College, Manchester<br /><br />1869 Sectional Secretary for Archaeology <br />member of Settle cave exploration committee<br />1910 HML The arrival of man in Britain in the Pleistocene age Delivered 22nd Nov.
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Professor Sir William Boyd Dawkins, FRS, KBE (26 December 1837 – 15 January 1929) was a British geologist and archaeologist. He was a member of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Curator of the Manchester Museum and Professor of Geology at Owens College, Manchester.[1] He is noted for his research on fossils and the antiquity of man. He was involved in many projects including a tunnel under the Humber, a Channel Tunnel attempt and the proving of coal under Kent.<br />Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1894<br />Born Buttington near Welshpool; died Bowdon, Lancs. Geological Survey of Great Britain 1861-9. Professor of Geology & Palaeontology, Victoria University, Manchester 1874-1908. From 1870s onwards much involved in applied geology. Knighted 1919. Honorary degree from Manchester.<br />
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
Dawkins published many books and papers, but the best-known are:<br />· 1866–1939, 1962: British Pleistocene Mammalia. 6 vols. London: Printed for the Palaeontographical Society (co-author with W. Ayshford Sanford, S. H. Reynolds)· [3] <br />· 1874: Cave Hunting. London: Macmillan <br />· 1875: "The mammalia found at Windy Knoll", in: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society; 31, pp. 246–55 <br />· 1877: "The exploration of the ossiferous deposits at Windy Knoll, Castleton, Derbyshire", in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Society of London; 33, pp. 724–29 (with R. Pennington) <br />· 1877: · · · "On the Mammal-fauna of the Caves of Creswell Crags"., in: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society; 33, pp. 589–612 <br />· 1879: "Further discoveries in the Creswell Crags", in: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society; 35, pp. 724–35 (with J. M. Mello) <br />· 1880: Early Man in Britain and His Place in the Tertiary Period. London: Macmillan<br />
=== House Publications ===
Cresswell Crags JAI vi 95<br />On the discovery of flint and chert under a submerged forest in West Somerset JES NS ii 141-145<br />On the discovery of platycnmeic men in Denbighshire JES NS ii 440-468<br />On the evidence afforded by the caves of Great Britain as to the antiquity of man JAI vii 151-162, 174-185<br />Questions relating to the mammalia, the vegetation and the remains of ancient races JAI ii 298<br />Report on the results obtained by the Settle cave exploration committee JAI v 2-5<br />On traces of man in the Robin Hood cave JAI vi 95<br />Arrival of man in Britain in pleistocene age [Huxley Lecture] 1910
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
=== Other Material ===
papers at Rylands library<br />1868-1931: archaeological and palaeontological corresp and papers <br />Buxton Museum and Art Gallery<br />1850-1929: corresp and papers <br />Manchester University: University of Manchester Library<br />c1859: exploration diary of Wookey Hole and notes rel to quaternary palaeontology <br />Wells and Mendip Museum<br />c1860-69: speleological papers <br />Oxford University: Museum of Natural History<br />1880-85: misc papers (7 items) <br />Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)<br />1880-1917: misc corresp <br />Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections<br />1893-1924: letters to Arthur Bulleid <br />Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)<br />1866-92: letters (252) from EA Freeman <br />Oxford University: Jesus College<br />1859-71: letters (c100) from JA Green <br />Oxford University: Jesus College<br />corresp with James Parker <br />Oxford University: Museum of Natural History<br />1861-71: letters (42) to John Phillips <br />Oxford University: Museum of Natural History<br />1886-98: letters to AHLF Pitt-Rivers <br />Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum<br />1924-32: letters (64) mainly to Lady Dawkins from AH Sayce <br />Oxford University: Queen's College Library<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = William Boyd
| name = Dawkins
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| honorific_suffix = MA FRS FGS FSA
| image = File:Dawkins,_William_Boyd.jpg
| birth_date = 1837
| death_date = 1929
| address = Birch View Norman Rd Rusholme Manchester [1869] <br />Woodhurst, Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield, Manchester [1883]<br />Fallowfield House, Fallowfield, Manchester [1903]
| occupation = academic<br />geologist
| elected_ESL = 1869.02
| elected_ASL =
| elected_AI = 1869
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ESL, AI Ordinary Fellow
| left = 1929 deceased
| clubs = Athenaeum Club
| societies = Geological Society<br />Royal Society <br />Society of Antiquaries<br />Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society<br />Palaeontographical Society
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
ESL Council 1869-70 Member<br /><br />AI Council 1871 Member<br />AI Council 1873 Member<br />AI Council 1874 Member<br />AI Council 1877 Member<br />AI Council 1878 Member<br />AI Council 1879 Member<br />AI Council 1880 Member<br />AI Council 1881 Member<br />AI Council 1882 Member<br />AI Council 1883 Member
=== House Notes ===
Prof of Geology and Palaeontology in Victoria University, Owen's College, Manchester<br /><br />1869 Sectional Secretary for Archaeology <br />member of Settle cave exploration committee<br />1910 HML The arrival of man in Britain in the Pleistocene age Delivered 22nd Nov.
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Professor Sir William Boyd Dawkins, FRS, KBE (26 December 1837 – 15 January 1929) was a British geologist and archaeologist. He was a member of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Curator of the Manchester Museum and Professor of Geology at Owens College, Manchester.[1] He is noted for his research on fossils and the antiquity of man. He was involved in many projects including a tunnel under the Humber, a Channel Tunnel attempt and the proving of coal under Kent.<br />Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1894<br />Born Buttington near Welshpool; died Bowdon, Lancs. Geological Survey of Great Britain 1861-9. Professor of Geology & Palaeontology, Victoria University, Manchester 1874-1908. From 1870s onwards much involved in applied geology. Knighted 1919. Honorary degree from Manchester.<br />
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
Dawkins published many books and papers, but the best-known are:<br />· 1866–1939, 1962: British Pleistocene Mammalia. 6 vols. London: Printed for the Palaeontographical Society (co-author with W. Ayshford Sanford, S. H. Reynolds)· [3] <br />· 1874: Cave Hunting. London: Macmillan <br />· 1875: "The mammalia found at Windy Knoll", in: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society; 31, pp. 246–55 <br />· 1877: "The exploration of the ossiferous deposits at Windy Knoll, Castleton, Derbyshire", in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Society of London; 33, pp. 724–29 (with R. Pennington) <br />· 1877: · · · "On the Mammal-fauna of the Caves of Creswell Crags"., in: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society; 33, pp. 589–612 <br />· 1879: "Further discoveries in the Creswell Crags", in: Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society; 35, pp. 724–35 (with J. M. Mello) <br />· 1880: Early Man in Britain and His Place in the Tertiary Period. London: Macmillan<br />
=== House Publications ===
Cresswell Crags JAI vi 95<br />On the discovery of flint and chert under a submerged forest in West Somerset JES NS ii 141-145<br />On the discovery of platycnmeic men in Denbighshire JES NS ii 440-468<br />On the evidence afforded by the caves of Great Britain as to the antiquity of man JAI vii 151-162, 174-185<br />Questions relating to the mammalia, the vegetation and the remains of ancient races JAI ii 298<br />Report on the results obtained by the Settle cave exploration committee JAI v 2-5<br />On traces of man in the Robin Hood cave JAI vi 95<br />Arrival of man in Britain in pleistocene age [Huxley Lecture] 1910
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
=== Other Material ===
papers at Rylands library<br />1868-1931: archaeological and palaeontological corresp and papers <br />Buxton Museum and Art Gallery<br />1850-1929: corresp and papers <br />Manchester University: University of Manchester Library<br />c1859: exploration diary of Wookey Hole and notes rel to quaternary palaeontology <br />Wells and Mendip Museum<br />c1860-69: speleological papers <br />Oxford University: Museum of Natural History<br />1880-85: misc papers (7 items) <br />Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)<br />1880-1917: misc corresp <br />Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections<br />1893-1924: letters to Arthur Bulleid <br />Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)<br />1866-92: letters (252) from EA Freeman <br />Oxford University: Jesus College<br />1859-71: letters (c100) from JA Green <br />Oxford University: Jesus College<br />corresp with James Parker <br />Oxford University: Museum of Natural History<br />1861-71: letters (42) to John Phillips <br />Oxford University: Museum of Natural History<br />1886-98: letters to AHLF Pitt-Rivers <br />Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum<br />1924-32: letters (64) mainly to Lady Dawkins from AH Sayce <br />Oxford University: Queen's College Library<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />