Thomas McKenny Hughes
Thomas McKenny Hughes
| Prof. Thomas McKenny Hughes MA FGS FSA | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 1832 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1917 | ||||||||||||
| Residence |
28 Jermyn Street SW Cambridge [1875] 4 Cintra Terrace, Hills Road, Cambridge [1888] | ||||||||||||
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Contents
Notes
Office Notes
ESL Council 1869-70 Member
ESL Council 1870-71 Member
AI Council 1871 Member
AI Council 1875 Member
AI Council 1876 Member
AI Council 1877 Member
House Notes
1869 Sectional Secretary for Archaeology
member of Settle cave exploration committee
1871.03.20 The resignation of Mr T. Mc. K. Hughes from the Council was received and accepted
Woodwardian Professor of Geology, Cambridge [List 1875]
same address [28 Jermyn St] as Richard Hill Tiddeman
Notes From Elsewhere
Thomas McKenny Hughes (17 December 1832 – 9 June 1917) was a Welsh geologist. He was Woodwardian Professor of Geology at Cambridge University.
Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1878
Publications
External Publications
Cambridgeshire (Cambridge County Geographies) by T. McKenny Hughes
House Publications
On a Cairn Near Cefn, St. Asaph, North Wales 1872
Related Material Details
RAI Material
Other Material
17 boxes of the records of Thomas McKenny Hughes are at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences. The collection contains correspondence with contemporaries including Sir Charles Lyell and his wife; reports and papers concerning both his diplomatic and geological work 1860-1880s; records of the international geological congresses in Bologna, London, Zurich and Russia 1880s-1890s; tour and field-note books including sketches and annotated drawings; maps; records relating to the Woodwardian Museum; drafts of papers and speeches; and some photographic albums. A collection-level description is available on the Archives Hub.[2] The Museum also has some of the records of Mary Caroline Hughes.
17 volumes and 6 boxes of Hughes family records can also be found at Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives.[3]
There are also papers at Cambridgeshire Archives.[4] These derive from Hughes membership of the Council of the Cambs & Isle of Ely Chamber of Agriculture, of which he was Vice-Chairman in 1902 and Chairman in 1903-4.