George Edward Roberts
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| Born | 1831 | ||||||||
| Died | 1865 | ||||||||
| Residence |
Geological Society, Somerset House, WC, 7 Caversham Road, NW; and 5 Bull Ring, Kidderminster | ||||||||
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Contents
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Office Notes
ASL Council 1863 [new July] Member [2nd list]
ASL Council 1864 Member
ASL Council 1864 Hon. Secretary [list 1865.03.06]
ASL Council 1864 June - June 1865 Hon. Secretary in place of Blake [see obit notice]
ASL Council 1865 Member
House Notes
Foreign Associate of the Anthropological Society of Paris
1864.05.31 Hon. Secretary. It was resolved on the motion of Mr J. Fred Collingwood, seconded by Mr Beavan, that George E. Roberts Esq. – The Geological Society, Somerset House – be elected Hon. Secretary of the Society in the place of Mr C. Carter Blake resigned.
1865.05.16 resigned as Hon. Sec. due to lack of time [Annual report]
Obituary notice in Presidents Address 1866. Involved in drawing up rules and regulations
Notes From Elsewhere
George Edward Roberts was a member of a family which ran a draper's business in the Bull Ring for over 50 years from the early 1830s. George was born in Birmingham on the 19th May 1831, but the family had moved to Kidderminster by the time of his baptism at St Mary's Church on the 11th January 1833....Eventually, George opted to pursue a professional Geological career and obtained the position of Clerk to the Geological Society in 1860. In London he widened his horizons and published articles in several journals including: the Intellectual Review, the Journal of the Geological Society, the Geological Magazine and the Anthropological Review. In 1863 he published two papers in the same issue of the Journal of the Geological Society that also contained articles by the eminent scientists Thomas Huxley and Charles Darwin. In addition to these activities George became a member of the Anthropological Society at its inception in January 1863 and served as Hon. Secretary from June 1864 until his death.
Sadly, George's promising career ended prematurely with his sudden death at his mother's house on 21st December 1865 aged just 34.
Publications
External Publications
A Walk Round Kidderminster
'The Valley of Habberley and Hill of Trimpley' (1857) and 'The Rocks of Worcestershire' (1860)
for children: Charley's trip to the Black Mountains, Snow-bound in Cleeberrie Grange, A book for Fairies, etc.
Scientific ditor of the Parthenon
House Publications
G. E. Roberts, Esq., F.A.S.L., and C. Carter Blake, Esq., F.G.S., On Human Remains from Peterborough.
Messrs Roberts & Blake – on discoveries in Shetland Read 6 dec 1864 AND on prehistoric hut circles Read same day
On mammalian bones from Audley End, Essex
On a jaw from Buildwas Abbey, Salop
On prehistoric hut-circles
On the opening of a kist of the stone age [with Busk]
Prehistoric dwellings in Rosshire [with Rev. J.M. Joass]
Notes on Kirkhead Cave at Ulverstone [with Mr Bolton]
