William Charles Lucy

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William Charles Lucy
FGS
Lucy, William Charles.jpg
Born 1822
Died 1898
Residence Claremont House, Gloucester
Occupation business
Society Membership
membership ASL ordinary fellow
ASL, AI Local Secretary 1865.01.31
ASL Foundation Fellow
left 1870.05.31 resigned
elected_ASL 1864.05.17
societies Geological Society
Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Society

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Office Notes

House Notes

have 'J.L.' in A3 for 1865.01.31, but a mistake? or were there actually two? both FGS, both Gloucester
list Aug 20 1866 , list 1867.07.15 also has J.L. as does 1872, 1881

Notes From Elsewhere

William Charles Lucy FGS,(20th May 1822-11th May 1898) is one of the great unsung heroes of Gloucestershire geology.
Founder Chairman of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal and associated companies, which built the Sharpness New Docks and Severn Railway bridge, which for a time made him somewhat unpopular in Gloucester having helped divert trade away from the area. He was a Director of the Gloucestershire Banking Company....He took up geology as a relaxation from his business life ...his collection is in the Natural History Museum. The ammonite genus Lucya erected by S.S.Buckman is named in honour of William Lucy.

W. C. Lucy a Gloucester corn merchant,

Publications

External Publications

On the Minerals of Gloucestershire, with part of the adjacent Counties of Somerset and Worcestershire. Compiled by W. C. Lucy.

On the Terrace Gravels of Auchnasheen, Ross-shire. By W. C. Lucy

Some Remarks on a Boring for Water near Birdlip. By W. C. Lucy

On Sinking a Well in the Lower Lias, at Gloucester. By W. C. Lucy

Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists Field Club

&c.


House Publications

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RAI Material

Other Material

Natural History Museum