About George William Lamplugh
Lived 1859 – 1926 (aged 67). George William Lamplugh was a British geologist.
George William Lamplugh (8 April 1859 – 9 October 1926) was a British geologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1905 and won the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society in 1925. He was awarded the Bigsby Medal in 1901.
Lamplugh and the Isle of Man Between 1892 and 1897, Lamplugh made the first official geological map of the Isle of Man under the auspices of the British Geological Survey.
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Who was George William Lamplugh?
British geologist (1859–1926)
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George William Lamplugh was born on 8 April 1859 in Driffield.
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George William Lamplugh died on 9 October 1926.
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George William Lamplugh was a geologist.
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George William Lamplugh was British.
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