Thomas Oldham
Anglo-Irish geologist, director of the Indian Geological Survey
About Thomas Oldham
Lived 1816 – 1878 (aged 62). Thomas Oldham was a British botanist, university teacher and geologist, known for Mineral.
Thomas Oldham (4 May 1816, Dublin – 17 July 1878, Rugby) was an Anglo-Irish geologist.
Early life Thomas was born at Dublin on 4 May 1816 as the eldest son of Thomas Oldham and his wife, Margaret Bagot. Educated at a private schools, he began residency at Trinity College, Dublin before the age of 16. By spring 1836, he started his B.A. They became intimate friends. After two years in Scotland, he returned to Dublin.
Career in India He resigned as the Curator to the Geological Society of Dublin in November 1850 and took a position as the first Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India. He died in Rugby on 17 July 1878.
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Anglo-Irish geologist, director of the Indian Geological Survey (1850-1876)
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Thomas Oldham was born on 4 May 1816 in Dublin.
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Thomas Oldham died on 17 July 1878 in Rugby.
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Thomas Oldham was a botanist, university teacher and geologist.
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Thomas Oldham was known for Mineral.
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Thomas Oldham was British.
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