William Archibald Macfadyen

William Archibald Macfadyen (1893–1985) was a British geologist, petrologist, author, polyglot and a pioneer in geoconservation. He was a veteran of both World Wars and was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Education Macfadyen was born on 5 November 1893 and attended Rydal Mount School, in North Wales. He then went on to study chemistry and geology at St. Johns college, Cambridge University. and tombs in Taleh.

He worked as a government geologist in Iraq between 1931 and 1937. In his records he explains that he "ran this service for four years; engaged on all sorts of geological investigations, including economic minerals, oil, and water supply, and engineering problems of dam sites, bridge sites, road and building materials, canal sites etc, but mainly on water supply". which is endemic to Somalia.

Works Geology and palaeontology of British Somaliland: The geology of British Somaliland, Volume 1 Geological Highlights of the West Country (Handbooks / Nature Conservancy) Water Supplies in ʻIraq