John Wesley Judd
John Wesley Judd (18 February 1840 – 3 March 1916) was a British geologist.
He was born in Portsmouth the son of George and Jannette Judd and educated at the Royal School of Mines, where he later became Professor of Geology.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1877.[1] He was President of the Geological Society between 1886 and 1888 and awarded their Wollaston Medal in 1891.
Notable pupils of his include Edgeworth David, William Fraser Hume and Frederick Chapman.
Family
He married in 1878 Jeannie Frances, daughter of John Jeyes.
References
- ↑ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
External links
- JUDD, Professor John Wesley (1840-1916) at Archives in London and the M25 area.
- Works by John Wesley Judd at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about John Wesley Judd at Internet Archive
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