{{Short description|British geologist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox scientist | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Arthur Elijah Trueman | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1894|4|26}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1956|1|5|1894|4|26}} | fields = [[Geology]] | awards = [[Bigsby Medal]] {{small|(1939)}}<br>[[Wollaston Medal]] {{small|(1955)}}<br>[[Fellow of the Royal Society]]<ref name="frs"/> }} '''Sir Arthur Elijah Trueman''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|KBE|FRS|FRSE|FGS}} (26 April 1894 – 5 January 1956) was a British [[geologist]].
==Life== Trueman was born in [[Nottingham]], the son of Elijah Trueman, a lacemaker, and his wife Thirza Newton Cottee.
He was educated at High Pavement School in Nottingham from 1899 to 1911, then became a student teacher at Huntington Street School, Nottingham. He entered [[University College Nottingham]] in 1912 with a grant as a teacher in training, and studied [[Geology]] under [[Henry Hurd Swinnerton|H. H. Swinnerton]], graduating [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]] with first-class honours in 1914. He gained an M.Sc. in 1916 and doctorate ([[Doctor of Science|D. Sc.]]) in 1918, all from University College Nottingham.
Trueman's first academic post was as Assistant Lecturer at [[University College, Cardiff]], from late 1917 until 1920. From 1920 on, he was lecturer and head of the Department of Geology at the newly established [[University College, Swansea]], and was appointed Professor of Geology and head of the Department of Geography in 1930. In 1933, he was appointed Channing Wills Professor of Geology at the [[University of Bristol]], where he also served as Dean of the Faculty of Science for three years. Amongst his students at that time was the young future Professor [[Leslie Rowsell Moore|L. R. Moore]]. In 1937, he was appointed chair of geology at the [[University of Glasgow]] until 1946, when he was succeeded by his student [[Neville George]].
In 1938 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were John Walton, [[George Tyrrell]], [[John Weir (geologist)|John Weir]] and [[James Kendall (chemist)|James Kendall]]. In 1942 he was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of London]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
From 1946 until 1953 he served on the [[University Grants Committee (UK)|University Grants Committee]], and was chair from 1949. From 1945 to 1947, he was president of the [[Geological Society of London]]. He also served as chairman of the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science|British Association]] Committee on the Teaching of Geology in Schools, as president of the Geological Section of the [[Bristol Naturalists' Society]], and president of the Glasgow Geological Society.
He was knighted by King [[George VI]] in 1951.
He died in [[London]] on 5 January 1956.
==Family==
In 1920, he married Florence Kate Offler.
==Recognition== * 1925 [[Murchison Fund]], Geological Society of London * 1934 Gold Medal, [[South Wales Institute of Engineers]] * 1938 Fellow, [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] * 1939 [[Bigsby Medal]], Geological Society of London * 1942 [[Fellow of the Royal Society]]<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal|last1=Pugh|first1=William John|year=1958|title=Arthur Elijah Trueman. 1894-1956|journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]]|volume=4|pages=291–426|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1958.0023|doi-access=free|s2cid=57887140}}</ref> * 1951 [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] * 1955 [[Wollaston Medal]], Geological Society of London
He received four honorary [[LL.D.]] degrees, from [[University of Glasgow|Glasgow]], [[Rhodes University|Rhodes]], [[University of Wales|Wales]], and [[University of Leeds|Leeds]].
==Works== * ''An Introduction to Geology. London'', Thos. Murby & Co, 1938. * ''The Scenery of England and Wales''. London, Gollancz, 1938. Later revised by Whittow J. B. & Hardy J. R. and republished as: * ''Geology and Scenery in England and Wales''. Harmondsworth, Penguin books, 1971. {{ISBN|0-14-020185-8}}
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