Thomas George Bonney

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'''Thomas George Bonney''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS}} (27 July 1833 – 10 December 1923) was an English geologist, president of the Geological Society of London.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Bonney, Rev. Thomas George|journal=Who's Who|year=1919|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015047639912;view=1up;seq=292|page= 250}}</ref>

==Career== Bonney was born in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, the eldest son of the Reverend Thomas Bonney, headmaster of Rugeley Grammar School.<ref name=acad/> His uncle was the Australian explorer Charles Bonney, and one of his brothers, Frederic Bonney, is remembered for his photography and ethnology in Australia.<ref> {{cite web |url = http://www.coltonhouse.com/about-us/history-house |title = History of Colton House |publisher = coltonhouse.com |access-date = 23 April 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231027/http://www.coltonhouse.com/about-us/history-house/ |archive-date = 14 July 2014 }}</ref> Thomas was educated at Uppingham School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as 12th wrangler in 1856, and was ordained in the following year.<ref name=acad>{{acad|id=BNY852TG|name=Bonney, Thomas George}}</ref>

From 1856 to 1861 he was mathematical master at Westminster School, and he pursued geology only as a recreational activity, mainly in Alpine regions. In 1868 he was appointed tutor at St John's College, Cambridge and lecturer in geology. His attention was specially directed to the study of the igneous and metamorphic rocks in Alpine regions and in various parts of England (e.g.: the Lizard in Cornwall, at Salcombe and in the Charnwood Forest), Wales and the Scottish Highlands.

From 1877 to 1901 he was professor of geology in University College London. He became secretary and later president of the Geological Society of London (1884–1886), and also a fellow; secretary of the British Association (1881–1885) and its president<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/reportofbritisha11scie#page/n151/mode/2up Presidential Address to the British Association Meeting, held at Sheffield in 1910]</ref> for the year 1910–1911; president of the Mineralogical Society. He was president of the Alpine Club, 1881–1883. In 1887, Bonney was appointed honorary canon of Manchester.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 6 June 1878.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27bonney%27%29 |title = Bonney; Thomas George (1833 - 1923) |access-date = 2011-02-28 |author = The Royal Society |author-link = Royal Society |date = 8 June 1878 |work = Fellows |publisher = The Royal Society |quote = Election Date: 06/06/1878. }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He died in Cambridge on 10 December 1923. Lake Bonney in Antarctica is named after him.

==Publications== His purely scientific works are: * ''Cambridgeshire Geology'' (1875) * ''The Story of our Planet'' (1893) * ''Charles Lyell and Modern Geology'' (1895) * ''Ice Work, Past and Present'' (1896) * ''Volcanoes'' (1899). * {{cite book |last=Bonney |first=T. G. |title= The structure of the earth |url= https://archive.org/details/structureofearth00bonnuoft |access-date= 2008-09-22 |publisher= T. C. & E. C. Jack |location=London |oclc=18582859 }}

In addition to many papers published in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society and Geological Magazine, he wrote several popular works on Alpine Regions, on English and Welsh scenery, as well as on theological subjects.

* {{cite book | year = 1921 | title = Memories of a long life | publisher = Metcalfe | location = Cambridge | oclc = 4338105 }} * {{cite book |last= Bonney |first= T. G. |title=Annals of the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society |year= 1919 |url= https://archive.org/details/annalsofphilosop00bonnuoft |access-date= 2008-09-22 |publisher= The MacMillan & Co. Ltd. |location= London |oclc=1829655 }}

==References== {{Reflist}} *David Oldroyd, 'Bonney, Thomas George (1833–1923)’, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31962 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography], Oxford University Press, 2004 *{{EB1911|wstitle=Bonney, Thomas George}}

==External links== * {{wikisource author-inline}} * {{Gutenberg author | id=37055| name=Thomas George Bonney}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Thomas George Bonney}}

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