Ben Peach

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British geologist (1842-1926)

ScientistsLived 1842 to 1926 · aged 83

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Benjamin Neeve Peach was a British geologist. He is best remembered for his work on the Northwest Highlands and Southern Uplands with John Horne, by which they resolved the long-running "Highlands Controversy" with the 1907 publication The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland.

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Ben Peach (right) and John Horne outside the Inchnadamph Hotel, 1912

Peach and Horne monument

Peach's modest mid-terraced villa at 72 Grange Loan, Edinburgh

The grave of Ben Peach, Morningside Cemetery

Awards 6

1921Wollaston Medal

1899Murchison Medal

1887Wollaston Fund

Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

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FatherCharles William Peach

Connected to Ben 6

Dorothea BateAlso won Wollaston Fund

James GeikieAlso won Murchison Medal

Dora KeenAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Francis Parker ShepardAlso won Wollaston Medal

Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th BaronetAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Hans RambergAlso won Wollaston Medal