John Jeremiah Bigsby, was an English physician who became known for his work on geology, an interest developed while on military service in Lower and Upper Canada, 1818-1826. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society. Before moving to London, he was Alderman and Mayor of Newark-upon-Trent, 1827-1830.
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Ben PeachAlso won Murchison Medal
John Gwyn JeffreysAlso won Fellow of the Geological Society of London
Edward Battersby BaileyAlso won Murchison Medal
William Guybon AtherstoneAlso won Fellow of the Geological Society of London
James GeikieAlso won Murchison Medal
Henry HicksAlso won Fellow of the Geological Society of LondonAbout this person
John Jeremiah Bigsby, was an English physician who became known for his work on geology, an interest developed while on military service in Lower and Upper Canada, 1818-1826. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society. Before moving to London, he was Alderman and Mayor of Newark-upon-Trent, 1827-1830. In 1850, he published a lively book recounting his life and travels in British North America, The Shoe and Canoe. In 1868, he published his most important scientific work, Thesaurus Siluricus, being a list of all the fossils which occur in the Silurian formation across the world. He contributed about twenty seven papers to various scientific societies in London. He published Thesaurus Devonico-Carboniferus but died shortly before completing Thesaurus Permianus. In 1874, he was awarded the Murchison Medal. In 1876, he endowed the Bigsby Medal.
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