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Royal Geological Society of Cornwall

Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Royal Geological Society of Cornwall rather than just read about it. In short: The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a geological society originally based in Penzance, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1814 to promote the study of the geology of Cornwall, and is the second oldest geological society in the world, after the Geological Society of London which was founded in 1807.

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Reference excerpt

The Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is a geological society originally based in Penzance, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1814 to promote the study of the geology of Cornwall, and is the second oldest geological society in the world, after the Geological Society of London which was founded in 1807.

History The first President of the society was Davies Gilbert, the first Secretary John Ayrton Paris, and other notable members include Humphry Davy (some of whose papers are held by the Society), and William Gregor, who discovered titanium. The society's first premises was a house in North Parade, Penzance and in 1853 the Borough of Penzance put forward plans for a new public building on the west side of Penzance. It was planned to have the Borough offices, county court and police station in the east wing, the two floors of the west wing housing the RGSC's museum and a public hall between the two run by a public company. The building, known as St John's Hall, was opened in 1867 and still exists although, in July 2016, the west wing was occupied by Penzance's relocated public library. In 2023 the RGSC moved its base to King Edward Mine, near Camborne, although meetings and lectures are usually held at Camborne School of Mines and other facilities on the Penryn Campus, and via Zoom, and there is an active programme of field meetings and site visits.

Notable people associated with the society Francis Arthur Bather (1863–1934), palaeontologist, geologist and malacologist. Henry Samuel Boase (1799–1883), geologist and author. Edward Budge (1800–1865), geologist and theologian. Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne (1817–1873), geologist and author. Joseph Carne (1782–1858), geologist. Joseph Henry Collins (1841–1916), mining engineer, mineralogist and geologist Richard Quiller Couch (1816–1863), naturalist and medical practitioner. Richard Edmonds (1801–1886), antiquary and geologist. John Forbes (1787–1861), physician to Queen Victoria. John Hawkins (1761–1841), traveller and geologist. John Mawe (1766–1829), mineralogist and dealer in minerals. Matthew Paul Moyle (1788–1856), surgeon and geologist. Christopher Nigel Page (1942-2022), palaeobotanist. John Ayrton Paris (1785–1856), first secretary and researcher into the high rate of scrotal skin cancer among men working in copper-smelting in Cornwall and Wales. Charles William Peach (1800–1886), discovered fossils in Cornwall. John Rogers (1778–1856), Anglican clergyman and biblical scholar. Frances Wall, geochemist, Professor of Applied Mineralogy at Camborne School of Mines.

Bolitho Medal The society awards the Bolitho Medal for notable achievement in geology. The first award was made to Robert Etheridge in 1896. It was awarded in 1948 to Sir Arthur Russell, 6th Baronet. The following list only includes recipients with an existing article in Wikipedia.

1896 - Robert Etheridge 1897 - Howard Fox 1898 - Joseph Henry Collins 1900 - Clement le Neve Foster 1903 - William Augustus Edmond Ussher 1906 - Andrew Ketcham Barnett 1911 - Clement Reid 1912 - George Barrow 1916 - Arthur Smith Woodward 1917 - J.S. Flett 1926 - R.H. Rastall 1927 - Alfred Brammall 1931 - Leonard James Spencer 1932 - Richard Hansford Worth 1933 - Henry George Dines 1937 - E.B. Bailey 1948 - Sir Arthur Russell, 6th Baronet 1949 - Eileen Hendriks 1971 - G.F. Mitchell 1973 - Kingsley Dunham 2016 - Christopher Nigel Page

Past presidents 1814–1839 Davies Gilbert 1840–1856 Sir Charles Lemon, FRS 1857–1862 Augustus Smith 1863–1867 Charles Fox, FGS 1868–1871 Hugh Seymour Tremenheere, CB 1871–1879 Warington Smyth 1880–1881 A Pendarves Vivian, FGS 1881–1882 Leonard Courtney 1883–1890 Warington Smyth 1891–1892 John St Aubyn, 1st Baron St Levan 1893–1894 Howard Fox 1901–1902 Clement le Neve Foster 1903–1904 Joseph Henry Collins 1907–1908 Andrew Ketcham Barnett 1911–1912 Joseph Henry Collins 2016–2020 Christopher Nigel Page 2023– Frances Wall

References

External links

Royal Geological Society of Cornwall website National Archives entry for the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Royal Geological Society of Cornwall

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Royal Geological Society of Cornwall ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Royal Geological Society of Cornwall

In research: Royal Geological Society of Cornwall appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Royal Geological Society of Cornwall in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Royal Geological Society of Cornwall is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1814 establishments in England, Clubs and societies in Cornwall, Cornish mining organisations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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