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Sidney Hugh Reynolds

Sidney Hugh Reynolds 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 Sidney Hugh Reynolds rather than just read about it. In short: Sidney Hugh Reynolds DSc, FGS (18 December 1867 – 20 August 1949) was an English geologist, paleontologist, and zoologist who was born in Brighton. He died in Clifton, Bristol, aged 81 leaving behind a widow and a daughter.

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Reference excerpt

Sidney Hugh Reynolds DSc, FGS (18 December 1867 – 20 August 1949) was an English geologist, paleontologist, and zoologist who was born in Brighton. He died in Clifton, Bristol, aged 81 leaving behind a widow and a daughter.

Education and career Reynolds was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received B.A. (Nat. Sci. Tripos, Pt I, 1st Class) 1889; (Pt II, 1st Class, 1890); M.A. 1894; Sc.D. 1913. He was acting professor of zoology at Madras Christian College in 1891–1892 and in 1897–1898. He taught Geology and Zoology at the University of Bristol in 1894 where he became an assistant professor in 1899 and then a professor in 1900. In 1910 he was appointed the chair of geology, a position held until he retired as professor emeritus in 1933. Following his retirement as a professor, Reynolds went on to become the curator of the Stroud District Cowle Museum.

Selected publications A Geological Excursion Handbook for the Bristol District. Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith. 1912. The Vertebrate Skeleton. Cambridge biological series. Cambridge University Press. 1897. British Pleistocene Mammalia. Collected Monographs, 1906, 1909, 1911, etc. London: The Palaeontographical Society.

Photography Photographs by Reynolds are held in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and are currently being digitised. He catalogued 5 photograph albums of the Orient and France, 1880-1925 for Bristol University Special Collections. Reynolds sat for a half-plate nitrate negative by Lafayette in 1929.

Awards Reynolds was the president of Section "G" of the British Association in 1926. He was awarded the Lyell Medal in 1928. (In the same year William Dickson Lang was also awarded the Lyell Medal for work done independently.)

References

External links Works by or about Sidney Hugh Reynolds at the Internet Archive

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sidney Hugh Reynolds

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sidney Hugh Reynolds claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sidney Hugh Reynolds before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sidney Hugh Reynolds 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 Sidney Hugh Reynolds

In research: Sidney Hugh Reynolds 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 Sidney Hugh Reynolds 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: Sidney Hugh Reynolds is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1867 births, 1949 deaths, Academics of the University of Bristol, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sidney Hugh Reynolds outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Because it connects several earth science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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