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DAVIES, THOMAS (1837 - 1892), mineralogist

Name: Thomas Davies
Date of birth: 1837
Date of death: 1892
Parent: William Davies
Gender: Male
Occupation: mineralogist
Area of activity: Nature and Agriculture; Science and Mathematics
Author: Frederick John North

Born at S. Pancras, London, 29 December 1837, son of William Davies the palaeontologist (1814 - 1891). After spending some years at sea, he became an assistant in the mineral department of the British Museum in 1858; under Story-Maskelyne (see D.N.B.) he became an experienced mineralogist and was a pioneer in the use of the microscope in the study of rocks. Like his father he was more interested in his official duties than in publishing the results of his own work, but made a few contributions to the Quarterly Jnl. of the Geological Society, the Geological Magazine, and the Mineralogical Magazine, the last-named of which he edited for several years. He died 21 December 1892.

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Published date: 1959

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