William Talbot Aveline (1822–1903) was a British geologist and archaeologist.
William Talbot Aveline | |
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Born | 1822 ![]() Batheaston ![]() |
Died | 12 May 1903 ![]() |
He was born in Batheaston, Somerset and grew up in Wrington. When he was 18 he became assistant to Henry De la Beche working for the Geological Survey.[1] He undertook field work in the Mendip Hills, Wales, Derbyshire and the Lake District.[2]
Aveline's Hole at Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills was named after him in 1860 by his friend and student William Boyd Dawkins.[3]
In 1862 he married Elizabeth Perkins and they had seven children.[3]
The Stockdale Shales were named by Aveline from the beck and hamlet of that name in Longsleddale.[4]
In 1894 he became a fellow of the Geological Society and won the Murchison Medal which is awarded annually by the council of the Geological Society of London.[5]
He died in London in 1903 and was buried in the churchyard of Church of All Saints, Wrington.[3]
References
edit- ^ BGS Pioneers
- ^ Oldroyd, D.R. (2003). Earth, Water, Ice and Fire: No. 25: Two Hundred Years of Geological Research in the English Lake District. Geological Society Publishing House. pp. 39–41. ISBN 978-1-86239-107-9.
- ^ a b c Witcombe, Richard (2009). Who was Aveline anyway?: Mendip's Cave Names Explained (2nd ed.). Priddy: Wessex Cave Club. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-0-9500433-6-4.
- ^ Aveline, W. Talbot; Hughes, T. McK. (1888). Memoirs of the Geological Survey. England and Wales. The Geology of the County Around Kendal, Sedbergh, Bowness, and Tebay. Fleet Streed, E.C.: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 11.
- ^ "Murchison Medal". Geological Society. Retrieved 19 December 2009.