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Edward Battersby Bailey
Sir Edward Battersby Bailey FRS FRSE MC (1 July 1881 – 19 March 1965) was an English geologist.
Bailey was born in Marden, Kent, the son of Dr James Battersby Bailey and Louise Florence Carr.
He was educated at Kendal grammar school and Clare College, Cambridge. He gained first-class honours in both parts one and two of the natural sciences tripos. He also won a heavyweight boxing medal while at Cambridge. He was appointed a Geologist on the Geological Survey of England and Wales in 1902.
From 1915 to 1919 he served as a Lieutenant with the Royal Garrison Artillery and was twice wounded, losing his left eye and much of the use of his left arm. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1916 and the French Croix de Guerre with palms in 1919. He was also made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
He was Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1935 to 1937.
From 1929 to 1937, he held the chair in geology at the University of Glasgow, where he was succeeded by Sir Arthur Elijah Trueman (chair in geology 1937–1946).
He was director of the British Geological Survey from 1937 to 1945.
He was awarded the Bolitho Medal of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall in 1937, and the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1949.
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Edward Battersby Bailey
Sir Edward Battersby Bailey FRS FRSE MC (1 July 1881 – 19 March 1965) was an English geologist.
Bailey was born in Marden, Kent, the son of Dr James Battersby Bailey and Louise Florence Carr.
He was educated at Kendal grammar school and Clare College, Cambridge. He gained first-class honours in both parts one and two of the natural sciences tripos. He also won a heavyweight boxing medal while at Cambridge. He was appointed a Geologist on the Geological Survey of England and Wales in 1902.
From 1915 to 1919 he served as a Lieutenant with the Royal Garrison Artillery and was twice wounded, losing his left eye and much of the use of his left arm. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1916 and the French Croix de Guerre with palms in 1919. He was also made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
He was Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1935 to 1937.
From 1929 to 1937, he held the chair in geology at the University of Glasgow, where he was succeeded by Sir Arthur Elijah Trueman (chair in geology 1937–1946).
He was director of the British Geological Survey from 1937 to 1945.
He was awarded the Bolitho Medal of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall in 1937, and the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1949.
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