George Barrow (geologist)
George Barrow(11 December 1853 – 23 July 1932) was a Britishgeologist.[1]
Barrow was born inSt George Hanover Square,London,[2]the fifth of eight children born to John George Barrow, a general practitioner at the Royal College of Surgeons, and his wife, Eleanor Barrow.[1]
Barrow matriculated at London University in 1871, holding a Turner scholarship. Admitted toKing's College London,he studied science, winning prizes in mathematics and geology. He was the first to map ametamorphic gradientby determining a sequence ofmetamorphic zonesin themetapelitesof theScottish Highlands.[3][4]Every first appearance of anindex mineralwas taken by Barrow as the beginning of a new metamorphic zone. Later, the underlying principles of metamorphic zones were clarified by theFinnishgeologistPentti Eskola,who introduced the concept ofmetamorphic facies.Barrow was awarded the Bolitho Medal of theRoyal Geological Society of Cornwallin 1912.[1]
He died inChorleywood,Hertfordshire.[5]
The Barrow Award of theMineralogical Society of Great Britain & Irelandfor contributions to metamorphic geology is named in his honour.
References[edit]
- ^abcOldroyd, David."Barrow, George (1853–1932), geologist".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Retrieved26 February2019.
- ^1861 England Census
- ^Barrow, George (1893)."On the origin of the crystalline schists: With special reference to the Southern Highlands".Proceedings of the Geologists' Association.13(2): 48.doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(93)80026-9.
- ^Barrow, George (1912).The geology of the country around Ivybridge and Modbury: with chapter on altered rocks by G. Barrow.
- ^England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Selected publications[edit]
- Barrow, George (1888).The geology of North Cleveland. (Explanation of quarter-sheets 104 S. W. S. E., new series, sheets 34, 35).Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).
- Barrow, George (1904)."On the Moine Gneisses of the East-Central Highlands and their Position in the Highland Sequence".Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.60(1–4): 400–449.doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1904.060.01-04.35.S2CID130627328.
- Barrow, George; Flett, John S. (1906).The geology of the Isles of Scilly (Explanation of Sheets 357 and 360).Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).
- Barrow, George; Wills, L.J. (1913).Records of London wells.Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).
- Barrow, George (1919).The geology of the country around Lichfield, including the northern parts of the South Staffordshire and Warwickshire coalfields (Explanation of Sheet 154).Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).
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