Edward William Binney (original) (raw)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British geologist
| Edward William BinneyFRS FGS | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1812 (1812)Morton, Nottinghamshire, UK |
| Died | 1882 (1883)Manchester, Lancashire, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Geologist |
Edward William Binney FRS, FGS (1812–1882) was an English geologist.
Edward William Binney was born at Morton, in Nottinghamshire in 1812, and educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Gainsborough. He was articled to a solicitor in Chesterfield, and settled in Manchester in 1836. He retired soon afterwards from legal practice and gave his chief attention to geological pursuits.[1]
Geological Research
[edit]
Working especially on the Carboniferous and Permian rocks of the north of England, he also studied the Drift deposits of Lancashire, which resulted in him and Joseph Dalton Hooker finding the first coal balls, and made himself familiar with the geology of the area around Manchester. On the Coal Measures in particular he became an acknowledged authority, and his Observations on the Structure of Fossil Plants found in the Carboniferous Strata (1868–75) formed one of the monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. His large collection of fossils was placed in Owens College, Manchester.[1]
Binney assisted in founding the Manchester Geological Society in 1838, and was then chosen as one of its Honorary Secretaries, later being elected President in 1857 and again in 1865. He was also successively Secretary (1848–52) and four-times President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (1862–4, 1870–2, 1876–8, and 1880–2).
Binney was part of a close Manchester social circle that included James Prescott Joule, William Sturgeon, John Davies and John Leigh.[2]
He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1856 and died at Manchester in 1882.[1]
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Kargon (1977) pp 39-40
Attribution:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Binney, Edward William". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 949.- J. E. F. (February 1882). "Edward William Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S." Geological Magazine. 9 (2): 96. Bibcode:1882GeoM....9...96J. doi:10.1017/S0016756800172024. ISSN 1469-5081.
- Joule, J. P. (1882). "Edward William Binney, F.R.S, F.G.S." Nature. 25 (639). Macmillan Journals ltd.: 293–294. Bibcode:1882Natur..25..293J. doi:10.1038/025293a0.
- Kargon, R. H. (1977). Science in Victorian Manchester: Enterprise and Expertise. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-1969-5.
- Secord, A. "Binney, Edward William (1812–1881)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 10 August 2007 (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- Obituaries:
- Manchester Examiner and Times, 21 December 1881
- Manchester Guardian, 22 December 1881
| Professional and academic associations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byJames Prescott Joule | President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1862–64 | Succeeded byRobert Angus Smith |
| Preceded byJames Prescott Joule | President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1870–72 | Succeeded byJames Prescott Joule |
| Preceded byHenry Edward Schunck | President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1876–78 | Succeeded byJames Prescott Joule |
| Preceded byJames Prescott Joule | President of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1880–82 | Succeeded bySir Henry Enfield Roscoe |
| Preceded byJames Prescott Joule | Secretary of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1848–52 | Succeeded byHenry Halford Jones |