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anatomy that was presented before the Society in 1821. He continued throughout life to be one of its most active, useful and honoured members, serving as president of the Society from 1848 to 1849. He visited many localities of geological interest, not only in Britain, but also in France, Jamaica and
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Elizabeth was the primary legatee in her father's will but he also provided for £3750 in trust for a daughter called Rosalie Torre, born near Taunton in 1834, and £1250 in trust for "my trusty servant" Elizabeth Kendall who was living as a companion with De La Beche and Rosalie at 3 Blandford Place
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and depicted an ichthyosaur professor lecturing on a fossilised human skull: " 'You will at once perceive' continued Professor Ichthyosaurus, 'that the skull before us belonged to some of the lower order of animals; the teeth are very insignificant, the power of the jaws trifling, and altogether it
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In June 2020, the De La Beche Society, a student-run geology society at Imperial College, announced they were distancing themselves from Henry De la Beche because of his legacy as a slave owner. The society was temporarily renamed Imperial College Geology Society pending consultation on a permanent
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and other institutions competed for the bursary of the De la Beche medal. The medal was in fact the second imprint, of a medal De la Beche had originally had engraved and struck for the slaves he inherited from his father on the plantation in Jamaica on his return to Lyme Regis in 1825. The second
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Jamaican rock stars, 1823–1971: the geologists who explored Jamaica p23 S. K. Donovan – 2010 "THE DECADE 1825–1835 De la Beche landed in England early in 1825 and settled again in Lyme Regis. Soon after his return he had a medal struck for the encouragement of his slaves, with his portrait on one
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They set off on a year-long tour of the continent in 1819. The marriage was not a success and, in 1825, the couple split up with an acrimonious public controversy with Letitia requesting a legal separation on the grounds that "the union proved to be of the most unhappy nature: the treatment which
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De la Beche was born in Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, London. He was the only son of Thomas De la Beche (1755–1801) and his wife, Elizabeth. The family name was originally Beach, but his father changed it to create a fictional connection with the medieval Barons De la Beche of Aldworth,
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sanctioned the erection of a museum in Jermyn Street, London, and the organisation of a staff of professors with laboratories and other appliances. The establishment, in which were combined the offices of the Geological Survey, the Museum of Practical Geology, the
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Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain): "The Museum of Practical Geology was founded, in 1835, in consequence of its having become evident, during the earlier progress of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, that numerous
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Melvil Dewey, Richard Rogers Bowker, L. Pylodet – 1879 "... was founded in 1843, the earliest books received being a selection from the private library of the first Director of the Institution, Sir Henry Thomas De la Bache, KCB,
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Directory Great Britain. Dept. of Science and Art – 1899 "The De la Beche Medal. This bronze medal, established in memory of Sir Henry De la Beche, is awarded annually to the student who does best in Mining
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was placed, became too small. De la Beche appealed to the authorities to provide a larger structure and to widen the whole scope of the scientific establishment of which he was the head.
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Notice of the discovery of a new Fossil Animal, forming a link between the Ichthyosaurus and Crocodile, together -with general remarks on the Osteology of the Ichthyosaurus
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of the Royal Mint – with De la Beche's portrait on one side, and the plantation on the other – the plantation being replaced with crossed hammers for the School of Mines.
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An 1834 etching by De la Beche that appears in the beginning of his Researches in Theoretical Geology. A landmark scientific depiction of Earth as seen from space.
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owned by her husband, particularly their Etruscan ware. They had four children, Henry (b. 1843) who became a barrister, and three daughters:
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new name. The society was permanently renamed Imperial College Geology Society in September 2020 following a department-wide referendum.
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The British Geological Survey use the form "De la Beche", not "Beche"; so too does the National Museum Wales in its De la Beche archive.
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He was a great and objective scientist and poked fun at some of the more outlandish theories of the time, such as that put forward by
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De la Beche obtained a legal separation and custody of their two daughters in 1826. Letitia moved in with her lover, Major-General
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an 1830 watercolour, by Henry Thomas De la Beche, of the seas of ancient Dorset, designed to highlight Mary Anning's discoveries
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A great supporter of the work and importance of Mary Anning, of Lyme Regis, Henry De la Beche drew a sketch, in 1830, entitled
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He married Letitia Whyte (1801–1844), daughter of Captain Charles Whyte of Loughbrickland, County Down, Ireland in 1817.
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Lady De la Beche received at the hands of her husband being such as to render it impossible for her to live with him."
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The peace of 1815, however, changed his career. At the age of twenty-one De la Beche joined the
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Berkshire. Thomas (Henry's father) served as a brevet major (later lieutenant-colonel) in the
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in 1819. He was knighted on 13 April 1842 and, near the close of his life he was awarded the
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is a watercolour painted in 1830 by Henry De la Beche, based on fossils found by Mary Anning
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States of inquiry: social investigations and print culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain..
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Time's arrow, time's cycle : myth and metaphor in the discovery of geological time
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Increasing stores of valuable specimens began to arrive in London; and the building at
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in Wales on 16 August 1838. Elizabeth Llewellyn contributed to the designs of the
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Halliday (later), Josh; Belam (earlier), Martin; Pidd, Helen (9 June 2020).
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Conditions of scientific testing were rudimentary; as part of his colleague
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Worlds Before Adam: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Henry De la Beche spent his early life living with his mother in
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British Geological Survey Archive Catalogue – Henry De la Beche
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The following geographic features are named after De la Beche:
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seems wonderful how the creature could have procured food.'"
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version of the medal, in silver and bronze, was engraved by
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The government then appointed De la Beche to work with the
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Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset
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Sections and views, illustrative of geological phaenomena
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Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology
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Daughter Elizabeth (1819–1866), known as Bessie, married
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A Descriptive Guide to the Museum of Practical Geology
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Graduates of the Royal Military College, Great Marlow
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De la Beche's well-known caricature "Awful Changes"
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Index

Henry Thomas de la Beche
Sir
KCB
FRS

Duria Antiquior
Wollaston Medal
Geology
palaeontology
Geological Survey of Great Britain
KCB
FRS
palaeontologist
director
Geological Survey of Great Britain
Palaeontographical Society
Norfolk Yeomanry
fencibles
British Army
slave owner
Jamaica
Lyme Regis
Mary Anning
Royal Military College
Great Marlow
Buckinghamshire
Geological Society of London
William Conybeare
ichthyosaur
plesiosaur

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