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Person: COLLINS, Frederick G., F.G.S.  (1866-1933)

Biographical summary of this person
Full name
Frederick George COLLINS  F.G.S.
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
amateur geologist and occasional lantern lecturer
Main period of activity
1900s-10s
Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
9 January 1866
born at
31 March 1901
35
census record
1901 Census of England and Wales, RG13/2046.25.4
– occupation “Tailor”
15 March 1902
36
lecturer
The geology of the new Exeter railway (lantern lecture, Exeter, Devon, England, 15 March 1902)
12 March 1904
38
lecturer
A note on the recent landslip in St Thomas (lantern lecture, Exeter, Devon, England, 12 March 1904)
1906-1912
~39
member
30 November 1907
41
lecturer
Fossils: what they are and what they teach us (lantern lecture, Exeter, Devon, England, 30 November 1907)
7 December 1908
42
lecturer
Fossils: what they are and what they teach us (lantern lecture, Bradninch, Devon, England, 7 December 1908)
28 October 1909
43
lecturer
Volcanoes around Exeter (lantern lecture, Exeter, Devon, England, 28 October 1909)
6 November 1909
43
lecturer
Volcanoes around Exeter (lantern lecture, Exeter, Devon, England, 6 November 1909)
2 April 1911
45
census record
1911 Census of England and Wales, RG14/12676.602
– occupation “Tailor (Maker)”
30 March 1912
46
lecturer
Fossils and their use in stratigraphical geology (lantern lecture, Exeter, Devon, England, 30 March 1912)
14 November 1933
67
died at
Reference
The Devon and Exeter Daily Gazette (1885-1932) (7 January 1928), p. 4 col. 3

“Mr F.G. Collins, formerly of Exeter and a well-known geologist, has become Curator of Nebraska Museum.”

Notes

He emigrated to the U.S.A. at some point in the 1920s and became Assistant Curator of the Nebraska University Museum in around 1927. An obituary appearsĀ in the Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), 26 November 1933.

Lucerna ID  6004395

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 1 June 2018

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