66:(TCD). In TCD's department of geography, he was from an Assistant Lecturer from 1954 to 1957, a Lecturer from 1957 to 1970, and an Associate Professor from 1970 to 1989, when he when retired with emeritus status. In 1967 he was elected to Fellowship of TCD. At TCD he received a second M.A.
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In 1977 Gordon Leslie Davies changed his name to "Gordon Leslie
Herries Davies" — "Herries" was his mother's surname before her marriage. The reason for the name change was that K. Gordon Davies (1923–1994) was appointed in 1977 to the Erasmus Smith Chair of Modern History at TCD.
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Davies, Gordon L. (1964). "From flood and fire to rivers and ice-three hundred years of Irish geomorphology: A presidential address delivered before the
Geographical Society of Ireland on October 22nd 1963".
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from 1968 to 1978 and edited the journal's supplementary volume celebrating its golden jubilee year of 1984. In retirement, Herries Davies expended considerable effort as one of the editors for ‘
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Herries Davies wrote numerous articles published in learned journals and also wrote several important books. He was an excellent writer with a clear expository style. His book
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Barbara; Davies, Gordon Leslie Herries (2000). "Inspiration from Nature and some plays written by John O'Keeffe (1747–1833)".
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At TCD he served as a
College Tutor for a number of years and, later in his career, as Senior Proctor. He served as editor of the journal
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Archer, Jean B.; Herries Davies, Gordon L. (1981). "Geological Field-Sheets from County Galway by
Patrick Ganly (1809?-1899)".
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Herries Davies, Gordon L. (1979). "The making of Irish geography, IV: The physico-historical society of
Ireland, 1744–1752".
125:. In his 1995 book, he emphasizes that collecting fossils was always a "high priority" for the Geological Survey of Ireland.
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74:(1969), which earned him a Ph.D. from TCD. The book deals with the history of British geomorphology before 1878.
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Discovering the Ice Ages: International
Reception and Consequences for a Historical Understanding of Climate
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Davies, Gordon L. (1962). "Joseph Beete Jukes and the rivers of southern
Ireland—a century's retrospect".
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Two centuries of earth science, 1650-1850: papers presented at a Clark Library seminar, 3 November 1984
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Davies, G. L. (1969). "The University of Dublin and two pioneers of English geology".
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Davies, Gordon L. (1966). "The Concept of Denudation in Seventeenth-Century England".
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of the Geological Society of London in 1996, the History of Geology Award of the
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Davies, Gordon L. (1964). "Robert Hooke and his conception of Earth-History".
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Herries Davies, Gordon L. (2009). "Jacques-Louis, Comte de Bournon".
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Davies, Gordon L. (1966). "Early British Geomorphology 1578-1705".
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Sheets of Many Colours. The Mapping of Ireland's Rocks. 1750–1890
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The Earth in Decay. A History of British Geomorphology, 1578-1878
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Sheets of many colours: the mapping of Ireland's rocks, 1750-1890
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Gillmor, Desmond A. (2019). "Gordon Herries Davies, 1932-2019".
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Patrons of Paleontology: How Government Support Shaped a Science
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The Mapping of Natural Phenomena in 19th Century Ireland
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323:Davies, Gordon L. (1970). "Twenty-seven years of
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