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James Bryce (geologist)

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of Glasgow, of which he was more than once president. He also wrote 'A Treatise on Algebra,' which went through several editions, an introduction to 'Mathematical Astronomy and Geography.' 'A Cyclopœdia of Geography.' and a book on 'Arran and the other Clyde islands,' with special reference to their geology and antiquities. He was a warm advocate of the more general introduction into schools of the teaching of natural history as well as natural science, and set the example of giving teaching voluntarily in these subjects, for which there was in his day no regular provision in the high schools of Scotland.
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county Antrim, and in 1840 was appointed to the high school of Glasgow, the ancient public grammar school of that city, and held this office till his resignation in 1874. He was a brilliant and successful teacher both of mathematics and geography, but his special interest lay in the study of natural history.
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In 1868, he received from his university, in the reform of which he had borne a leading part, the honorary degree of LL.D. After resigning his post at Glasgow, he settled in Edinburgh, and published his later contributions to geology in the 'Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.' He was a
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His more important papers (among which may be found the first complete investigation and description of the structure of the Giant's Causeway) appeared in the 'Transactions' of the London society, others in the 'Proceedings' of the Natural History Society of Belfast and of the Philosophical Society
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He devoted himself to geological researches, first in the north of Ireland, and afterwards in Scotland and northern England. He began in 1834 to write and publish articles on the fossils of the lias, greensand, and chalk beds in Antrim (the first appeared in the 'Philosophical Magazine' for that
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He had intended to study for the bar, but, finding this beyond his means, adopted the profession of teaching, and became mathematical master in the Belfast Academy, a foundation school of considerably more prestige in Ulster. In 1836, he married Margaret, daughter of James Young of Abbeyville,
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While examining a remarkable mass of eruptive granite at Inverfarigaig, on the shores of Loch Ness, he disturbed some loose stones by the strokes of his hammer, and caused the blocks above to fall on him, killing him instantaneously, 11 July 1877.
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keen and accurate observer, and having an ardent love of nature and great physical activity, continued his field work in the highlands of Scotland with unflagging zeal to the end of his life.
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The geology of Arran and the other Clyde Islands with an Account of the Botany, Natural History, and Antiquities, Notices of the Scenery and an Itinerary of the Routes
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Tables of simple minerals, rocks, and shells : with local catalogues of species : for the use of the students of natural history in the Belfast Academy
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Geological notices of the environs of Belfast, the east coast of Antrim, and the Giant's Causeway
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In 1826, Bryce was appointed Master of the Mathematical and Commercial Department of
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1837 On the geological structure of the north-eastern part of the county of Antrim.
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The International Atlas and Geography: Modern, Historical, Classical and Physical
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He was the third son of Rev James Bryce (1767–1857), and of Catherine Annan of
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First principles of geography and astronomy : with the use of globes
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The grave of James Bryce, geologist, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh
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year), and these having attracted the notice of Sir
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James Bryce (Belfast)


FRSE
Coleraine
Inverfarigaig
Auchtermuchty
Fife
Coleraine
university of Glasgow
Belfast Academical Institution
Belfast Natural History Society
Roderick Murchison
Charles Lyell
Fellow
Geological Society of London
Geological Society of Dublin
Grange Cemetery
Edinburgh
John Annan Bryce
Inverness
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