Basil Charles King
Basil Charles King | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 June 1915 |
| Died | 11 September 1985 (aged 70) |
| Spouse |
Dorothy Margaret Wells
(m. 1939) |
| Awards | Bigsby Medal (1959) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Durham University (BSc) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Glasgow University Bedford College, London |
Basil Charles King FRSE (1915–1985) was a British geologist.
Early life and education
King was educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds, and went on to study geology at Durham University.[1] He graduated in 1936 with first-class honours.[1][2]
Career and research
After graduating, King worked as a demonstrator at Bedford College, London, before joining the Geological Survey of Uganda. He later returned to Britain and joined the geology department at the University of Glasgow, where he became a senior lecturer.[1] In 1956, he returned to Bedford College as professor of geology.[1]
In 1950 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh — his proposers were Neville George, John Weir, George Walter Tyrrell, and Arthur Holmes.[3] He became a member of the Geological Society of London in 1949; they later awarded him the Bigsby Medal in 1959.[4]
His health failing, King retired and moved to Catacol on the Isle of Arran in 1977.[1]
Personal life
King married Dorothy Margaret Wells in 1939, who predeceased him.[1] They had four children, including the seismologist Geoffrey King.[5]
He died on 11 September 1985.[1]
Selected publications
- King, Basil Charles (1954). "The Ard Bheinn Area of the Central Igneous Complex of Arran". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 110 (1–4): 323–355. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1954.110.01-04.15.
- ——— (1960). "The Form of the Beinn an Dubhaich Granite, Skye". Geological Magazine. 97 (4): 326–333. doi:10.1017/S0016756800061598.
- ———; Le Bas, Michael John; Sutherland, Diana Stephanie (1972). "The History of the Alkaline Volcanoes and Intrusive Complexes of Eastern Uganda and Western Kenya". Journal of the Geological Society. 128 (2): 173–190. doi:10.1144/gsjgs.128.2.0173.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Professor Basil Charles King" (PDF). Proceedings of the Geological Society of Glasgow: 8–9. 1986.
- ↑ "Calendar 1936-7". Durham University Archives. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ↑ "Bye-Laws and List of Members". Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society. 35 (269): ix–xlviii. 1965. Bibcode:1965MinM...35D...9.. doi:10.1180/minmag.1965.035.269.01.
- ↑ Willitts-King, Sophia (22 July 2026). "Geoffrey King obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 July 2026.