Entry Format : Name : Born
: Died : Distinction as teacher / Professional Highlights : Joining as the
College teacher/ Contributions: Other achievements: Other academic achievements
Abbreviations: (Royal)
Asiatic Society of Bengal : ( R ) ASB Geological Society of London : GSLGeological Mining and Metallurgical Society of
India : GMMSI Mining and Geological Institute of India : MGII
: BE College at Shibpur BEC: Durgapur
Govt. College DGC: Jalpaiguri Engineering College JEC: Regional Engineering
College Durgapur REC: Presidency College PC: Calcutta University CU: Jadavpur
University JU: Burdwan University BU:Indian Institute of Technology at
Kharagpur IITKgp ,at Bombay(Mumbai) IITB, at Roorkee IITR : Indian School of
Mines at Dhanbad ISM
Geological Survey of India GSI: Indian Statistical Institute,Calcutta ISI
:Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute CGCRI: Central Fuel Research
Institute CFRI: Indian Science Congress (President, Geology
Section) : ISC (Pr., Geol.) (President, General): ISC (Pr.)
NB :
Length of service of
the Part-time professors has been slightly modified from the figures in the
Diamond Jubilee Volume of the Bhu-Vidya on the basis of the
tenures of respective professors as the Past President of the Geological
Institute.
PRAMATHA NATH BOSE: b.1855, d.1934: Educated in England: Gilchrist Scholar Joined GSI 1880; 1st. Indian graded staff: With the College 1901-02 :Discovered and investigated various mineral deposits; the most important is the Fe-ores deposits of Mayurbhanj that led to the foundation of the TISCO: Author of “ History of Indian Civilisation under British Rule” and various other publications.
PJ BRÜ HL: b.1855,d.1935: Educated in Germany: Came to India in 1881 : Lecturer 1902-03, 1905-6; also in BE College 1887 onwards; Principal BE College; also in Rajsahi Govt. College 1882; IIS Bangalore 1912; Registrar CU 1913; Organised Biology Laboratory in CU; Prof of Botany : CU conferred D Sc (Honoris Causa) for his service and contributions.
ERNEST( WATSON) VREDENBURG: b.1870, d.1923: Joined GSI 1895:Lecturer 1906,1907-11: in CU 1917-20 :Worked extensively on various subjects: An able speaker, a linguist, an enthusiastic collector of art, a brilliant pianist.
HS BION: b.1888, d.1915: Joined GSI 1911: Lecturer 1911-12
H WALKER: b.n.a., d.n.a.: Joined GSI 1904; 1st. Curator 1907 :Lecturer 1912, 1918-20, 1923-24: Completed revision of the geological map of the Raniganj Coalfield; studied underground correlation of coal seams.
J COGGIN BROWN: b.1884, d.n.a.: Joined GSI 1905; Curator 1911: Lecturer 1912, 1913-14:Deputed to Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau London 1919-21: Author of “ India’s Mineral Wealth”: Deputed to Yunnan for a couple of years.
HC JONES: b.n.a.,d.n.a.: Joined GSI 1906; Curator 1914: Lecturer 1914-15: Made extensive surveys of Fe-ores of Bihar and Orissa; worked on stratigraphy of these regions jointly with JA DUNN
G de P COTTER: b.1881,d.1941: Joined GSI 1905: Lecturer 1915-1919:Contribution on Tertiary rocks of Burma, tectonics of Tertiary Irrawaddy basin :ISC (Pr., Geol.) 1931: Consulting geologist British Burmah Petroleum Co.
CS FOX:
b.1886,d.1951:
Educated at Calcutta and Birmingham;
Lecturer in Mining Birm. Univ.1910: Joined GSI 1911; Director 1939; Knighted
1944: Lecturer 1920-21:Authority on the Gondwana System(Group) ; also studied
Engineering Geology, Coal & Bauxite: Author of a few books .
Pr.MGMI, GMMSI, ASB, National Institute of Sciences of
India, ISC (Pr., Geol.) 1926.
H CROOSHANK: b.1893, d.n.a.: Joined GSI 1920; Curator 1921; Officiating Director 1944-45: Lecturer 1921-23: Military Service 1940-44: Made studies on Bastar State, Salt Range, Rajputana (Rajasthan)etc.:ISC (Pr., Geol.) 1946.
DN WADIA: b.1883, d. 19 :Joined GSI 1921: Lecturer
1924-25: Made contribution to Geology of Northwestern Himalayas;
Author of the well-known textbook “Geology of India”
Mineral Advisor to Govt. of India and Govt. of Ceylon (Sri
Lanka): Man behind the foundation of the IBM; 1st Director IBM ;
Associated with Dept. of Scientific Research, Atomic Energy Commission:
ISC (Pr., Geol.) 1921, 1938: ISC (Pr.) 1942,1943: Pr. Nat.
Inst. Scs. Ind. 1945-6; Pr. GMMSI 1937-8; Pr. MGMII 1951-2.
GV HOBSON: b.1893, d.n.a.:Joined GSI 1921: Lecturer 1925-26: Surveyed many parts of India, including coal in Pench Valley, mica in Bihar and Nellore, N.Shan States Burma, Keonjhar State Orissa.
ELG CLEGG: b.1894,d.1944: Joined GSI 1920; Curator 1926;
Director 1943-44:
Lecturer 1926-27 ; also in BE College:Made studies on Burma: Sportsman; Rugby player.
AL COULSON:
b.1898,d.n.a.: Joined GSI 1922: Lecturer
1927-29; 1935-38:
Memoirs on barite and asbestos deposits of Madras; also
studied rocks of Baluchistan & Waziristan.
JA DUNN: b.1899, d. n.a.:Joined GSI 1921; Officiating
Director 1945:
Lecturer 1929, 1936-38: Author of the famous Memoir on Bihar and Orissa; also of
handbook on Indian mining; studied many virgin areas:Took premature retirement
in 1945; settled in Australia ( at least till 1952): ISC (Pr., Geol.) 1943.
WD
WEST: b.1901, d.n.a.: Joined GSI
1923; Director 1945: Professor 1931-33:
Made contributions in understanding the geology of the
Himalayas, Structure of the Shali Mountains; on earthquake problems ;
Afghanistan coal deposits:Worked for improvement of geology teaching and the
Department ; organized Centenary Celebrations ? in 1951:Associated with science
activities and institutions like ISC, RASB etc.: Pr. GMMSI, MGMII, ISC (Pr.,
Geol.) 1937:
MS KRISHNAN: b.1898,d. : Educated in Madras & London: Joined GSI 1924; 1st Indian Director 1951: Lecturer 1931,1933,1934-5:Author of “Geology of India and Burma”; Contributed to geology of South India, Eastern States Agency :Associated with science institutions: Pr. GMMSI< MGMII: ISC (Pr., Geol.) 1935.
PK GHOSH: b.1899,d. : alumnus : M Sc 1922: Joined GSI 1929; Deputy Director 1945: Lecturer 1938-40, 42-43, 47:Also in Thomason College,Roorkee, 1933: Made contributions to studies on mineral springs etc.: UN Fellowship 1950-51: Assd. with various scientific institutions: ISC (Pr., Geol.) 1948.