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'''Arthur Lewis Hall''' [[Fellows of the Royal Society|FRS]] (10 January 1872– 13 August 1955) was a British geologist, who worked in Soth Africa for most of his career. He was awarded the [[Murchison Medal]] of the [[Geological Society of London]] in 1930 for his work on the [[Bushveld Igneous Complex]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1956.0010|title=Arthur Lewis Hall, 1872-1955|date=November 27, 1956|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume=2|pages=139–148|via=CrossRef|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1956.0010}}</ref>[https://www.nature.com/articles/177409a0.pdf ]</ref> |
'''Arthur Lewis Hall''' [[Fellows of the Royal Society|FRS]] (10 January 1872– 13 August 1955) was a British geologist, who worked in Soth Africa for most of his career. He was awarded the [[Murchison Medal]] of the [[Geological Society of London]] in 1930 for his work on the [[Bushveld Igneous Complex]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1956.0010|title=Arthur Lewis Hall, 1872-1955|date=November 27, 1956|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume=2|pages=139–148|via=CrossRef|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1956.0010}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nature.com/articles/177409a0.pdf ]</ref> |
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==Life and works== |
==Life and works== |
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Hall was born in [[Birmingham]], to William Hall and Mary Ann (nee Smith). At an early age he moved to [[Germany]]. He went to school in [[Bonn]], [[Freiburg]] and Schwehn, [[Westphalia]]. At the age of 19 he won a scholarship to study at University College, Bristol, and then went to [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]], where he graduated with first class honours in [[geology]]. In 1899, he joined [[Dulwich College]] as a science teacher. After the end of the [[Boer war]] in 1902, Hall joined the Geological Survey of the Transvaal as a geologist. He arrived in [[Pretoria]] in January 1903, and spent the next 29 years of his career working as a geologist in South Africa. At the time of his retirement in 1932, Hall as assistant director of the Geological Survey of South Africa.<ref name="auto"/> |
Hall was born in [[Birmingham]], to William Hall and Mary Ann (nee Smith). At an early age he moved to [[Germany]]. He went to school in [[Bonn]], [[Freiburg]] and Schwehn, [[Westphalia]]. At the age of 19 he won a scholarship to study at University College, Bristol, and then went to [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]], where he graduated with first class honours in [[geology]]. In 1899, he joined [[Dulwich College]] as a science teacher. After the end of the [[Boer war]] in 1902, Hall joined the Geological Survey of the Transvaal as a geologist. He arrived in [[Pretoria]] in January 1903, and spent the next 29 years of his career working as a geologist in South Africa. At the time of his retirement in 1932, Hall as assistant director of the Geological Survey of South Africa.<ref name="auto"/> |
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Arthur Lewis Hall | |
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| Born | January 10, 1872 |
| Died | August 13, 1955 (aged 83) |
| Known for | Work on the Bushveld complex, South Africa |
| Awards | Murchison Medal (1930) |
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| Fields | Geology |
Arthur Lewis Hall FRS (10 January 1872– 13 August 1955) was a British geologist, who worked in Soth Africa for most of his career. He was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1930 for his work on the Bushveld Igneous Complex.[1][2]
Life and works
Hall was born in Birmingham, to William Hall and Mary Ann (nee Smith). At an early age he moved to Germany. He went to school in Bonn, Freiburg and Schwehn, Westphalia. At the age of 19 he won a scholarship to study at University College, Bristol, and then went to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated with first class honours in geology. In 1899, he joined Dulwich College as a science teacher. After the end of the Boer war in 1902, Hall joined the Geological Survey of the Transvaal as a geologist. He arrived in Pretoria in January 1903, and spent the next 29 years of his career working as a geologist in South Africa. At the time of his retirement in 1932, Hall as assistant director of the Geological Survey of South Africa.[1]
Hall’s geological work included mapping of the vast Bushveld complex, and studies of its mineralisation and mineral potential, and the gold mining district of Barberton. In 1922, Hall guided the Shaler Memorial Expedition team of Reginald Daly and others to the Bushveld complex,[3] and the discovery of platinum deposits. In 1932, Hall published his memoir on the Bushveld, which stretched to more than 500 pages.[1]
Outside his work, Hall was a proficient violinist, who regularly performed both chamber music and in orchestras. According to his biographer Sidney H. Haughton, Hall ‘wasted no time with the helpless amateur or the pretentious professional’ in either geology, or music.[1]
Awards
Hall was awarded the ScD from Cambridge University in 1925. He was the first recipient of the Draper Memorial Medal of the Geological Society of South Africa in 1932. Hall was awarded the Murchison Medal in 1930, and was elected to fellowship of the Royal Society in 1935.[1]
Family
Hall married Rosalie Powell, from Clifton, Bristol, in August 1900. They had a daughter and three sons.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Arthur Lewis Hall, 1872-1955". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2: 139–148. November 27, 1956. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1956.0010 – via CrossRef.
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- ^ https://www.americangeosciences.org/sites/default/files/igc/1056.pdf
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