William Whitaker was a British geologist born May 4, 1836, in London, England, who died January 15, 1925, in Croydon, England, and who is recognized as the father of English hydrogeology, publishing The Geology of London and of Part of the Thames Valley in 1889 and an influential 1867 paper on sub-aerial denudation and on the cliffs and escarpments of the chalk, following water surveying and geological mapping work after earning a chemistry degree from University College, London, in 1855. He worked for the Geological Survey of England, retiring in 1896 but continuing to work as a water engineer, and served as president of both the Geologists Association and the Geological Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1859 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1883, won the Murchison Medal in 1886 and the Prestwich Medal in 1906, and received the Wollaston Medal in 1923.
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Notable WorkThe Geology of London and of Part of the Thames Valley (1889) 1 In the Other Atlases
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His thorough research, wide knowledge, and his numerous publications, especially his book 'The Geology of London and of Part of the Thames Valley' (1889) has led some to call him 'the father of English hydrogeology'.
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