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CodePX176
Dates1864-1932
Person NameGregory; John Walter (1864-1932); Assistant in Department of Geology at NHM
SurnameGregory
ForenamesJohn Walter
EpithetAssistant in Department of Geology at NHM
ActivityMuseum Staff: Geology Department; appointed 2nd class assistant 1887; resigned 1900.

1887 appointed assistant 2nd class in Department of Geology. 1891 undertook expeditions to North America and the West Indies. 1892 he was loaned by the museum to participate in an expedition to British East Africa. 1900 he was appointed to the chair of geology at Melbourne University. From 1901 - 1904 he made expeditions into Australia and to New Zealand. He returned to England in 1904 and took up the post of chair of geology at Glasgow University, a post he held until 1929. He became a member of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 1910, Vice-President in 1920 and was awarded its Gold Medal in 1923.
RelationshipsMarried Audrey Ayrton Chaplin, son Christopher Gregory, daughter Ursula Gregory
Catalogue
RefNoTitle
DF/MIN/11/3Expedition to Peru lead by John W Gregory: a catalogue of rocks collected, with newscuttings
DF/PAL/100/47/350Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/126/16Gregory, J W (Gregory Collection)
DF/MIN/1/42/8Gregory, J W G
DF/PAL/100/53/348Gregory J W
DF/ZOO/230/23/304Gregory, John W
DF/TM/1/34/17Correspondence G: Gregory; Gregson; Grevel; Grey
DF/DIR/932/1/51Gregory, John Walter
DF/PAL/100/49/403Gregory J W
DF/PAL/120/6Gregory, J W: report on a visit to the Caribbean islands, March - May 1899
DF/PAL/100/43/172Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/47/353Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/45/355Gregory J W
DF/BOT/400/17/10Correspondence G
DF/PAL/106/29Staff Files: Gregory, J W
DF/MIN/1/68/11Gregory, J W
DF/ZOO/232/6/9/6/13Gregory, J.W.
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/2/86Gregory, J W
DF/PAL/100/34/358Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/34/359Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/41Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/43/173Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/43/174Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/43/175Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/45/356Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/47/354Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/47/355Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/49/404Gregory J W
DF/BOT/400/7/26Gregory, John Walter (Glasgow University)
DF/BOT/404/1/3/78Gregory, John W
DF/PAL/100/61/202Memo re. donation from J W Gregory
DF/PAL/100/61/199Gregory, J W
DF/PAL/100/61/201Gregory, J W
DF/PAL/100/61/200Gregory, J W
DF/PAL/100/61/203Memo re. donation from J W Gregory
DF/PAL/100/59/254Gregory, J W
DF/PAL/100/63/159Gregory, J W
DF/PAL/100/63/158Gregory, J W
DF/BOT/404/3/8Murray, George Robert Milne: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 : copies of correspondence between J W Gregory, Sir E B Poulton, C R Markham and others.
DF/BOT/400/18/20Correspondence Gr
DF/PAL/122/1/1Newton, Richard Bullen: correspondence
DF/PAL/122/1/5Newton, Richard Bullen: correspondence
DF/PAL/100/38/259Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/38/260Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/42Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/43Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/44Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/45Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/46Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/47Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/48Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/49Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/50Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/51Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/41/52Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/43/171Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/43/176Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/43/177Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/43/178Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/43/179Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/43/180Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/45/354Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/45/357Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/45/358Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/47/349Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/47/352Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/47/356Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/49/402Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/49/405Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/49/406Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/53/347Gregory J W
DF/PAL/100/59/253Gregory, J W
DF/PAL/100/63/157Gregory, J W
DF/PAL/122/1/6Newton, Richard Bullen: correspondence
DF/PAL/122/1/4Newton, Richard Bullen: correspondence
DF/PAL/122/1/3Newton, Richard Bullen: correspondence
DF/PAL/120Palaeontology Early Members of Staff: Correspondence and Papers
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