Record

Code	PX182
Dates	30 Jun 1901-11 Jan 1985
Person Name	White; Errol Ivor (30 Jun 1901-11 Jan 1985); Dr; Palaeontologist; Keeper of Palaeontology
Surname	White
Forenames	Errol Ivor
Title	Dr
Epithet	Palaeontologist; Keeper of Palaeontology
Activity	Attended Highgate school and Kings College London; graduated 1921 in geology and petrology; Appointed Geology Department: Assistant (fossil fish) 1922;1st class assistant keeper 1934; Deputy Keeper 1938; worked in Reading during the Second World War, in local government; Keeper 1956; elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 1956; president of the Linnean Society 1964-67; appointed CBE 1960; retired 1966; continued to work as a scientific associate of the museum, and also at the University of Reading geology department until 1984 Published over 130 scientific papers, primarily on fossil fish
Relationships	Married Jane Fawcett 1944; 1 son

Catalogue

RefNo	Title	Source
DF/PAL/107/16	Expedition to Spitzbergen by E I White
DF/ADM/1005/101	White, Errol I
DF/PAL/107/153	Report on the accommodation required for the Department of Palaeontology by 1971
DF/PH/2/1/1/10	Staff Photograph: Errol Ivor White studying a specimen, head and shoulders
DF/PH/2/1/1/11	Staff Photograph: Errol Ivor White, seated at desk
DF/PAL/116/57	White, Errol - Articles and correspondence relating to Piltdown
DF/PAL/107/150	Visits to Jordan
DF/PH/3/11/2	Fossil fish gallery: Dioramas presented by Dr E I White
DF/PH/2/1/4/3	Staff Group Photograph: 'The Establishment' (Full Staff Photograph)
DF/PH/2/1/4/2	Staff Group Photograph: 'The Establishment' (Full Staff Photograph)
DF/PAL/126/3/2/3	White, Errol Ivor: Notes on Arthrodires: volume 2
DF/PAL/126/3/2/2	White, Errol Ivor: Notes on Arthrodires: volume 1
DF/PAL/126/3/3	White, Errol Ivor: Research notebook relating to Godman exploration fund grants for Abbey Wood, Herefordshire.
DF/PAL/126/3/2/1	White, Errol Ivor: Notes on Cephalaspis species in the Natural History Museum by Harry Ashley Toombs and Errol Ivor White
DF/PH/2/5/1/6	Staff Group Photograph: Geology Department Staff
DF/PH/2/5/1/1	Staff Group Photograph: Geology Department Staff
DF/ZOO/257/1/21	Totton, Arthur Knyvett: Great Barrier Reef Expedition Report on Madreporaria etc by C S Crossland:photographs selected for publication by A K Totton and E White
DF/PAL/107/148	National Museums of Kenya - L.S.B Leakey - Rusinga Material
DF/PAL/100/186/11	Rochdale Public Libraries and Arts Service
DF/ZOO/232/6/9/14/2	Savin, A.C.
DF/TRU/906/3	Minutes of meetings of the Principal Trustees, with nomination and other papers
DF/PH/2/1/4/4	Staff Group Photograph: 'The Establishment' (Full Staff Photograph)
DF/PH/2/5/1/2	Staff Group Photograph: Palaeontology Department Staff, on steps in front of Main Entrance
DF/PH/2/5/1/3	Staff Group Photograph: Palaeontology Department Staff
RS/1/2	Correspondence of Errol I White
DF/ZOO/238/5/14/2/18	SF14A Dolphin collecting, China seas. W. J. Stuttard Esq.
DF/PH/2/5/1/4	Staff Group Photograph: Geology Department Staff

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