Record

CodePX579
Dates1862-1936
Person NamePrior; George Thurland (1862-1936); Mineralogist; Keeper of Mineralogy
SurnamePrior
ForenamesGeorge Thurland
EpithetMineralogist; Keeper of Mineralogy
ActivityMuseum Staff: Appointed 2nd class attendant in Department of Mineralogy 1887; 1st class assistant 1902; Keeper 1909; retired 1927.
Rocks and meteorites.
Undertook high-quality analyses of meteortites and formulated rules on the relationship between nickel content and the amount and oxidation state of iron. Developed analytical techniques for separating the mineral phases of meteorites from each other. Published a catalogue of meteorites (1923), this catalogue, re-issued and edited several times, eventually became the 'World List'.
Catalogue
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DF/MIN/19/4Chemical analyses and laboratory notes by G T Prior 
DF/MIN/20/12/19Prior, George Thurland: Letter register, 1914-1922 
DF/MIN/20/12/22Prior, George Thurland: 'Weight of each specimen in the British Museum collection of meteorites on January 1st 1905 
DF/MIN/12/24Contents of drawers in Mr Prior's room, many since transferred to the pavilion 
DF/MIN/18/4Prior, George T 
DF/MIN/20/12/20Prior, George Thurland: 'Notes on rock collections', 1899-1907 
DF/MIN/20/12/18Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum 
DF/BOT/404/1/6/38Prior, George 
DF/MIN/20/12/21Prior, George Thurland: Notes on Antarctic rocks from the Discovery collection 
DF/MIN/20/12Prior, George Thurland: Papers 
DF/MIN/20/12/4Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1887-1888 
DF/MIN/20/12/1Prior, George Thurland: Personal diary covering his third year at Oxford, 1883 
DF/MIN/19/5Laboratory work on meteorites by T J Ryley, G T Prior and A F J May 
DF/MIN/20/12/17Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum 
DF/MIN/12/20Drafts, notes and memoranda by George T Prior for a geological display in Central Hall, with some later papers of Walter Campbell Smith 
DF/MIN/20/12/3Prior, George Thurland: Personal diary covering years at the Museum, 1888-1892 
DF/MIN/20/11/28Miers, Henry Alexander: Poem written on the occasion of his fall from a balloon on 27 August 1888, Addressed to Dr Prior 
DF/MIN/1/86/30Vincent, A (daughter of Prior, G T) 
DF/MIN/20/35/40Letterbook  
DF/PAL/100/62/6Nicholas, R E 
DF/PAL/100/62/153Taylor, W 
DF/MIN/10/3/2Notes on mineral localities by Lazarus Fletcher, George T Prior and Leonard J Spencer 
DF/DIR/946/3/1/2Fletcher, Lazarus: copies of letters and obituaries 
DF/PH/2/4/2Staff Group Photograph: Mineralogy Department 
DF/MIN/16/3Report to Trustees on the work of the Department by George T Prior, being a supplement to Fletcher's report of 1908 
DF/PH/2/4/1Staff Group Photograph: Mineralogy Department 
DF/PH/2/1/4/2Staff Group Photograph: 'The Establishment' (Full Staff Photograph) 
DF/MIN/20/12/16Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1905-1907 
DF/MIN/20/12/15Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1904-1905 
DF/MIN/20/12/2Prior, George Thurland: Personal diary, covering time at Oxford and his first year the the Museum, 1884-1888 
DF/MIN/20/12/5Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1888-1889 
DF/MIN/20/12/6Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1890-1891 
DF/MIN/20/12/7Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1892-1893 
DF/MIN/20/12/8Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1894-1895 
DF/MIN/20/12/9Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1896 
DF/MIN/20/12/10Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1896-1897 
DF/MIN/20/12/11Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1897-1898 
DF/MIN/20/12/12Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1899-1900 
DF/MIN/20/12/13Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1900-1901 
DF/MIN/20/12/14Prior, George Thurland: Official diary recording daily duties in the Museum, 1902-1903 
DF/MIN/20/12/23Prior, George Thurland: 'Meteorite collection. Change of weight book', includes details of exchanges, 1905-1928 
DF/MIN/3/2/2Heredia, Costa Rica 
DF/MIN/10/3/3Notes on mineral localities by Henry A Miers, George T Prior, Leonard J Spencer and Jessie May Sweet 
DF/MIN/16/4Draft reports for the Sub-Committee for Geology and Mineralogy on the work of the Department, by George T Prior 
DF/MIN/18/7Staff Reports to Trustees 
DF/MIN/20/35/84National Antarctic Expedition: photographs by Hartley Travers Ferrar, with lists of illustrations and an index to his report by George T Prior 
DF/TRU/906/1Minutes of meetings of the Principal Trustees, with nomination and other papers 
DF/PH/2/1/4/1Staff Group Photograph: 'The Establishment' (Full Staff Photograph) 
DF/PH/2/1/4/4Staff Group Photograph: 'The Establishment' (Full Staff Photograph) 
DF/MIN/20/12/24Prior, George Thurland: Mineralogical Society: printed papers relating to the jubilee celebrations 
DF/ADM/1000/99Reports and letters 1914 
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