- John Hailstone
John Hailstone (1759–1847), geologist, born near
London on 13 Dec. 1759, was placed at an early age under the care of a maternal uncle atYork , and was sent to Beverley school in the East Riding.Samuel Hailstone was a younger brother. John went to Cambridge, entering first at Catharine Hall, and afterwards at Trinity College, and wassecond wrangler of his year (1782). He was elected fellow of Trinity in 1784, and four years later becameWoodwardian Professor of Geology , an office which he held for thirty years.He went to
Germany , and studied geology under Werner at Freiburg for about twelve months. On his return to Cambridge he devoted himself to the study and collection of geological specimens, but did not deliver any lectures. He published, however, in 1792, ‘"A Plan of a course of lectures".’ The museum was considerably enriched by him. He married, and retired to the vicarage of Trumpington, near Cambridge, in 1818, and worked zealously for the education of the poor of his parish. He devoted much attention tochemistry andmineralogy , as well as to his favourite science, and kept for many years ameteorological diary. He made additions to theWoodwardian Museum , and left manuscript journals of his travels at home and abroad, and much correspondence on geological subjects. He was elected to theLinnean Society in 1800, and to theRoyal Society in 1801, and was one of the original members of the Geological Society. Hailstone contributed papers to the ‘"Transactions of the Geological Society"’ (1816, iii. 243–50), the ‘"Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society"’ (1822, i. 453–8), and theBritish Association (Report, 1834, p. 569). He died at Trumpington on 9 June 1847, in his eighty-eighth year.Hailstone, John (1759–1847), geologist, by H. R. Tedder,Dictionary of National Biography , Published 1890]References
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