Thomas Belt (1832–78)

Geologist, naturalist, and mining engineer. Member of Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club. Joined the Australian gold rush in 1852, and studied geology. Returned to England in 1862 and established himself as a consultant mining engineer; worked in Nova Scotia, Wales, Nicaragua (1868–72), Siberia and southern Russia, and the United States. Fellow of the Geological Society of London.