William Topley ( 1841 - 1894 )

Birth: Greenwich, London, England (13 March 1841) Death: Croydon, Surrey (30 September 1894) Research Field: Geology Education: Royal School of Mines (1858) Career: Assistant Geologist, Geological Survey of United Kingdom; studied Kent, Sussex and the carboniferous district of Northumberland; published maps and memoirs of the Geological Survey, Jermyn Street, London; died of a fever apparently contracted by drinking infected water in Algiers Memberships: FGS; AICE Membership: Fellow Election Date: 7/06/1888.