Robert Etheridge ( 1819 - 1903 )

Birth: Ross, Herefordshire, England (03 December 1819) Death: Chelsea, London (18 December 1903) Burial: Brompton cemetery, Kent Research Field: Botany, palaeontology Education: Bristol Career: In business; Curator of the museum of the Bristol Philosophical Institution (1850); Lecturer in Botany, Bristol Medical School; Assistant Palaeontologist (1857), then Palaeontologist (1863), Geological Survey of Great Britain; Demonstrator upon Palaeontology, Royal School of Mines; Assistant Keeper of Geology, Natural History Museum (1881-1891); listed 18,000 British fossils Memberships: FRSE; FGS (President 1880-1882) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 8/06/1871.