Hughes, Thomas McKenny, 1832-1917 (geologist)
Dates
- Existence: 1832 - 1917
Biography
Thomas McKenny Hughes (1832-1917) was born on 17 December 1832, the eldest child of the Revd Joshua Hughes (1807-1889) and his wife Margaret, daughter and ultimately heiress of Sir Thomas McKenny (1832-1917), Lord Mayor of Dublin. Hughes was educated at Leamington College and the Welsh Educational Institution, Llandovery, before entering Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1853 (B.A., 1857). He joined the Geological Survey in 1861, and was Woodwardian Professor of Geology, Cambridge University, 1873-1917. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889. In November 1882 he married Mary Caroline Weston, daughter of Canon G.F. Weston (1819-1887), Vicar of Crosby Ravensworth, and Caroline Weston (1824-1864). They had three sons, Alfred Weston (1895-1970), George Ravensworth (1888-1983) and Thomas McKenny (1884-1918). Hughes died on 9 June 1917.
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Adam Sedgwick: Letters and Papers
Correspondence: Erasmus Darwin and opals, Apr. 1913-Jun 1914
Letters and related papers re purchase, valuation, disposal and sale of opals by Erasmus Darwin in 1913-1914. Includes a valuation and catalogue of the stones, and letters from Nora Barlow, Kenneth and Clive Cookson, Thomas McKenny Hughes, Frederick Stirling Newall and Margaret Newall, all of whom expressed an interest in acquiring some of the stones.
From Thomas McKenny Hughes to Master of Trinity [copy], 6 Mar. 1873
Papers on controversy between Sedgwick and Beverley have been taken by mistake to Trinity Library; Sedgwick did not wish it to be public; White obtained permission to keep the volume of papers in Trinity Library; it might be better to keep it in the Master's Lodge Library
John Willis Clark: Correspondence to T. McKenny Hughes, Francis Jenkinson, A.T. Bartholomew, and Charles Sayle, 1886-1909
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Karl Alfred von Zittel: Honorary degree; memorial, 1893
Includes letter to J. Peile, signed by T. McKenny Hughes, Alfred Harker, Henry Woods, F.R. Cowper Reed and John Edward Marr, and list of Ziffel's publications
Letter from George Butler to [T. McKenny] Hughes, 5 Feb. 1879
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.
Letter from George Butler to T. McKenny Hughes, 25 Feb. 1879
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.
Letter from J.S. Keltie to T. McKenny Hughes, 28 June 1886
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.
Letter from [Sir] Francis Galton to T. McKenny Hughes, 27 Feb. 1879
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.
Letter from T. McKenny Hughes to unidentified correspondent, 10 Apr. 1886
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.
Letter from the Royal Geographical Society to T. McKenny Hughes, 29 Mar. 1886
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Includes correspondence, verses, notes and miscellaneous papers.
Sir Joseph Prestwich: Letter to T. McKenny Hughes, 1882
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Thomas McKenny Hughes: Draft correspondence to Sir J. Prestwick, 1882
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Thomas McKenny Hughes: family papers
Thomas McKenny Hughes: personal and family papers
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