Identity area
Reference code
Marr/1
Unique identifier
Title
Date(s)
- c.1830-c.1933 (Creation)
Level of description
Subfonds
Extent and medium
6 boxes; paper; photographs.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
BA 1878; Fellow 1881-1933; University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge Department of Geology, 1886-1918; Fellow of the Royal Society 1891; President of Section C (Geology) of the British Association 1896; Woodwardian Professor of Geology, 1917-1930. He served on the Council of the Geological Society for almost forty years, acting as secretary for ten years and Presient from 1904-1906. He was awarded the Lyell Medal in 1900, the Wollaston Medal in 1914, and a Royal Medal in 1930. He also obtained the Sedgwick Prize in 1882. He married Amy Birkett Stubbs (1873-1933) in 1893, and together they had one son, Francis Alleyne Marr (1893-1942).
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Personal papers created or collected by J. E. Marr.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Documents are arranged thematically by type.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- French