Name Index

To

A Chapter on the Budleigh Pebbles

Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol.  IX, (1877), pp. 222-226.

by

W.A.E. Ussher, F.G.S.

Prepared by Michael Steer

The Paper was presented at the Association’s July 1877 Kingsbridge meeting and provides for the genealogist, a treasury of names associated with the early geology of our county. Budleigh Salterton is today well-known by geologists and geomorphologists because of its remarkable Triassic era pebbles. These are formed from hard quartzite, sandstone cemented by silica, and identical to rocks on the coasts of Britany. The article’s author, William Augustus Edmond Ussher, was an eminent geologist of Irish ancestry who joined the Geological Survey at the age of 19 in 1868 and became widely respected for his field mapping skills, retiring in 1909. The Ussher Society, named in his honour, was founded in 1962 to promote the study of geology and geomorphology in southwest England. A short biography is available in Wikipedia. The Paper, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.