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Jukes, Joseph Beete.
Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, May 15, 1830;
re-adm. pens. May 19, 1832.
[Only] s. of John, Esq., of St Martin's, Birmingham [ Warwickshire ] [manufacturer] [and Sophia]. B. Oct. 10, 1811, at Birmingham [ Warwickshire ].
Schools [Wolverhampton [ Staffordshire ] and] King Edward VI's School, Birmingham [ Warwickshire ].
Matric. Michs. 1830;
B.A. 1836;
M.A. 1841.
F.G.S.;
F.R.S., 1853.
Devoted himself to the study of geology, going for walking-tours with hammer and fossil-bag, and giving lectures in towns of the Midlands and North [ England ].
Geological Surveyor of Newfoundland [ Canada ], 1839-40.
Appointed Naturalist to the expedition for surveying the North-East coast of Australia in H.M.S. Fly, 1842-6; his collections were sent to the British Museum.
Joined staff of the Geological Survey, 1846.
Sent to North Wales and worked there or in Staffordshire until 1850.
Director of the Irish branch of the Survey, 1850-69.
Lecturer on Geology at the Royal College of Science, 1854.
Member of the Royal Commission to inquire into the resources of the coal-fields, 1866.
Married, 1849, Miss - Meredith, of Harborne [ Warwickshire ].
Author, Excursions in Newfoundland; Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Fly; Sketch of the Physical Structure of Australia, etc.
Died July 29, 1869, in Dublin [ Ireland ], as the result of a fall. Buried at Selly Oak, near Birmingham [ Warwickshire ].
( Wolverhampton Gr. Sch. Reg.; Boase, II. 154; Boase, Biblio. Cornub ., I. 280; D.N.B. )
Joseph Beete JUKES
Approx. lifespan: 1811–1869
sizar St John's College adm1830:05:15
pens. re-adm1832:05:19
Only s. of John, Esq., of St Martin's Birmingham, [Warwickshire], [and Sophia].
b. Birmingham, [Warwickshire], 1811:10:10
Sch: Wolverhampton School Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire],
and] King Edward
Sch: VI's School ((pl) )) Birmingham, [Warwickshire],
Matric 1830:10MT:
BA 1836
MA 1841
F.G.S.;
FRS 1853
Devoted himself to the study of Geology, going for walking-tours with hammer and fossil-bag, and giving lectures in towns of the Midlands and North [England].
Geological Surveyor of Newfoundland , [Canada], 1839-40
Appointed Naturalist to the expedition for surveying the North-East coast, of Australia , in H.M.S. Fly 1842-46
his collections were sent to British Museum
Joined staff: of Geological Survey 1846
Sent to North , Wales [-cu] and worked there or Staffordshire , until1850
Director: of Irish branch of the Survey 1850-69
Lecturer: on Geology at the Royal College of Science 1854
Member of: the Royal Commission to inquire into the resources of the coal-fields 1866
m. 1849,Miss - Meredith, of Harborne, [Warwickshire],
Publ.: Excursions in Newfoundland; Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Fly; Sketch of the Physical Structure of Australia etc.
d. 1869:07:29 in Dublin, [Ireland], , as the result of a fall.
bur. Selly Oak, near Birmingham, [Warwickshire],
( Wolverhampton Gr. School Reg.; Boase, II. 154; Boase, Biblio. Cornub ., I. 280; D.N.B. )

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