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Professor John Edward Marr (1857–1933)

Kenneth Green (1905–1986)

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge

Professor John Edward Marr (1857–1933)

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Department of Earth Sciences and Sedgwick Museum, University of Cambridge

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John Edward Marr was a British geologist, graduating from St John's College, Cambridge with First Class Honours in 1878. Following undergraduate work in the Lake District he travelled to Bohemia to investigate the fossil collection of Joachim Barrande, where his work won him the Sedgwick Prize in 1882. He became University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge Department of Geology in 1886 and held the position for 32 years. In 1917 he he succeeded Thomas McKenny Hughes as Woodwardian Professor of Geology. Having retired as a professor in 1930, he died on 1 October 1933.

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge

Cambridge

Title

Professor John Edward Marr (1857–1933)

Date

1925

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 99.7 x W 113.7 cm

Accession number

198

Acquisition method

gift from former students and other geologists, 1925

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Kenneth Green 1925

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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge

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Kenneth Green

1905–1986

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