Sidney Hugh Reynolds DSc, FGS (18 December 1867 – 20 August 1949) was an English geologist, paleontologist, and zoologist who was born in Brighton.[1][2] He died in Clifton, Bristol, aged 81 leaving behind a widow and a daughter.[3]

Education and career

Reynolds was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received B.A. (Nat. Sci. Tripos, Pt I, 1st Class) 1889; (Pt II, 1st Class, 1890); M.A. 1894; Sc.D. 1913.[2] He was acting professor of zoology at Madras Christian College in 1891–1892 and in 1897–1898.[4] He taught Geology and Zoology at the University of Bristol in 1894 where he became an assistant professor in 1899 and then a professor in 1900.[2][3] In 1910 he was appointed the chair of geology, a position held until he retired as professor emeritus in 1933. an assistant professor of zoology and geology from 1899 to 1900, a professor of zoology and geology from 1900 to 1910, and a professor of geology from 1910 to 1933, when he retired as professor emeritus.[2][3] Following his retirement as a professor, Reynolds went on to become the curator of the Stroud District Cowle Museum.[1]

Selected publications

  • A Geological Excursion Handbook for the Bristol District. Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith. 1912.
  • The Vertebrate Skeleton. Cambridge University Press. 1897.
  • British Pleistocene Mammalia. Collected Monographs, 1906, 1909, 1911, etc. London: The Palaeontographical Society.

Photography

  • Photographs by Reynolds are held in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and are currently being digitised.[5] 
  • He catalogued 5 photograph albums of the Orient and France, 1880-1925 for Bristol University Special Collections.[6]
  • Reynolds sat for a half-plate nitrate negative by Lafayette in 1929.[7]

Awards

Reynolds was the president of Section "G" of the British Association in 1926.[2] He was awarded the Lyell Medal in 1928. (In the same year William Dickson Lang was also awarded the Lyell Medal for work done independently.)

References

  1. 1 2 Johanson, Z.; Barrett P.M.; Richter, M.; Smith, M., eds. (2016). Arthur Smith Woodward: His Life and Influence on Modern Vertebrate Paeolontology. Special Publication 430. Geological Society, London. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-86239-741-5; 362 pages; hbk{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Reynolds, Sidney Hugh (RNLS886SH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. 1 2 3 Trueman, A.E (1949). "Prof. S. H. Reynolds" (PDF). Nature. 164 (4168): 473–474. doi:10.1038/164473b0. S2CID 4068317.
  4. ↑ "Reynolds, Sidney Hugh". Who's Who: 2065. 1919.
  5. ↑ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. ↑ National Archives. "photograph albums (5) the Orient and France". Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sidney Hugh Reynolds - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2021.


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