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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Sir Aubrey Strahan</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:PSM_V65_D570_Aubrey_Strahan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/PSM_V65_D570_Aubrey_Strahan.png/220px-PSM_V65_D570_Aubrey_Strahan.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="333" class="mw-file-element" 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scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Geologist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years&#160;active</th><td class="infobox-data">1875–1920</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employer</th><td class="infobox-data org">Geological Survey</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable work</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Geological surveying of the South Wales coalfields</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data title">Fellow of the Royal Society</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data">Wollaston Medal</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Aubrey Strahan</b> <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire">KBE</a> FRS (20 April 1852 – 4 March 1928) was a British geologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-eminent_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eminent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was Director of the <a href="/wiki/Geological_Survey_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Geological Survey of Great Britain">Geological Survey of Great Britain</a> from 1914–1920.<sup id="cite_ref-obituary_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obituary-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He won the <a href="/wiki/Wollaston_Medal" title="Wollaston Medal">Wollaston Medal</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Geological_Society_of_London" title="Geological Society of London">Geological Society of London</a> in 1919. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aubrey_Strahan&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Aubrey Strahan was born on 20 April 1852 in London. He was the fifth son of William Strahan and Anne Dorothea Strahan. He was raised at Blackmore Hall, near <a href="/wiki/Sidmouth" title="Sidmouth">Sidmouth</a>, until he went to <a href="/wiki/Eton_College" title="Eton College">Eton</a> at the age of 13. He then went to <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_College,_Cambridge" title="St John&#39;s College, Cambridge">St John's College, Cambridge</a> (his father's college) in 1870. In May 1875 (the year of his graduation) he was employed in a temporary capacity by the <a href="/wiki/British_Geological_Survey" title="British Geological Survey">Geological Survey</a>, then headed by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Ramsay_(geologist)" title="Andrew Ramsay (geologist)">Andrew Ramsay</a>, as an assistant geologist. He was to remain with the Survey for the rest of his professional life.<sup id="cite_ref-eminent_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eminent-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-obituary_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obituary-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>He married Fannie Roscoe in 1886. At this time he was mostly working in the south of England, but in 1901 became District Geologist with responsibility for South Wales. He was elected Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society" title="Royal Society">Royal Society</a> in 1903, became President of the Geology Section of the <a href="/wiki/British_Science_Association" title="British Science Association">British Association</a> in 1904, and was President of the <a href="/wiki/Geological_Society_of_London" title="Geological Society of London">Geological Society of London</a> in 1913 and 1914. He was Director of the Survey from 1914 until his retirement in 1920. He lived in <a href="/wiki/Goring-on-Thames" title="Goring-on-Thames">Goring-on-Thames</a> until his death there in 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-obituary_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obituary-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aubrey_Strahan&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Strahan_Geological_Map_Ingleborough_1910.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Strahan_Geological_Map_Ingleborough_1910.jpg/220px-Strahan_Geological_Map_Ingleborough_1910.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="348" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Strahan_Geological_Map_Ingleborough_1910.jpg/330px-Strahan_Geological_Map_Ingleborough_1910.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Strahan_Geological_Map_Ingleborough_1910.jpg/440px-Strahan_Geological_Map_Ingleborough_1910.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2430" data-file-height="3840" /></a><figcaption>Geological map of Ingleborough and district, in North Yorkshire, showing the great scar limestone to the NE of the Craven fault, and the coal measures to the SW. From Strahan (1910)</figcaption></figure><p>During his long career Strahan contributed to over 30 memoirs of the Geological Survey, these mostly being detailed descriptions and explanations of the areas covered by individual sheets of the Geological Map. He also published many papers in academic journals. The work for which he is best known is the extensive series of surveys of the <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_coalfield" class="mw-redirect" title="South Wales coalfield">South Wales coalfield</a>. He was always attracted by the economic aspects of the study of geology, and this is well-reflected in the coalfield work.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was known for the high quality of his mapping work.<sup id="cite_ref-obituary_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obituary-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>His appointment as Director of the Survey coincided with the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, and he was responsible for adapting the survey to meet wartime needs. These included preparation of maps for the war zones (particularly relevant for areas of <a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">trench warfare</a>); provision of staff, as geologists were needed in the field; and exploiting mineral resources for the raw materials and energy sources needed for war production.<sup id="cite_ref-obituary_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obituary-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This work became the basis for a series of reports entitled <i>Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain</i>, the first of which appeared in 1915<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aubrey_Strahan&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-eminent-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-eminent_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eminent_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/StrahanBio1915Geologicalmagazi621915wood">"Eminent Living Geologists: Aubrey Strahan"</a>. <i>Geological Magazine</i>. New Series, Decade VI, Vol II (V): 193–198. 1915. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs0016756800177702">10.1017/s0016756800177702</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:129954196">129954196</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Geological+Magazine&amp;rft.atitle=Eminent+Living+Geologists%3A+Aubrey+Strahan&amp;rft.volume=New+Series%2C+Decade+VI%2C+Vol+II&amp;rft.issue=V&amp;rft.pages=193-198&amp;rft.date=1915&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2Fs0016756800177702&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A129954196%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FStrahanBio1915Geologicalmagazi621915wood&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA1691">"Strahan, Aubrey"</a>. <i>Who's Who</i>. Vol.&#160;59. 1907. p.&#160;1691.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Who%27s+Who&amp;rft.atitle=Strahan%2C+Aubrey&amp;rft.volume=59&amp;rft.pages=1691&amp;rft.date=1907&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DyEcuAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA1691&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-obituary-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-obituary_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obituary_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obituary_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obituary_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obituary_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFlett1928" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_Flett_(geologist)" title="John Flett (geologist)">Flett, J.S.</a> (1928). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frspb.1928.0057">"Sir Aubrey Strahan 1852–1928"</a>. <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B</i>. <b>103</b>: xvi–xx. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frspb.1928.0057">10.1098/rspb.1928.0057</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/81326">81326</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Proceedings+of+the+Royal+Society+B&amp;rft.atitle=Sir+Aubrey+Strahan+1852%E2%80%931928&amp;rft.volume=103&amp;rft.pages=xvi-xx&amp;rft.date=1928&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1098%2Frspb.1928.0057&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F81326%23id-name%3DJSTOR&amp;rft.aulast=Flett&amp;rft.aufirst=J.S.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1098%252Frspb.1928.0057&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Flett, J S "One Hundred Years of the Geological Survey of Great Britain" (London: HMSO, 1937)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See in particular the 1904 memoirs on South Wales listed below, and the 1908 work on <a href="/wiki/Anthracite" title="Anthracite">anthracite</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Strahan (1917)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDeweyDines1915" class="citation book cs1">Dewey, Henry; Dines, H.G. (1915). <i>Special reports on the mineral resources of Great Britain. Vol I – Tungsten and the Manganese ores</i>. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Special+reports+on+the+mineral+resources+of+Great+Britain.+Vol+I+%E2%80%93+Tungsten+and+the+Manganese+ores.&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1915&amp;rft.aulast=Dewey&amp;rft.aufirst=Henry&amp;rft.au=Dines%2C+H.G.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span> Full text of 3rd Edition (1923) available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924004552042">Archive.org </a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_publications">Selected publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aubrey_Strahan&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Selected publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUssherJukes-BrowneStrahan1888" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Edmond_Ussher" title="William Augustus Edmond Ussher">Ussher, W.A.E.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Alfred_John_Jukes-Browne" title="Alfred John Jukes-Browne">Jukes-Browne, A.J.</a>; Strahan, Aubrey (1888). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924004552042"><i>The geology of the country around Lincoln. (Explanation of sheet 83)</i></a>. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+geology+of+the+country+around+Lincoln.+%28Explanation+of+sheet+83%29.&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1888&amp;rft.aulast=Ussher&amp;rft.aufirst=W.A.E.&amp;rft.au=Jukes-Browne%2C+A.J.&amp;rft.au=Strahan%2C+Aubrey&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcu31924004552042&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDakynsTiddemanGunnStrahan1890" class="citation book cs1">Dakyns, J.R.; <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hill_Tiddeman" title="Richard Hill Tiddeman">Tiddeman, R.H.</a>; Gunn, W.; Strahan, Aubrey (1890). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924004543363"><i>The geology of the country around Ingleborough, with parts of Wensleydale and Wharfedale. (Explanation of quarter-sheet 97 S. W., new series, sheet 50)</i></a>. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+geology+of+the+country+around+Ingleborough%2C+with+parts+of+Wensleydale+and+Wharfedale.+%28Explanation+of+quarter-sheet+97+S.+W.%2C+new+series%2C+sheet+50%29.&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1890&amp;rft.aulast=Dakyns&amp;rft.aufirst=J.R.&amp;rft.au=Tiddeman%2C+R.H.&amp;rft.au=Gunn%2C+W.&amp;rft.au=Strahan%2C+Aubrey&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcu31924004543363&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrahanWalker1891" class="citation journal cs1">Strahan, Aubrey; Walker, Alfred O. (1891). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Strahan1879Quarterlyjourna351879geol">"On the Occurrence of Pebbles with Upper Ludlow Fossils in the Lower Carboniferous Conglomerates of North Wales"</a>. <i>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London</i>. <b>35</b> (1–4): 268–274. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1144%2FGSL.JGS.1879.035.01-04.13">10.1144/GSL.JGS.1879.035.01-04.13</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:128490420">128490420</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Quarterly+Journal+of+the+Geological+Society+of+London&amp;rft.atitle=On+the+Occurrence+of+Pebbles+with+Upper+Ludlow+Fossils+in+the+Lower+Carboniferous+Conglomerates+of+North+Wales&amp;rft.volume=35&amp;rft.issue=1%E2%80%934&amp;rft.pages=268-274&amp;rft.date=1891&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1144%2FGSL.JGS.1879.035.01-04.13&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A128490420%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft.aulast=Strahan&amp;rft.aufirst=Aubrey&amp;rft.au=Walker%2C+Alfred+O.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FStrahan1879Quarterlyjourna351879geol&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrahan1891" class="citation book cs1">Strahan, Aubrey (1891). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924004553446/page/n4"><i>The geology of the neighbourhoods of Flint, Mold, and Ruthin. (Explanation of quarter-sheet 79 S.E.)</i></a>. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+geology+of+the+neighbourhoods+of+Flint%2C+Mold%2C+and+Ruthin.+%28Explanation+of+quarter-sheet+79+S.E.%29.&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1891&amp;rft.aulast=Strahan&amp;rft.aufirst=Aubrey&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcu31924004553446%2Fpage%2Fn4&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDakynsTiddemanRussellClough1891" class="citation book cs1">Dakyns, J.R.; Tiddeman, R.H.; Russell, R.; <a href="/wiki/Charles_Clough_(geologist)" title="Charles Clough (geologist)">Clough, C.T.</a>; Strahan, Aubrey (1891). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924004543389"><i>The geology of the country around Mallerstang, with parts of Wensleydale, Swaledale, and Arkendale. (Explanation of quarter-sheet 97 N. W., new series, sheet 40)</i></a>. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+geology+of+the+country+around+Mallerstang%2C+with+parts+of+Wensleydale%2C+Swaledale%2C+and+Arkendale.+%28Explanation+of+quarter-sheet+97+N.+W.%2C+new+series%2C+sheet+40%29&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1891&amp;rft.aulast=Dakyns&amp;rft.aufirst=J.R.&amp;rft.au=Tiddeman%2C+R.H.&amp;rft.au=Russell%2C+R.&amp;rft.au=Clough%2C+C.T.&amp;rft.au=Strahan%2C+Aubrey&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcu31924004543389&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrahan1895" class="citation book cs1">Strahan, Aubrey (1895). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924004553396"><i>The geology of the coasts adjoining Rhyl, Abergele, and Colwyn, (explanation of quarter-sheet 79 N. W.)</i></a>. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+geology+of+the+coasts+adjoining+Rhyl%2C+Abergele%2C+and+Colwyn%2C+%28explanation+of+quarter-sheet+79+N.+W.%29.&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1895&amp;rft.aulast=Strahan&amp;rft.aufirst=Aubrey&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcu31924004553396&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrahan1898" class="citation book cs1">Strahan, Aubrey (1898). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/geologyislepurb00stragoog"><i>The Geology of the Isle of Purbeck and Weymouth</i></a>. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Geology+of+the+Isle+of+Purbeck+and+Weymouth&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1898&amp;rft.aulast=Strahan&amp;rft.aufirst=Aubrey&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgeologyislepurb00stragoog&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrahan1902" class="citation journal cs1">Strahan, Aubrey (1902). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Strahan1919Quarterlyjourna581902geol">"On the Origin of the River-System of South Wales, and its Connection with that of the Severn and the Thames"</a>. <i>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London</i>. <b>58</b> (1–4): 207–225. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1144%2Fgsl.jgs.1902.058.01-04.16">10.1144/gsl.jgs.1902.058.01-04.16</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:140196029">140196029</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Quarterly+Journal+of+the+Geological+Society+of+London&amp;rft.atitle=On+the+Origin+of+the+River-System+of+South+Wales%2C+and+its+Connection+with+that+of+the+Severn+and+the+Thames&amp;rft.volume=58&amp;rft.issue=1%E2%80%934&amp;rft.pages=207-225&amp;rft.date=1902&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1144%2Fgsl.jgs.1902.058.01-04.16&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A140196029%23id-name%3DS2CID&amp;rft.aulast=Strahan&amp;rft.aufirst=Aubrey&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FStrahan1919Quarterlyjourna581902geol&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrahanGibsonCantrill1904" class="citation book cs1">Strahan, Aubrey; Gibson, Walcot; Cantrill, T. C. (1904). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/geologysouthwal01britgoog"><i>The geology of the South Wales coal-field. Part V The country around Merthyr Tydfil. Being an account of the area comprised in sheet 231 of the map</i></a>. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+geology+of+the+South+Wales+coal-field.+Part+V+The+country+around+Merthyr+Tydfil.+Being+an+account+of+the+area+comprised+in+sheet+231+of+the+map.&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1904&amp;rft.aulast=Strahan&amp;rft.aufirst=Aubrey&amp;rft.au=Gibson%2C+Walcot&amp;rft.au=Cantrill%2C+T.+C.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgeologysouthwal01britgoog&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrahanCantrill1904" class="citation book cs1">Strahan, Aubrey; Cantrill, T. C. (1904). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/geologysouthwal00britgoog"><i>The geology of the South Wales coal-field. Part VI The country around Bridgend. Being an account of the area comprised in sheets 261, 262 of the map</i></a>. Memoirs of the Geological Survey. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+geology+of+the+South+Wales+coal-field.+Part+VI+The+country+around+Bridgend.+Being+an+account+of+the+area+comprised+in+sheets+261%2C+262+of+the+map.&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1904&amp;rft.aulast=Strahan&amp;rft.aufirst=Aubrey&amp;rft.au=Cantrill%2C+T.+C.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgeologysouthwal00britgoog&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrahanPollard1908" class="citation book cs1">Strahan, Aubrey; Pollard, William (1908). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/coalssouthwales00radlgoog"><i>The Coals of South Wales: With Special Reference to the Origin and Distribution of Anthracite</i></a>. 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London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Coals+of+South+Wales%3A+With+Special+Reference+to+the+Origin+and+Distribution+of+Anthracite&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1908&amp;rft.aulast=Strahan&amp;rft.aufirst=Aubrey&amp;rft.au=Pollard%2C+William&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcoalssouthwales00radlgoog&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrahan1910" class="citation book cs1">Strahan, Aubrey (1910). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/GeologicalModelIngleborough1910Images"><i>Guide to the Geological Model of Ingleborough and District</i></a>. 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London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Guide+to+the+Geological+Model+of+Ingleborough+and+District.&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1910&amp;rft.aulast=Strahan&amp;rft.aufirst=Aubrey&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FGeologicalModelIngleborough1910Images&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrahan1916" class="citation book cs1">Strahan, Aubrey (1916). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924004553495"><i>On the thicknesses of strata in the counties of England and Wales, exclusive of rocks older than the Permian</i></a>. 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London: His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=On+the+thicknesses+of+strata+in+the+counties+of+England+and+Wales%2C+exclusive+of+rocks+older+than+the+Permian.&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.series=Memoirs+of+the+Geological+Survey&amp;rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office+%28HMSO%29&amp;rft.date=1916&amp;rft.aulast=Strahan&amp;rft.aufirst=Aubrey&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcu31924004553495&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAubrey+Strahan" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStrahan1917" class="citation journal cs1">Strahan, Aubrey (1917). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Strahan1917Geologicalmagazi641917wood">"Geology at the Seat of War"</a>. <i>Geological Magazine</i>. <b>4</b> (2): 68–74. <a 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