Charles Alfred Matley

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Charles Alfred Matley (1866-?) was a British paleontologist and geologist in India, the British West Indies and Wales.

In the 1930s, Matley was appointed Government Geologist for Jamaica and under his tenure a ground water assessment for the island was prepared. In addition, while on the island he collected one of the most extensive collection of Jamaican fossils.[1]

Matley was awarded the Murchison Medal in 1929 by the Geological Society of London.[2] The standard author abbreviation Matley is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a formal faunal record.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Background Information" Mines and Geology Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Jamaica
  2. ^ "Award Winners: Murchison Medal" The Geological Society of London

[edit] Further reading

  • Donovan, S.K. (1996) "De la Beche, C. A. Matley and the Jamaican 'Palaeozoic'" Contributions to Geology, UWI, Mona 2: pp. 15-19
  • Robinson, E. (1996) "Charles Alfred Matley: his links with mid twentieth century geology in Jamaica" Contributions to Geology, UWI, Mona 2: pp. 20-27

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