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Grenville A. J. Cole

Date of Birth: 21 October 1859

Grenville Arthur James Cole FRS, FGS, MRIA (21 October 1859 – 20 April 1924) was an English geologist. He was from 1890 the Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the Royal College of Science for Ireland, and from 1905 he became the fifth Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland. Cole was born in London, and was the son of John Jenkins Cole (1815–1897) an architect, and Anna Maria Josephine Smith (c.1832-1903). He attended the City of London School and the Royal School of Mines, London, going on to become a demonstrator in geology from 1878 to 1890. Cole married Blanche Vernon in 1896. Blanche's father was J. E. Vernon of Clontarf Castle. They had one son, Vernon. Blanche had been one of his students and she produced fine drawings of his thin section petrography, to illustrate his published papers. From 1896 to 1902, they lived at 3 Dartmouth Square, and later kept two houses, one at 10 Winton Road from 1902 to 1920, and Orohova (later Glenheather), Carrickmines 1902 to 1924. In later life, he suffered from rheumatoid arthritis. He died at his home in Carrickmines on 20 April 1924 and is buried in Dean's Grange Cemetery, Dublin. Source: Wikipedia.org

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