Charles Lapworth FRS FGS was a headteacher and an English geologist who pioneered faunal analysis using index fossils and identified the Ordovician period.
Charles Lapworth
His school in Galashiels in 2021
Madras College plaque
Geological Society of London
The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe, with more than 12,000 Fellows.
Geological Society of London
The Geological Society offices in Burlington House, Piccadilly, London