Henry William Burrows

Henry William Burrows
Born	1858
Died	1939
Nationality	English
Occupation(s)	Architect, Amateur Palaeontologist
Known for	Founder of the Malacological Society of London, Contributions to Tertiary fossils
Awards	Honorary Member of the Malacological Society of London (1932)

Henry William Burrows (1858–1939) was an English architect and amateur palaeontologist, who 'devoted his leisure to Tertiary fossils'. Burrows was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1900.[1] He was one of the founders of the Malacological Society of London in 1893, and was elected an honorary member in 1932.[2]

Selected works

• With George Frederick Harris The Eocene and Oligocene beds of the Paris basin. London :University college, E. Stanford,1891.pdf
• Burrows, H. W. & Holland, R. 1897. The foraminifera of the Thanet Beds of Pegwell Bay. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 15, 19–52.

References

1. "GSL/POR/48/34-01 Portrait of Henry William BURROWS". geolsocarchives.org.uk.
2. "Henry William Burrows". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 6 December 1940. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064395.