Guy Ellcock Pilgrim

(Henry) Guy Ellcock Pilgrim (Stepney, Barbados, December 24, 1875 – Upton, then in Berkshire, September 15, 1943) was a British geologist and palaeontologist. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India, and made significant contributions to Cenozoic continental stratigraphy and vertebrate palaeontology.[1][2][3]

Biography

Pilgrim was born the son of Henry Ellcock Pilgrim and Beatrice Lucy Wrenford. After studies at the local Harrison College, he attended University College London where he received his Bachelor of Science in 1901 and Doctor of Science in 1908. He was appointed to the Geological Survey of India in 1902 and promoted to superintendent in 1920, a post he held until his retirement in 1930. He spent much of his retirement at the Department of Geology at the British Museum.[1]

Pilgrim explored the geology of Arabia and Persia. He was the first European to visit Trucial Oman and the first geologist to explore Bahrain Island where his discoveries lead to the present oil exploitations there.[1]

Publications
TitleYear
The geology of the Persian gulf and adjoining portions of Persia and Arabia by Pilgrim1908
The fossil Giraffidae of India1911
Fossil mammals, India and Burma1911
The vertebrate fauna of the Gaj series in the Bugti Hills and the Punjab1912
Collected papers1913
New Siwalik primates and their bearing on the question of the evolution of man and the anthropoidea1915
The geology of parts of the Persian provinces of Fars, Kirman, and Laristan1925
The Perissodactyla of the Eocene of Burma1926
The fossil Suidae of India1926
The fossil Carnivora of India1927
Geological map of the Simla Hills1927
A Sivapithecus palate and other primate fossils from India1927
Catalogue of the Pontian Bovidae of Europe in the Department of Geology1928
The structure and correlation of the Simla rocks1928
The Artiodactyla of the Eocene of Burma1928
Catalogue of the Pontian Carnivora of Europe in the Department of Geology by British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology1931
A fossil skunk from Samos1933
Two new species of sheep-like antelope from the Miocene of Mongolia1934
Correlation of ossiferous sections in the Upper Cenozoic of India1934
Siwalik antelopes and oxen in the American Museum of Natural History1937
The fossil Bovidae of India1939
Die schraubenhörnige Antilope des europäischen Oberpliocaens und ihre systematische Stellung1939

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References
  1. Lewis, G. E. (1944). "Obituary. Guy E. Pilgrim, 1875-1943". American Journal of Science. 242 (2): 105–6. doi:10.2475/ajs.242.2.105.
  2. Forster-Cooper, C.; Hopwood, A. T.; Fermor, L. L. (1944). "Guy Ellcock Pilgrim 1875-1943". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 4 (13): 577. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1944.0009. S2CID 140731655.
  3. "Chrono-Biographical Sketch: Guy E. Pilgrim". Charles H. Smith. 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  4. "Pilgrim, Guy Ellcock". OCLC Classify. Retrieved 1 June 2013.


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