Edmund Johnston Garwood


Edmund Johnston Garwood was a British geologist and President of the Geological Society of London from 1930 to 1932.
He was born in Bridlington and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1886. In 1899 he accompanied D.W. Freshfield on an expedition to Kanchenjunga and wrote an account of the local geology.
In 1901 he was appointed Yates-Goldsmid Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at London University, a position he held until his retirement in 1931.
In 1913-14, Garwood was elected as the President of the Geographical Association.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1914. His candidature citation read:
Yates-Goldsmild Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the University of London. Author of: - 'Origin of the Concretions in the Magnesian Limestone' ; 'The Geology of Northumberland – County History of Northumberland' ; 'Contributions to the Glacial Geology of Spitzbergen' ; 'Addition Notes on the Glacial Phenomena of Spitzbergen' ; 'Notes on a Map of the Glacier of Kargchenjunga' ; 'Hanging Valleys in the Alps and Himalayas' ; 'The Geological Structure and Physical Features of Sikkim' ; 'The Tarns of the Canton Ticino' ; 'The Faunal Succession in the Carboniferous Limestone of Westmorland' ; 'The Geology of Tynemouth Parish – County History of Northumberland' ; 'Note on a new Sounding Machine for use on Lakes and Rivers without a Boat' ; The Geology of Northlumberland and Durham' ; 'The Lower Carboniferous Succession in the North-West of England'.