Croll, James ♂

Education

LL.D. 12.2.1876.

Birth/childhood

Born 2.1.1821 son of David Croll, stonemason, Little Whitefield, Cargill, Perthshire and Janet Ellis.

Career

Apprentice to a wheelwright. Largely self - educated. [Wheelwright]

Keeper of maps, Geological Survey 1867 - 1881 (retired).

Publications on physical geology and climate.

Stellar evolution and its relations to geological time (New York: Appleton & Co., 1889)

etc.

Death

Died Perth 15.12.1890. See also: James Croll in Wikipedia.

Sources

• DNB