Chapter 15 Early publications (1905–10) and research activity while in Glasgow

Abstract

First a summary and overview of the main activities Gregory undertook in the first five years after arriving in Glasgow is given with minimal references, and then follow, with full references, a detailed examination of his different society and research activities. Without the latter it is hard to appreciate the wide extent of his interests and the intensity of his dedication and productivity. Gregory's life in Glasgow revolved around teaching lectures, practicals, and excursions from October to late March, together with lectures given locally and elsewhere in the UK. In addition, he made visits abroad, usually in the summer, the first of which was to South Africa and Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the summer of 1905, mainly in connection with the British Association (BA) and mining. This was followed by a visit to Norway and Sweden in the summer of 1907 to see the major SE-directed thrust nappes, iron ore and glacial deposits, and in 1908 to Cyrenaica (part of Libya), hitherto closed to geologists, which turned out to be mostly Eocene Limestone. In 1909 he returned to Australia, visiting both Queensland and Western Australia and probably Melbourne, returning to Scotland via the Pacific Ocean, and Canada with stops in British Columbia, central Canada and at the BA meeting in Winnipeg in late August. He also took ‘holiday’ breaks with Audrey in continental Europe. Unfortunately there is no record of the detailed personal incidents that must have taken place during the many travels he undertook both abroad and within the British Isles during his time in Glasgow. Already by 1910 he had marked himself out as a geologist with exceptionally wide experience of seeing rocks in North, South and East Africa, Australia, New Zealand, North America, the West Indies, Britain, Spitzbergen and various parts of continental Europe, at a …