Edinburgh Geological Society : Clough Memorial Medal and Fund

Abstract

THE Clough Memorial Medal for the years 1941-1942 has been presented to Mr. James L. Begg, of Mount Vernon, Glasgow, for his outstanding contributions to Scottish palaeontology. He has worked for many years on the Ordovician rocks of Southern Scotland and has discovered more than a hundred new species of trilobites, mollusca, brachiopods, and other organisms, many of which belong to new genera. The majority of the specimens have been obtained from the classical sections of the Girvan region. Mr. Begg, who is a past president of the Geological Society of Glasgow, has also served as its honorary treasurer for the past twenty-five years.