Abstract
David Mills died at Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, on the 31st of August, 2000, at the age of 67. He was born at Church Stretton, Shropshire, and attended Shrewsbury School before studying geology at the University of Nottingham. On graduating in 1957, he joined the Geological Survey and was assigned to work in north-east England. There he began a long association with geological maps and with their practical applications. His first geological mapping was in the valley of the River Irthing, in the north-eastern corner of the Bewcastle Geological Sheet (12). Soon, as an alternative to losing him to National Service, the Survey transferred him to work of more immediate economic significance in the Durham Coalfield (Sheet 32, Barnard Castle). When this work was completed, he was transferred once more, to the newly formed North Wales Unit where he contributed to the Denbigh and Rhyl sheets. For a brief period, 1965-1966, he was seconded to the Ministry of Technology, at their regional office in Leeds. Following this, he was back in …
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