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David Thomas Ansted (5 February 1814 – 13 May 1880) was an English geologist and author. == Youth, education == Ansted was born in London on 5 February 1814. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and after taking his degree of MA in 1839 was elected to a fellowship of the college. Inspired by the teachings of Adam Sedgwick, his attention was given to geology,〔 and he was a respected geologist by age 30. () In 1840, he was elected professor of geology in King's College London, a post which he held until 1853. From 1845, he was also a lecturer at the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe, and professor of geology at the College for Civil Engineers at Putney.〔 He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1844, and from that date until 1847 he was vice-secretary of the Geological Society. The practical side of geology now came to occupy his attention and he visited various parts of Europe as a consulting geologist and mining engineer.〔 In 1870 he was awarded a Telford Medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers for his paper 'On the Lagoons and Marshes of certain parts of the Shores of the Mediterranean' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David T. Ansted」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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