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James Eccles FGS (1838 – 6 June 1915) was an English mountaineer and geologist who is noted for making a number of first ascents in the Alps during the silver age of alpinism. ==Life== Eccles was born in Blackburn in 1838, the eldest son of Edward Eccles of Liverpool.〔(''Newsletter of the Geological Curators Group'', 2, 3, September 1978 ), geocurator.org, retrieved 23 September 2010〕 He was on the board of Blackburn School, and a minute recording a donation of his to the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery styles him as "James Eccles, JP"〔 He was elected a member of the Manchester Geological Society in 1866, becoming a vice-president in 1872.〔 He was a Fellow of the Geological Society from 1867 to 1915.〔 Eccles married in 1863〔"Obituary of James Eccles", ''Alpine Journal'', Vol. 30, 1916, p. 200〕 and moved to London by 1874, where he lived at 15, Durham Villas, Fillimore Gardens, Kensington.〔 A notice in the ''London Gazette'' states that on 2 November 1874 Eccles, together with John William Eccles and Robert Langley Wilson, presented a petition to the Lord Chancellor for the winding up of the British Timber Company. He died in 1915, leaving £163,334 in his will.〔 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「James Eccles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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