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Urban Geology Walks – Sunday 7th November

Kensal Green Cemetery: in search of famous Geologists and Engineers

Led by John Henry (HOGG) and Diana Clements (LGP)

2020 was the 200th anniversary of the Geological Society’s first geological map of England & Wales, and part of Scotland, masterminded by George Bellas Greenough, and rivalling William Smith’s earlier 2015 map. His tombstone is in Kensal Green Cemetery. The graves of the John Rennie and Karl Konig, first President of the BGS, Henry De la Beche, and the engineers, Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel will be included in the route with the vFOG theme of Climate Change, weathering of tombstones will be addressed.

You can find out more and book here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12IRay27iypU1e4tkrh45XHKN8GZ_2VuN/view