3171 Robert Logan Jack Papers, 1879-1921.

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3171 Robert Logan Jack Papers, 1879-1921.

Papers of Robert Logan Jack.

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Jack, Robert Logan, 1845-1921

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Robert Logan Jack was born in Ayrshire, Scotland on 16 September 1845. Educated at the Irvine Academy and at the University of Edinburgh, he joined the Geological Survey of Scotland in 1867 and by 1876 had contributed greatly to Scottish geology by mapping the coalfields. In 1877 he married Janet Simpson, nee Love. They had one son, Robert Lockhart Jack. Janet Simpson had one son and two daughters from a previous marriage. In 1876 Jack was appointed geological surveyor for Northern ...