George Julius Poulett Scrope FRS (10 March 1797 – 19 January 1876) was an English geologist and political economist as well as a magistrate for Stroud in Gloucestershire.He was the second son of J. Poulett Thompson of Waverley Abbey, Surrey. He was educated at Harrow, and for a short time at Pembroke College, Oxford, but in 1816 he entered St John's College, Cambridge, graduated BA in 1821, and through the influence of Edward Clarke and Adam Sedgwick became interested in mineralogy and geology. During the winter of 1816–1817 he was at Naples, and was so keenly interested in Vesuvius that he renewed his studies of the volcano in 1818; and in the following year visited Etna and the Lipari Islands.

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  • George Julius Poulett Scrope FRS (10 March 1797 – 19 January 1876) was an English geologist and political economist as well as a magistrate for Stroud in Gloucestershire.He was the second son of J. Poulett Thompson of Waverley Abbey, Surrey. He was educated at Harrow, and for a short time at Pembroke College, Oxford, but in 1816 he entered St John's College, Cambridge, graduated BA in 1821, and through the influence of Edward Clarke and Adam Sedgwick became interested in mineralogy and geology. During the winter of 1816–1817 he was at Naples, and was so keenly interested in Vesuvius that he renewed his studies of the volcano in 1818; and in the following year visited Etna and the Lipari Islands. In 1821 he married the daughter and heiress of William Scrope of Castle Combe, Wiltshire, and assumed her name; and he entered the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1833 as MP for Stroud, retaining his seat until 1868. Meanwhile he began to study the volcanic regions of central France in 1821, and visited the Eifel district in 1823. In 1825 he published Considerations on Volcanos, leading to the establishment of a new theory of the Earth, and in the following year was elected FRS. This earlier work was subsequently amplified and issued under the title of Volcanos; an authoritative text-book of which a second edition was published ten years later.In 1827 he issued his classic Memoir on the Geology of Central France, including the Volcanic formations of Auvergne, the Velay and the Vivarais, a quarto volume illustrated by maps and plates. The substance of this was reproduced in a revised and somewhat more popular form in The Geology and extinct Volcanos of Central France . These books were the first widely published descriptions of the Chaîne des Puys, a chain of over 70 small volcanoes in the Massif Central. Scrope was awarded the Wollaston Medal by the Geological Society of London in 1867. Among his other works was the History of the Manor and Ancient Barony of Castle Combe (printed for private circulation, 1852).He died at Fairlawn near Cobham, Surrey on 19 January 1876. (en)
  • George Julius Poulett Scrope (10 mars 1797-19 janvier 1876) est un géologue et économiste britannique. Il est le second fils de J Poulett Thompson. Il étudie à Harrow, et pendant une courte période à Pembroke College, puis en 1816 il entre à St John's College et reçoit son diplôme en 1821. Influencé par ED Clarke et Adam Sedgwick il s'intéresse à la géologie et la minéralogie. Durant l'hiver 1816-1817 il est à Naples et est tellement intéressé par le Vésuve qu'il renouvelle son séjour en 1818. L'année suivante il visite l'Etna et les Îles Lipari. En 1821 il se marie avec la fille et héritière de William Scrope de Castle Combe, Wiltshire et prend son nom. Il entre au parlement en 1833 pour le comté de Stroud, siège qu'il conserve jusqu'en 1868. Pendant ce temps il étudie les régions volcaniques de France en 1821. Il visite la région de Eifel en Allemagne en 1823. En 1825 il publie Considerations on Volcanos conduisant à une nouvelle théorie de la Terre, cet ouvrage est étendu et republié en 1862, livre qui fit autorité dans son domaine. Il est élu membre de la Royal Society en 1826. En 1827 il publie son classique Memoir on the Geology of Central France, including the Volcanic formations of Auvergne, the Velay and the Vivarais -- Mémoire sur la géologie du Massif central, incluant les formations volcaniques d'Auvergne, du Velay et du Vivarais -- illustré avec des cartes et des gravures. Cette édition est révisée et devient plus populaire en 1858 sous le titre The Geology and extinct Volcanos of Central France. La Geological Society of London lui décerne la médaille Wollaston en 1867. Il publie aussi History of the Manor and Ancient Barony of Castle Combe en 1852. Il meurt a Fairlawn près de Cobham le 19 janvier 1876. Biographie, avec son portrait, dans Geological Magazine, mai 1870. (fr)
  • George Julius Poulett Scrope (Londres, 10 de março de 1797- Fairlawn, perto de Cobham, Surrey, 19 de janeiro de 1876) foi um geólogo e economista britânico. Foi o segundo filho de J. Poulett Thompson. Foi laureado com a medalha Wollaston concedida pela Sociedade Geológica de Londres, em 1867. (pt)
  • George Julius Scrope (* 10. März 1797 in London; † 19. Januar 1876 in Fairlawn) war ein englischer Geologe. George Julius Scrope wurde am 10. März 1797 als zweiter Sohn des Großkaufmanns J. Poulett Thomson in dem heutigen Londoner Stadtteil Surrey geboren. Nach der Schulausbildung besuchte er kurze Zeit das Pembroke College in Oxford und anschließend das bekannte St John’s College in Cambridge, das er im Jahr 1821 mit dem Bachelor of Arts abschloss. Schon frühzeitig interessierte er sich für naturwissenschaftliche Themen insbesondere für Geographie und Geologie. So studierte er während eines längeren Aufenthalts in Italien intensiv die vulkanischen Phänomene des Vesuv und des Aetna. Im Oktober 1822 wurde er selbst Augenzeuge einer starken Eruption des Vesuv. Scrope protokollierte und diskutierte ausführlich die Expansivkräfte der unterirdischen Magma und vor allem die gewaltigen Expansivkräfte heißer Dämpfe, die beim unmittelbaren Kontakt mit den kühleren Luftschichten der Atmosphäre nicht kalkulierbare physikalische Phänomene hervorrufen können, von denen eine enorme Gefährdung für Mensch und Umwelt ausgehen kann (s. nebenstehende Illustration von G.J. Scrope aus dem Jahr 1864). 1824 wurde G.J. Scrope Ehrenmitglied der Geological Society of London und 1867 mit der Verleihung der Wollaston-Medaille geehrt. Scrope veröffentlichte während seines Lebens mehrere grundlegende geologische Werke über den Vulkanismus. (de)
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  • George Julius Poulett Scrope FRS (10 March 1797 – 19 January 1876) was an English geologist and political economist as well as a magistrate for Stroud in Gloucestershire.He was the second son of J. Poulett Thompson of Waverley Abbey, Surrey. He was educated at Harrow, and for a short time at Pembroke College, Oxford, but in 1816 he entered St John's College, Cambridge, graduated BA in 1821, and through the influence of Edward Clarke and Adam Sedgwick became interested in mineralogy and geology. During the winter of 1816–1817 he was at Naples, and was so keenly interested in Vesuvius that he renewed his studies of the volcano in 1818; and in the following year visited Etna and the Lipari Islands. (en)
  • George Julius Poulett Scrope (10 mars 1797-19 janvier 1876) est un géologue et économiste britannique. (fr)
  • George Julius Poulett Scrope (Londres, 10 de março de 1797- Fairlawn, perto de Cobham, Surrey, 19 de janeiro de 1876) foi um geólogo e economista britânico. (pt)
  • George Julius Scrope (* 10. März 1797 in London; † 19. Januar 1876 in Fairlawn) war ein englischer Geologe. (de)
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