[Obituary]
1936; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 137; Issue: 3459 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/137264b0
ISSN1476-4687
Resumodescribed a giant dragon-fly, Boltonites [Meganeura] radstockeMis, Bolton, will always have an irresistible appeal to the imagination.Eventually as a magnum opu8, the Palreontographical Society published in 1921-22 a comprehensive monograph, which is now, and will probably remain for many years, the standard work of reference on this group of fossils.This work was recognised by the award of the Murchison Fund of the Geological Society of London in 1922 and the D.Sc.degree of the University of Bristol in the same year.He was elected a fellow of the Geological Society in 1906 and of the Zoological Society in the preceding year.In all, Dr. Bolton published sixteen geological papers, but he will be chiefly remembered for his pioneer work in the elucidation of the Coal Measure insects.Although the genetic relationships that he suggested are admittedly tentative, they are founded on observed facts and will form the basis for future investigation on this group.
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