Lectures Archives - Edinburgh Geological Society

Meeting young Mr Hutton

Neil Mackenzie — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 18:17:03 +0000

The Edinburgh Geological Society’s Introducing James Hutton event took place at Dynamic Earth on 6 October 2025. The event also launched the Tercentenary celebrations for 2026, marking 300 years since Hutton’s birth on 3 June 1726. A large crowd of over 150 people attended this event, and we heard from three guest speakers; Prof Colin […]

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Clough Medal Lecture 2024-25

Neil Mackenzie — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:42:12 +0000

On 26 February 2025 our annual Clough Medal lecture took place at the Grant Institute, Kings Buildings Campus, University of Edinburgh and also held online. The audience for this year’s lecture was again sizable, both physically present and on-line. Proceedings for the evening were chaired by Alastair Milne, Lectures Secretary. Our president, Mark Wilkinson, explained […]

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Fellows’ Night 2024 – No. 191!

Neil Mackenzie — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 09:26:11 +0000

On 11th December 2024, the Edinburgh Geological Society held its 191st Fellows’ Night at the Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh. This meeting takes place each year, close to the anniversary of the foundation of the Society (on 6th December). The Cockburn Museum, and close by lecture rooms provided the backdrop for a fun and lively […]

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Clough Medal Lecture 2023/24

Neil Mackenzie — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 09:23:34 +0000

The Clough Medal for 2023/24 has been presented to Professor Antony (Tony) Prave of the University of St Andrews, who gave a lecture entitled “There is nothing left to learn about this scrap of NW Europe”

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Fellows’ Night 2022 – No. 189!

Neil Mackenzie — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 10:17:36 +0000

On 14th December 2022, the Edinburgh Geological Society held its 189th Fellows’ Night at the Grant Institute, University of Edinburgh. This meeting takes place each year, close to the anniversary of the foundation of the Society (on 6th December). The pandemic has meant that a “normal” Fellows’ Night has not taken place for a few […]

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Clough Medal Lecture 2021/22

Neil Mackenzie — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 21:03:17 +0000

On 2 March 2022 at 7pm, the annual Clough Medal lecture took place for the first time as combined physical and virtual event. The medallist for 2021/22 was Dr Tim Smithson who gave a lecture entitled the “A new beginning: recent discoveries in the early Carboniferous of northern Britain reveal rapid faunal replacement following the […]

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Clough Medal Lecture 2020-21 – Dr Tony Spencer

Neil Mackenzie — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 09:46:37 +0000

On 17th February 2021 our annual Clough Medal lecture took place for the first time as totally virtual event. The medallist for 2020-21 was Dr Anthony M Spencer who gave a lecture entitled the “The Port Askaig Formation in Argyll: uncovering the evidence for repeated climatic change in a Crogenian glacial sequence”. He was presented with […]

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‘Boring’ geology in Glasgow & EGS’ winter lecture programme

Neil Mackenzie — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 08:57:26 +0000

Not quite what it may seem, but BGS’ geologists would appear to be doing some interesting new work beneath Glasgow. We have heard directly about plans for this work as part of our previous lecture programme. This BBC news website article from its science section contains some beautiful images from the cores taken from beneath Glasgow. […]

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The Nigel Trewin Memorial Lecture 2020

Angus Miller — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 04:08:03 +0000

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Clough Medal Lecture – 19 February 2020

Neil Mackenzie — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 19:43:04 +0000

On Wednesday 19th February 2020, EGS Fellows gathered for the Clough Medal lecture held at the University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute. The 2019-20 Clough Medal was awarded to Professor Kathy Whaler OBE, FRSE, FAGU (University of Edinburgh) for a distinguished career as an academic in the field of geophysics. Our current President, Bob Gatliff presented […]

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