Henry Hurd Swinnerton

Henry Hurd Swinnerton (1875–1966) was a British geologist. He was professor of geology at University College Nottingham from 1910 to 1946.

Swinnerton was educated at the Royal College of Science, and earned a doctorate in zoology (D.Sc.) from the University of London in July 1902.

In the 1930s Swinnerton was a member of the Fenland Research Committee, contributing valuable knowledge of the geomorphology of the Lincolnshire coast. In 1937 he served as President of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union; he gave his Presidential address on "The Problem of the Lincoln Gap". In 1942 he was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London. Provided by Wikipedia