Edward Hull

Who was Edward Hull?

Edward Hull, M.A., L.L.D., F.R.S., a geologist and stratigrapher, held the position of Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland. He was also a professor of geology in the Royal College of Science, Dublin. His dates are listed in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

He was born in Antrim, Ireland, the eldest son of the Reverend J.D. Hull. He graduated BA from Trinity College, Dublin.

He joined the Geological Survey of Ireland and worked in Wales and on the Lancashire Coalfield. He worked for the Geological Survey of Scotland and led an expedition to survey parts of Arabia Petraea and Palestine. He became Director of the Irish branch of the Survey and retired in 1891. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June, 1867. He was President of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland in 1873.

Edward Hull’s obituarist wrote of him, “He maintained the honour of a gentleman.”