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On 31st January 1814 Andrew Crombie Ramsay was born in Glasgow.
In 1848 Andrew Crombie Ramsay (age 33) was appointed Professor of Geology at University College, London
In July 1852 Andrew Crombie Ramsay (age 38) and Mary Louisa Williams (age 27) were married.
In 1862 Andrew Crombie Ramsay (age 47) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1880 Andrew Crombie Ramsay (age 65) was awarded a Medal by the Royal Society.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 9th December 1891 Andrew Crombie Ramsay (age 77) died. He was buried at St Sadwrn's Church, Llansadwrn [Map] where his grave is marked by a glacial erratic.
On 6th February 1917 [his former wife] Mary Louisa Williams (age 91) died.
Mary Louisa Williams: On 26th March 1825 she was born. In July 1852 Andrew Crombie Ramsay and she were married.
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales II. On the Denudation of South Wales and the adjacent Counties of England. By Andrew C. Ramsay, F. R. S., Director of the Geological Surrey of Great Britain.