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Name:  Goodchild, John George
Brief biography:  British, 1844-1906
Nationality:  British
Occupation:  Professional geologist
Date of birth:  1844
Date of death:  21-02-1906

J.G. Goodchild was a geologist with the Geological Survey for forty years and for much of that time mapped areas within, and neighbouring, the Lake District. He amassed a large mineral collection, added to by his son who was also with the Geological Survey for a while, with particularly fine examples from the Lake District area.



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