Charles Alfred Matley

Charles Alfred Matley (1866–1947) was a British paleontologist and geologist in India, the British West Indies and Wales.

Matley was educated at Birmingham University, and earned a doctorate in geology (D.Sc.) from the University of London in July 1902.[1]

In the 1930s, Matley was appointed Government Geologist for Jamaica and under his tenure a ground water assessment for the island was prepared. In addition, while on the island he collected one of the most extensive collection of Jamaican fossils.[2]

Matley was awarded the Murchison Medal in 1929 by the Geological Society of London.[3] The standard author abbreviation Matley is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a formal faunal record.

He married Sarah A. Loach in Birmingham in 1891.

  1. ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36829. London. 25 July 1902. p. 5.
  2. ^ ""Background Information" Mines and Geology Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Jamaica". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Award Winners: Murchison Medal". The Geological Society of London. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2010.