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Lucas Barrett | |
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 Circa 1850s photograph of Barrett | |
| Born | November 14, 1837 |
| Died | December 19, 1862 Near Kingston, Jamaica |
| Cause of death | Drowning |
| Occupation(s) | Naturalist and geologist |
| Years active | 1855-1862 |
Lucas Barrett (14 November 1837 – 19 December 1862) was an English naturalist and geologist.[1] He was the director of the Jamaican Geological Survey from 1859 to 1862.[2] He was a young member of the Geological Society and became England's Government Geological Inspector to the West Indies.[3]
His untimely death was caused by drowning while investigating a sea-bottom near Kingston, Jamaica.[3]
- ^ "Barrett, Lucas – 1837–1862: geologist and naturalist". Archived from the original on 30 September 2003. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. which in turn cites the obituary by S. P. Woodward in Geologist (February 1863), p. 60.
- Death given as 19 December in The Reader, Volume 1, p. 124 - ^ "Lucas Barrett Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
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