Ethel Skeat

Ethel Gertrude Skeat
Born(1865-05-14)14 May 1865
England
Died26 January 1939(1939-01-26) (aged 73)
Meldreth, England
Other namesEthel Woods
Alma materNewnham College
Known forJurassic glacial deposits in Denmark and on Lower Paleozoic rocks in Wales
SpouseHenry Woods (1910-death)
AwardsMurchison Fund (1908)
Scientific career
FieldsStratigraphy
Paleontology
Geology

Ethel Gertrude Skeat (1865–1939), also known by her married name of Ethel Woods, was an English stratigrapher, invertebrate paleontologist, and geologist who became known for her work on Jurassic glacial deposits in Denmark and on Lower Paleozoic rocks in Wales. She and her chief collaborator, Margaret Crosfield, are credited with undertaking research that substantially advanced understanding of the geological history of northeast Wales.[1][2] She wrote several books on geology.

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