Lucas Barrett

Lucas Barrett
Circa 1850s photograph of Barrett
Born(1837-11-14)November 14, 1837
Died(1862-12-19)December 19, 1862
Cause of deathDrowning
Occupation(s)Naturalist and geologist
Years active1855-1862

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]

  1. ^ "Barrett, Lucas – 1837–1862: geologist and naturalist". Archived from the original on 30 September 2003. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
    - Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barrett, Lucas" . 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
  2. ^ "Lucas Barrett Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).