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MB. D. W. BISHOPP has been appointed director of the Geological Survey of Eire. He received his training in the Geology Department of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, and graduated A.R.S.M. in mining geology in 1923. Developing observations made during his field training in Norway, he published his first paper, one dealing with the Sulitelma pyrite deposits, in the Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and in 1924 was awarded the Institute's Student's Prize. He has had wide experience as a mining geologist, having served with the Mazapil Copper Co., Mexico, the African Manganese Co., Gold Coast, etc. In 1928, he was appointed geological curator in the Rhodesian Museum at Bulawayo, and in 1936 he proceeded to British Guiana as Government economic geologist. His publications have dealt with the mineral deposits of Norway, Mexico and especially British Guiana. The appointment of Mr. Bishopp foreshadows a thorough investigation of the mineral possibilities of Eire.
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Geological Survey of Eire: New Director. Nature 147, 202 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147202b0
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