Ben Peach And John Horne Memorial With Music On History Visit To Sutherland Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland very short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the Ben N Peach and John Horne memorial on ncestry, geology, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Inchnadamph in Assynt in the North West Sutherland Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Thay played the foremost part in unravelling the geological structure of the North West Highlands bewteen 1883 and 1897. This international tribute. was erected 1930. Benjamin Neeve Peach was born at Gorran Haven in Cornwall, England, on 6 September 1842 to Jemima Mabson and Charles William Peach, an amateur British naturalist and geologist. He was educated at the Royal School of Mines in London and then joined the Geological Survey in 1862 as a geologist, moving to the Scottish branch in 1867. He is best remembered for his work on the Northwest Highlands and Southern Uplands with his friend and colleague John Horne,. Ben died of a cerebral thrombosis at his niece's house at 33 Comiston Drive on 29 January 1926. He is buried in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh. John Horne was born on 1 January 1848, in Campsie, Stirlingshire, the son of Janet (née Braid) and James Horne of Newmill, a farmer. He was educated at the High School, Glasgow, and the University of Glasgow where he studied under Lord Kelvin. He left university without graduating at the age on 19. In 1867 he joined the Scottish Branch of HM Geological Survey as an assistant and became an apprentice to Ben Peach. The two soon became good friends and collaborators. Horne was involved in mapping the Central Lowlands. Horne was a logical thinker and writer, complementing Peach's skills of resolving the internal structure of mountains by looking at the surface rocks. Horne was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1881. John Horne died on 30 May 1928 in Edinburgh. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. @tourscotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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