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Reginald Walter Brock fonds
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32 cm of textual records
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Reginald Walter Brock was born in Perth, Ontario, and he graduated from Queen's University with an MA in Geology. His many professional appointments included his work as a geologist with Dawson Survey of British Columbia (1897), the Chair of Geology at Queens University (1902-1907) and the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1907-1914). Brock became one of the first four men selected by the University of British Columbia President F.F. Westbrook to form the nucleus of the new university's staff. In 1914, Brock became Dean of Applied Science, although his career was interrupted by war service (1914-1919). He returned to the University in 1919 and continued as a geology professor and dean. He tragically died in an airplane accident alongside his wife in 1935.
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The fonds consists primarily of material accumulated during a survey of Hong Kong undertaken by the Department of Geology between 1923 and 1933. It is composed of notes, maps and reports generated by Brock and his associates. There are also some papers from the files of the Department of Geology. The papers have been roughly sorted according to form. Also included are several non-UBC publications initially kept in the Brock family library.
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Publications in Box 3, acquired after Brock's death, were initially kept in the Brock family library and were donated to the Archives by Peter Brock in 2019.
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