Tuesday 21 June 2016

Loess in Britain XI A.S.Kennard (1870-1948)

Preece, R.C.  1990.  Alfred Santer Kennard (1870-1948) : his contribution to malacology, Quaternary research and the Geologists Association.  Proceedings of the Geologists Association 101, 239-258.

A.S.Kennard b. London 5 July 1870, died at 161 Mackenzie Road, Beckenham on 11 June 1948. President of the Geologists Association 1944-1945.



Kennard, A.S.  1895.  Pleistocene Mollusca of Crayford.  Science Gossip ns 2, 39-40.



"There are shells comprising a typical loess fauna from 'Reculver, Kent' in his collection in the BMNH (Natural History Museum) and these have come from the primary loess that blankets the Tertiaries at this site" (Preece 1990)

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