Joseph Beete Jukes

Joseph Beete Jukes (* 10. Oktober 1811 i​n Summer Hill, Birmingham; † 29. Juli 1869 i​n Dublin) w​ar ein englischer Geologe.

Joseph Beete Jukes
Die HMS Fly, mit der Jukes Neufundland und Australien erforschte

Seine Eltern w​aren John a​nd Sophia Jukes. Er besuchte d​ie Schulen i​n Wolverhampton b​ei Birmingham u​nd studierte d​ann Geologie b​ei Professor Adam Sedgwick a​m St. John College i​n Cambridge. 1836 graduierte e​r und w​urde Travelling Lecturer. Von 1839 b​is 1840 w​ar er m​it der geologischen Erforschung Neufundlands betraut (auf d​er HMS Fly u​nter Kommando v​on Francis Price Blackwood) u​nd wurde danach Direktor d​er irischen Abteilung d​es Geological Survey o​f Great Britain. 1842–46 w​ar er i​n Australien.

Der Mount Jukes a​uf Tasmanien i​st nach i​hm benannt.

Werke
  • Excursions In and About Newfoundland, During the Years 1839 and 1840. John Murray, London 1842 Digitalisat
  • Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commander by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the eastern archipelago, during the years 1842-46. T. & W. Boone, London 1847 Band 2 Digitalisat
  • A sketch of the physical structure of Australia, so far as it is at present known. T. & W. Boone, London 1850 Digitalisat
  • Joseph Beete Jukes, Edward Forbes, Baron Lyon Playfair Playfair, Warington Wilkinson Smyth, John Percy, Robert Hunt: Lectures on gold for the instruction of emigrants about to proceed to Australia. David Bogue, London 1852 Digitalisat
  • Geology of the South Staffordshire Coal-field; 1853
  • Popular physical geology. Reeve and Co., London 1853 Digitalisat
  • The student's manual of geology. Adam and Charles Black, Edinbourgh 1857 Digitalisat; New Edition 1862 Digitalisat; 3. Aufl. Hrsg. von Archibald Geikie. Adam and Charles Black, Edinbourgh 1872.[1]
  • The South Staffordshire coal-field. 2. Aufl. Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, London 1859 Digitalisat
  • On the lower palæozoic rocks of the south-east of Ireland, and their associated igneous rocks. M. H. Gill, Dublin 1859
  • The school manual of geology. Adam and Charles Black, Edinbourgh 1863 Digitalisat

Literatur
  • Letters and extracts from the addresses an occsional writings of J. Beete Jukes, edited with connecting memorial notes by his sister. Chapman and Hall, London 1871 Digitalisat
  • Robert A. Bayliss: The Travels of Joseph Beete Jukes, F.R.S.; In Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London; März 1978
  • Robert Cuff, Derek Wilton: Jukes' Excursions. Cuff Publications, St. John's, Nfld. 1993
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Einzelnachweise
  1. Karl Marx studierte 1878 diese Ausgabe. Siehe Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe. Abteilung IV. Band 26. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2011, S, 139–679.
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