Benjamin Neeve Peach, FRS was an English geologist.
He was born at Gorran Haven in Cornwall to Charles William Peach, an amateur British naturalist and geologist, and his wife Jemima Mabson. Ben 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, where they resolved the long-running debate on the geological formation of the Highlands.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1892. He was awarded the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society in 1921. A monument to the work of Peach and Horne was erected at InchnadaBenjamin Neeve Peach, FRS was an English geologist.
He was born at Gorran Haven in Cornwall to Charles William Peach, an amateur British naturalist and geologist, and his wife Jemima Mabson. Ben 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, where they resolved the long-running debate on the geological formation of the Highlands.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1892. He was awarded the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society in 1921. A monument to the work of Peach and Horne was erected at Inchnadamph, close to the Moine Thrust where they did some of their best-known work. The inscription reads: "To Ben N Peach and John Horne who played the foremost part in unravelling the geological structure of the North West Highlands 1883-1897. An international tribute. Erected 1980."
Peach was twice married. His first wife was Jeanie Bannatyne (1846 - 1884) by whom he had two sons and four daughters. He then married Margaret Anne MacEwen (1868 - 1921), by whom he had two sons. Two of his sons and two of his daughters survived him. He died at his home, 72 Grange Loan in Edinburgh, on 29 January 1926....more
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