{"id":"john-jeremiah-bigsby","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-jeremiah-bigsby","language":"en","name":"John Jeremiah Bigsby","name_en":"John Jeremiah Bigsby","name_ne":null,"description":"English physician and geologist (1792-1881)","headline":"English physician and geologist (1792-1881)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"John Jeremiah Bigsby, was an English physician who became known for his work on geology, an interest developed while on military service in Lower and Upper Canada, 1818–1826. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society. Before moving to London, he was Alderman and Mayor of Newark-upon-Trent, 1827–1830. In 1850, he published a lively book recounting his life and travels in British North America, The Shoe and Canoe. In 1868, he published his most important scientific work, Thesaurus Siluricus, being a list of all the fossils which occur in the Silurian formation across the world. He contributed about twenty seven papers to various scientific societies in London. He published Thesaurus Devonico-Carboniferus but died shortly before completing Thesaurus Permianus. In 1874, he was awarded the Murchison Medal. In 1876, he endowed the Bigsby Medal.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"14 August 1792","date":"1792-08-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086441#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Nottingham","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41262"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086441#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"10 February 1881","date":"1881-02-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086441#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"London","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086441#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Kingdom of Great Britain","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161885"},{"text":"United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174193"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086441#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"physician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39631"},{"text":"geologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520549"},{"text":"paleontologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1662561"},{"text":"botanist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374149"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086441#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Edinburgh","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160302"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086441#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"mayor (1827–1830)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185","start":"1827","end":"1830"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086441#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Fellow of the Royal Society","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15631401"},{"text":"Murchison Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1634098","date":"1874"},{"text":"Fellow of the Geological Society of London","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24590727"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086441#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jeremiah_Bigsby","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086441"],"faq":[{"q":"When was John Jeremiah Bigsby born?","a":"John Jeremiah Bigsby was born on 14 August 1792 in Nottingham."},{"q":"What positions has John Jeremiah Bigsby held?","a":"Positions held by John Jeremiah Bigsby include: mayor (1827–1830)."},{"q":"Where did John Jeremiah Bigsby study?","a":"John Jeremiah Bigsby was educated at University of Edinburgh."}],"related":[{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): John Jeremiah Bigsby","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jeremiah_Bigsby","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q4086441","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4086441","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article John Jeremiah Bigsby, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"John Jeremiah Bigsby\". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/john-jeremiah-bigsby. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-06T06:42:42Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-08","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-jeremiah-bigsby","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-jeremiah-bigsby","ne":null}}