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Professor Patrick Wyse Jackson

Professor In & Curator of the Museum (Geology)
MUSEUM BUILDING
      
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Professor Patrick Wyse Jackson

Professor In & Curator of the Museum (Geology)
MUSEUM BUILDING

 wysjcknp@tcd.ie

 3531896 1477


Patrick Wyse Jackson is a Professor in Geology and Curator of the Geological Museum. His is a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. Between 2017 and 2022 he served as Head of the School of Natural Sciences, and is a former Head of the Discipline/Department of Geology. Director of Post-Graduate Teaching and Learning in the School of Natural Sciences, and College Tutor. His main research interests are on the taxonomy, functional morphology and biology of Palaeozoic bryozoans, particularly those from the Ordovician and Mississippian geological time periods. With a number of international colleagues, he is currently working on aspects of some fossil bryozoan faunas, and on the revision of the Order Fenestrata for the forthcoming edition of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology to be published by the University of Kansas. Patrick holds several degrees from Trinity including a PhD and ScD. He has published over one hundred research papers and international conference abstracts on his research on bryozoans for which he was awarded his ScD in 2017. He has also published over 200 research papers, and books in other fields including the history and philosophy of geology, general palaeontology, and the use of building materials in Ireland. His research output has informed local and national government policy on landscape protection and on heritage issues. He was a co-PI on the innovative cross-disciplinary project 'Making Victorian Dublin' being carried out with colleagues in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture in Trinity. This project is focussed on the extractive industries and building trades, and craftsmen who worked on the Museum Building and elsewhere, in the middle decades of the 1800s. His current project STONEBUILT Ireland funded by the OPW and Geological Survey Ireland examines the use of dimension and decorative stone in Ireland through many building phases. His books include 'The Chronologers' Quest: episodes in the search for the age of the Earth' (Cambridge, 2006) and 'Introducing Palaeontology: a guide to ancient life' (Dunedin Academic Press, 2010; 2nd edition 2019). He has served the administration of several Irish and international organisations in various capacities, and has organised several conferences and two international symposia in Trinity. He is a past-President of the Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, the Irish Geological Association, and the International Bryozoology Association, and a past-Chairman of the Geological Curators'' Group. He edited the international journals 'The Geological Curator' for thirteen years and 'Earth Sciences History' - the journal of the History of Earth Sciences Society for three and is a current co-editor of the Irish Journal of Earth Sciences. He is a member of the International Commission for the History of Geological Sciences, a Voting Member of the International Union of Geological Sciences Heritage Stone Subcommission, and a past-Chair of the Royal Irish Academy Committee for the History of Irish Science.
  Bryozoans   Building Stone   Building Stones   Carboniferous, Devonian and Ordovician geology of Ireland   Earth Science   Fossil and Living Bryozoans   Fossils   Geological Museums   Geology   Geology for the General Public   History of Geology   History of Science   Palaeontology   Paleontology, Paleoecology   Plate Tectonics
Project Title
 STONEBUILT Ireland 3
From
September 2024
To
August 2027
Summary
Builds on phases 1 and 2
Funding Agency
Geological Survey Ireland and Office of Public Works
Project Type
Applied research
Project Title
 STONEBUILT Ireland 2
From
1-Dec-2020
To
31-Nov-2022
Summary
This project continues to build on the work of Stonebuilt Ireland 1 project (2019-20). It will further document quarries, stone types and buildings in Ireland, particularly those in public care, and will enhance the digital delivery of such information through the Geological Survey Ireland and through a dedicated interactive database. It will benefit local communities, conservationists, the extraction sector, and the reserach communities in the sciences and humanities.
Funding Agency
Geological Survey Ireland and Office of Public Works
Project Type
Applied research
Person Months
34
Project Title
 STONEBUILT Ireland
From
March 2019
To
31 November 2020
Summary
Ireland contains a diverse range of rock types that are characterised as igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic origin, which have been utilised for building over the past 2,000 years and more. Until the mid-1900s local stone was generally used for vernacular, public and religious buildings, except where decorative stone had to be imported. Consequently, this has imparted a distinctive regional feel to villages, towns and cities. Dublin is characterised by use of Leinster Granite and imported Portland Stone, Galway through Mississippian limestones, while Cork and Kerry showcase structures built using local sandstone. By documenting sources of stone, and prominent examples of its use (in publicly accessible civic and religious buildings), STONEBUILT IRELAND aims to raise awareness of the regional characteristics of the built environment. The Department of Geology Trinity College Dublin, through collaboration with the Office of Public Works (OPW) and the Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) will provide a country-wide inventory of building stone analogous to those already available in Britain and Northern Ireland. In addition to promoting citizen science and awareness of local materials, the inventory will aid the public in complying with PART IV of the Planning and Development Act 2000, which requires owners to conserve protected structures. It will also assist local authorities in issuing Section 57 Declarations, which outline 'the type of works which it considers would or would not materially affect the character of the structure or any element of the structure'.
Funding Agency
Irish Research Council
Programme
COALESCE 2018 Research Fund
Project Type
Applied research
Person Months
24
Project Title
 Making Victorian Dublin
From
December 2016
To
January 2019
Summary
Funding Agency
Irish Research Council
Programme
New Horizons
Project Title
 Palaeozoic Bryozoans of Ireland, Britain and Europe
From
1988
To
ongoing
Summary
Funding Agency
None

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International Bryozoology Association Council Member 1992-date; Conference volume facilitator 2001-date; President-Elect 2010-2013; President 2013-2016; International Conference host 2001 and 2022 1992-date
History of the Earth Sciences Society (U.S.A.) Councilor-at-large 2001-2003
Editor 'The Geological Curator', Geological Curators' Group 1993-2006
Geological Curators' Group, Chairman 2002-2004
National Committee for the History of Science in Ireland, Royal Irish Academy Member 1996-2012; Chair 2005-2009 1996-2012
National Committee for Geology, Royal Irish Academy Member 1996-1999; 2003-2004 1996-1999; 2003-2004
National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics, Royal Irish Academy, Member 2003-2004
Society for the History of Natural History Representative for Ireland 2004-2010
History of Geology Group, Geological Society of London, Committee member 2005-2008
Irish Geological Association Secretary 1989-1990; Vice President 1994; President 1995-1996 1989-1996
Dublin Naturalists' Field Club Hon. Secretary 1988-1991; Vice President 1994-1995; President 1992-1993; Committee member/Director 1988-1995, 2005-2006 1988-2006
Earth Sciences History, Editor 2005-2007; Associate Editor 2008-date 2005-date
Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, Royal Irish Academy, Editorial Board 2011-date
External Ph.D. reviewer: University of Birmingham
External Ph.D. reviewer: University of Reading
External Ph.D. reviewer: Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh
Journal of Paleontology, USA, Associate Editor 2016-2020
Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, Royal Irish Academy, Editor 2017-date
Palaeontographical Society, UK: Vice-President 2018-2020
Voting Member on the Subcommission on Heritage Stones (International Union of Geological Sciences) 2022-present
Irish Stone Forum (founder) 2020
Advisor on historical stone use: Office of Public Works; Geological Survey Ireland; Dublin City Council, Trinity Estates and Facilities; Dublin Civic Trust; Irish Georgian Society; Kerry County Council; Kerry Museum; several conservation architectural practices. 1993 to date
Advisor on Irish dimension stone for inclusion in European database, European Committee for Standardization, Brussels 2019
Reviewer: Austrian Science Council (external grant assessor); Journal of Palaeontology, Palaeontology, Special Papers in Palaeontology, Lethaia, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, Journal of Earth Sciences, OU Geological Journal, Paleobiology, Acta Paleontological Polonica, Memoirs of the Australasian Paleontological Association, Geological Society of America Special Publications, Geological Society of London Special Publications, Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, Geobiology, Paleoworld, Journal of Palaeontology and others 1995-date
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Details Date From Date To
International Bryozoology Association 1988 date
Geological Curators' Group 1988 date
International Commission on the History of Geology (INHIGEO) 1994 date
Palaeontological Association 1988 date
Paleontological Society 1990 date
History of Earth Sciences Society 1992 date
Society for the History of Natural History 1992 2010
History of Geology Group, Geological Society of London 1998 2010
Dublin Naturalists' Field Club 1985 date
Irish Geological Association 1984 date
Palaeontographical Society, UK 2018 date
Patrick Wyse Jackson and Louise Caulfield, The Decorative and Building Stones of Dublin: a walking guide, Dublin, Department of Geology, Trinity College Dublin, 2025, 1 - 319pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, The Making of Ireland"s Geology 1740"1940, Abingdon, Oxon and New York, Routledge, 2025, 286pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Ehling, A., Kaur, G., Wyse Jackson, P.N., Cassar, J., Aparecida del Lama, E. and Hedal, T., The First 55 IUGS Heritage Stones, 1st, Berlin, International Union of Geological Sciences, 2024, 1 - 256pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Villamayor Stone, Spain: a singularly beautiful arkose sandstone in, editor(s)Ehling, A., Kaur, G., Wyse Jackson, P.N., Cassar, J., Aparecida del Lama, E. and Hedal, T. , The First 55 IUGS Heritage Stones, Berlin, , International Union of Geological Sciences, 2024, pp110 - 113, [Garcia-Tallegon, J., Inigo, A.C. and Wyse Jackson, Patrick N.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Connemara Marble, Ireland: an iconic Irish decorative stone in, editor(s)Ehling, A., Kaur, G., Wyse Jackson, P.N., Cassar, J., Aparecida del Lama, E. and Hedal, T. , The First 55 IUGS Heritage Stones, Berlin, International Union of Geological Sciences, 2024, pp138 - 141, [Caulfield, Louise and Wyse Jackson, Patrick N.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Valentia Slate, Ireland: versatile paving and roofing slate in, editor(s)Ehling, A., Kaur, G., Wyse Jackson, P.N., Cassar, J., Aparecida del Lama, E. and Hedal, T. , The First 55 IUGS Heritage Stones, Berlin, International Union of Geological Sciences, 2024, pp182 - 185, [Wyse Jackson, Patrick N. and Caulfield, Louise], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Carboniferous evolution of the Burren and Cliffs of Moher, Ireland in, editor(s)Gonzalo Lozano, Luis Carcavilla, Stanley Finney, Asier Hilario, Juana Vegas, Benjamin Van Wyk de Vries and Jianping Zhang , The second 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites, International Union of Geological Sciences, 2024, pp62 - 63, [Eamon Doyle, Clare Glanville, Patrick N. Wyse Jackson and David A.T. Harper], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 42, (2024), 1 - 349p, John Murray and Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, 11 years, Journal, PUBLISHED
Patrick N. Wyse Jackson and John Murray, An appreciation: George Demetrius Sevastopulo (1941"2021), Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 42, 2024, p1 - 14, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Julia Sigwart, Patrick N. Wyse Jackson and Matthew A. Parkes, A new chiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Paleoloricata) from the Mississippian of Hook Head, Co. Wexford, Ireland, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 42, 2024, p119 - 124, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

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Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, Robert Wyse Jackson: artist, historian, scholar and cleric, Cashel Arts Festival, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, 15 September, 2022, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, J.R.W. Jackson, Old Columban Society Bulletin, 76, 2021, p13 - 14, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, 'Ballycarty Fossils', 20:20 KERRY: twenty objects, twenty stories, tales from the store room of KCM, 15 April 2020, Tralee, Kerry Radio, 2020, -, Broadcast, PRESENTED
Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, 'Talking History interview on the book on the Museum Building', Newtalk Radio, Dublin, 2020, -, Broadcast, PUBLISHED
Louise Caulfield, Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, Andrew Tierney, Christine Casey, 'Irish Marble: Local to Global', Dublin, Making Victorian Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, 2018, -, Film production, PUBLISHED
Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, The geological trail at Rochdale Public Cemetery, Earth Science Ireland, 21, 2017, p5 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, The Geological Heritage of West Kerry. Pedler's Lake: first evidence of the Ice Age in Ireland, West & Mid Kerry Live Corca Dhuibhne Beo , 155, 2015, p19-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, Dredging around Ireland: over 200 years of marine surveys, Sherkin Comment, 60, 2015, p7 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Vanessa and Patrick N. Wyse Jackson (eds), Rathgar Methodist Church (1874-2014): reflections on 140 years of service, worship & mission. , Dublin, Rathgar Methodist Church, 2014, 48pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Lena Viskova, Olga Weiss, Patrick N. Wyse Jackson and Andrej Ernst, Raisa Vasiljevna Gorjunova 1933-2014: an appreciation. , International Bryozoology Association Bulletin, 10, (1), 2014, p17 - 20, Journal Article, PUBLISHED

  


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Award Date
Sylvester Bradley Award, Palaeontological Association 1999
Paleontological Society of Washington - honorary membership 2004
Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin 2006
Trinity Monday Memorial Discourse 'John Joly' 2007
New Permian bryozoan species named: Phragmophera patricki Ernst & Nakrem, 2007 2007
International Bryozoology Association President-Elect 2010-2013
New Permian bryozoan genus named: Wysejacksonella Ernst & Gorgij, 2013 2013
International Bryozoology Association President 2013-2016
New Permian bryozoan genus named: Wyseotrypa Gilmour, 2014 2014
Member Royal Irish Academy 2022
History of Geology Group (Geological Society of London) - honorary membership 2024