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| | George Julius Poulett Scrope - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | George Julius Poulett Scrope - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | George Julius Poulett Scrope (March 10, 1797 – January 19, 1876), English geologist and political economist, was the second son of J Poulett Thompson of Waverley Abbey, Surrey. |
 | | He was educated at Harrow, and for a short time at Pembroke College, Oxford, but in 1816 he entered St John's College, Cambridge, graduated BA in 1821, and through the influence of Edward Clarke and Adam Sedgwick became interested in mineralogy and geology. |
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