George Walter Tyrrell FRSE FGS (1883–1961) was a 20th-century British geologist, glaciologist and petrologist.
A specialist in Arctic and Antarctic landscapes he was the first to describe the recticular glaciers of Spitzbergen.
[1] He was educated at Watford Grammar School, then studied geology at the Royal College of Science under Prof J. W.
[2] In 1906 he began teaching geology at the University of Glasgow under John Walter Gregory.
His proposers were John Horne, Ben Peach, Thomas James Jehu and Robert Kidston.