Henry Cadell

Henry Moubray Cadell of Grange, DL FRSE LLD (1860 – 10 April 1934) was a Scottish geologist and geographer, noted for his work on the Moine Thrust, the oil-shale fields of West Lothian,[1] and his experiments in mountain building published in 1888.

He is especially remembered for his working models, explaining geomorphology, the science relating to the folding of rock beds.

He was the eldest of seven children to Henry Cadell of Grange[2] by his second wife, Jessie Gray MacFarlane.

[2] Under the overall control of Archibald Geikie, Cadell was sent to survey 20 square miles with Benjamin Peach, making detailed maps in Sutherland.

This was tangentially aimed at increasing knowledge of coal and oil-shale seams in relation to his family businesses.

His proposers were fellow geologist James Geikie, George Chrystal and Ramsay Heatley Traquair.