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tension between countrymen and colonies the use of military police to protect surveys commenced. Certainly from August 1938 as an important contributory topographical or ordnance survey of perennial streams in the Jordan Valley was being conducted by the
British Mandatory Government. That August the surveyors camp was attacked and the camp leader Mr V. Serbinovitch together with two assistants were killed by bandits.
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He advised his family of a practice exploring without weapons or guards. Given the differing goals of the
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Palestinian natural assets and closed the paper with Shaw-Welling's words: "His contribution to our knowledge of the geology of Palestine will be his permanent monument." Blake is buried in the Protestant
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Blake retired in 1939 to be with his wife Amy (nÊe
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and at the Royal Mines of Elba. During the period of 1900/1901 to 1909 he was on staff at the
Scientific and Technical Department of the Imperial Institute engaged in mineralogical studies of Crown colonies. Here, with Dunstan, thorianite from Ceylon was described as a new mineral and he published
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On his last field group excursion Blake was provided a personal
British Military Police escort Mr Jacob Vicky (Yakob Shviki). When the camp broke at the end, Blake and Vicky stayed on to explore further. As outlined in obituaries, on 4 July 1940, Blake and his escort Vicky were shot dead by Arab
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Blake's last writings were incorporated, like the
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Blake G.S. & Goldschmidt M.J. 1947. Geology and water resources of
Palestine. 481pp., 29 figs., 31 pls. (incl. g. maps) (under separate cover), Palestine, Dept. Land Settlementand Water Comm., Jerusalem.
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Italy entered WWII on 10 June 1940 and the Vichy
Government was effectively formed on 22 June 1940, which resulted in the Syrian/Lebanon colonies coming under their control. Their
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Blake G.S. 1935. The stratigraphy of
Palestine and its building stones, 133 pp., 18 figs., g. sk. map 1:1,000,000, Jerusalem, Printing and Stationery Office, Jl 26'35.
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Picard L. 19 January 1960. George Stanfield Blake his work in Palestine 1922 - 1940. Memorial Lecture & Bull. Res Council of Israel, Vol 11G2, 1962 pp 49â57.
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Picard L. 19 January 1960. George Stanfield Blake his work in Palestine 1922 - 1940. Memorial Lecture & Bull. Res Council of Israel, Vol 11G2, 1962 pp 49-57
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Dunstan W.R. & Blake G.S. 1905. Thorianite, a New Mineral from Ceylon. Proc.Roy.Soc.ser.A, vol lxxvi,pp.253-265 & Chem.News,pp 13-15,26-28
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included North African Troops or tirailleurs with contingents from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. On 3 July 1940 the allies struck with an
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Church in Jerusalem. The Israel Geological Society honoured his memory by erecting a plaque in 1960 near the spot where his life ended.
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Ionides, M.G. 1939. Report on the Water Resources of Transjordan and their development (London, Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1939)
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Blake G.S. 1913. On Varieties of Zirkelite from Ceylon. With Crystallographic Notes by G.F.H. Smith. Min. Mag. xvi. pp. 309-316
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Israel Geological Society.1960. G.S. Blake, 1876 - 1940. Memorial Meeting. Bull. Res Council of Israel. Vol. 9G,pp 167â173.
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Israel Geological Society.1960. G.S. Blake, 1876 - 1940. Memorial Meeting. Bull. Res Council of Israel. Vol. 9G,pp 167-173
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Blake G.S. 1935. On the occurrence of marine Miocene in Palestine: Geol. Mag. no. 849,v. 72, no. 3 pp. 140-142, Mr'35.
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in 1936, which resulted in many Jews entering Palestine. This angered the majority Palestinian Arabs leading to the
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papers on baddeleyite and zirkelite from Ceylon and carnotite from South Australia. After this, he spent time in
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Blake G.S. 1937-1939. Geological map of Palestine, (Northern Sheet). 1:250,000, Govt of Palestine, Jerusalem.
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