John Frederick Blake (3 April 1839 – 7 July 1906) was a British geologist and Anglican clergyman.

Blake received B.A. 1862 and M.A. 1865 from Caius College, Cambridge. He was ordained a deacon in 1862 and a priest in 1863. He was curate of Lenton, Nottinghamshire, from 1862 to 1864 and curate of St Mary's, Bryanston Square, London, from 1864 to 1865.

John Frederick Blake

He was Professor of Natural Science at University College, Nottingham, from 1881 to 1888. In 1895 he went to India to arrange the Baroda Museum.

John Frederick Blake

He married in 1866 and was survived by three sons and a daughter.

John Frederick Blake

Awards and honours

1891–1893: President of the Geologists' Association

1895: Lyell Medal

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1906 deaths

1839 births

Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

British geologists

Lyell Medal winners

Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery

Presidents of the Geologists' Association