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'''Sir Jethro Justinian Harris Teall''' (5 January 1849 – 2 July 1924) was a [[UK|British]] geologist. He was born to Jethro and Mary Teall in [[Northleach]], Gloucestershire. He studied at [[St John's College, Cambridge]]. In 1874, he was awarded the [[Adam Sedgwick#Sedgwick Prize|Sedgwick Prize]] for his study of lower-level greensand, a form of sandstone.{{cn}} He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1890, mainly on account of his book ''British Petrography'', written in 1888. He won the [[Wollaston Medal]] of the [[Geological Society]] in 1905. [[Teallite]] is named for him. He was awarded D.Sc. degrees by the [[University of Dublin]] and the [[University of Oxford]] and an LL.D. by the [[University of St Andrews]].