Bryce Kerr Nairn Wyllie died on 8th March, 1952, at the age of 64.
He entered Glasgow University as a classics student and was regarded as one of the most brilliant men of his year, but after obtaining his M.A. degree he turned to science, and in 1912 gained the B.Sc. degree with special distinction in chemistry. He was awarded a Research Scholarship in geology by the University, and worked for a year on the petrography of the Garabal Hill district in Scotland. In September, 1913, he was appointed assistant to the Director of the newly-established Gold Coast Geological Survey, being engaged on general geological and mineral exploration as well as on microscopic work on rocks and concentrates.
In 1916 he left the Gold Coast to take a commission in the Royal Engineers (Inland Water Transport Section), and served in Mesopotamia. He investigated deposits in Persian Kurdistan for G.H.Q. Baghdad in 1918, and from September, 1918, until August, 1919, was attached to the Anglo-Persian Oil Co., so beginning an association of more than 20 years with that company. After joining the geological staff of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. in 1919 he worked in many parts of the world as advisory geologist on their behalf, until his retirement in 1940.
Mr. Wyllie was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1922 and was transferred to Membership in 1923.
Vol. 62, Trans IMM 1952-3, p.300
