Biografía
He was a farmer at Beauharnois Co. in Lower Canada.
He became interested in geology and was encouraged by Sir William Logan to join anderved for 36 years with them.
He came with the Geological Survey of Canada in 1872 to study coal deposits on Vancouver Island.
He also studied Gardner Inlet with the CPR in 1874.
In 1874 he studied the coal deposits in the Queen Charlotte Islands identifying the coal potential at the Cowgitz Mine travelling in the Triumph.
He was the "cabinet keeper" for the Geological Survey of Canada for many years.
Lugares nombrados
Richardson Head (BC), Richardson Passage (BC); Richardson Narrows (BC); Richardson Inlet (BC), Richardson Island (BC); Richardson Point (BC); Richardson Bay (BC) Billings named several fossils after him.
Referencias
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- Wallace, W. Stewart (Ed.) 1978
- Dalzell, Kathleen E. (1973)
