ABSTRACT
From 1834 Phillips continued as keeper o f the Yorkshire Museum on a salary of £100 pa and as honorary secretary to the YPS until in late December 1840 he resigned from the former post. Though he retained his base in York, he distanced him self steadily from the YPS as his engagements proliferated and new opportunities arose. He added to his reputation as a geological researcher with his monograph o f 1836 on the mountain limestone ofYorkshire. It was not only a work on regional or topographical geology which fulfilled one o f the leading desiderata o f the YPS. It was also a pioneering account o f much o f the carboniferous system o f rocks which occurred well down the stratigraphical column, below the new red sandstone and above the old. He continued as assistant secretary to the British Association, which in 1834 raised his salary from £100 to £200 a year in recognition o f his centrality to it and his increased responsibilities. He sustained his lecturing commitments, reaching in 1838 a peak o f seven courses, o f which three were given in London and four in the provinces. Though they paid well, they were so exhausting that he decided to reduce their number in future.
