1881 to 1883 whence he was elected to the Legislative Council where he served until 1891. He is commemorated in the genus Atherstonea Pappe and in the names of various fossil reptiles. He was one of the founders of the Geological Society of South Africa at Johannesburg in 1895. He died at Grahamstown, on 26 June 1898.<ref> Family father: John Atherstone *25 January 1793 Nottingham, England. He died in 1853 at Table Farm, Grahamstown mother: Elizabeth Damant *c1785. She died at Table Farm, Grahamstown She married John Atherstone in 1811 in St John's, Westminster, London, England. siblings: John Craddock Atherstone. William Guybon Atherstone Catherine Damant Atherstone Elizabeth Atherstone was born in 1817. Emily Atherstone John Frederick Korsten Atherstone Bliss Ann Atherstone Caroline Atherstone His son was the railway engineer Guybon Atherstone. Notes References External links Atherstone family 1814 births 1898 deaths 1820 Settlers 19th-century South African scientists Fellows of the Geological Society of London Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons People from Makhanda, Eastern Cape South African geologists South African surgeons