Grenville Turner FRS | |
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Born | Todmorden, England | 1 November 1936
Died | 22 August 2024 Sheffield, England | (aged 87)
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | University of Oxford University of Cambridge |
Known for | Argon–argon dating |
Awards | Rumford Medal (1996) Urey Medal (2002) Fellow of the Royal Society Gold Medal of the RAS |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cosmochemistry Isotope geochemistry |
Institutions | University of Manchester University of Sheffield California Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley |
Thesis | (1962) |
Grenville Turner FRS (1 November 1936 – 22 August 2024) was a British geochemist who was a research professor at the University of Manchester. He was one of the pioneers of cosmochemistry.