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Herbert Harold Read FRS | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 December 1889 |
| Died | 29 March 1970 (aged 80) |
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Spouse | Edith Browning |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1939) Wollaston Medal (1952) Royal Medal (1963) Penrose Medal (1967) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology |
| Institutions | British Geological Survey University of Liverpool Imperial College, London |
| Doctoral students | Janet Vida Watson John Sutton Derek Flinn |
Herbert Harold Read FRS,[1] FRSE, FGS, (17 December 1889, in Whitstable – 29 March 1970)[2][3] was a British geologist and Professor of Geology at Imperial College.[2] From 1947-1948 he was president of the Geological Society.[2]
- ^ Sutton, J. (1970). "Herbert Harold Read. 1889-1970". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 16: 479–497. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1970.0020.
- ^ a b c "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35696. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ ‘READ, Herbert Harold’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 1 March 2009