Herbert Harold Read
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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]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1939[2] & won its Royal Medal in 1963 for "outstanding contributions to the understanding of the processes of rock metamorphism and the origins of granite".[2][4] He also was awarded the Bigsby Medal, the Wollaston Medal and the Penrose Medal.[2]
Quotes
"The best geologist is he who has seen the most rocks." (H. H. Read, 1940)[5]
References
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Categories:
- Presidents of the Geological Society of London
- 1889 births
- 1970 deaths
- People from Whitstable
- Royal Medal winners
- British geologists
- Penrose Medal winners
- Wollaston Medal winners
- Fellows of the Geological Society of London
- Academics of Imperial College London
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
