Brian Glenister
Brian Frederick Glenister (born September 28, 1928 in Albany , Australia - † June 7, 2012 ) was an Australian-American geologist and paleontologist .
Life
Glenister studied at the University of Western Australia with a bachelor's degree in 1949, at the University of Melbourne with a master's degree in 1953 and received his doctorate in 1956 at the University of Iowa , where he had been a Fulbright scholar since 1954. He was then Senior Lecturer in Geology at the University of Western Australia and from 1959 Assistant Professor and 1968 Professor of Geology at the University of Iowa. From 1968 to 1974 he headed the faculty and from 1974 he was AK Miller Professor . In 1997 he retired.
He dealt with fossil cephalopods ( ammonites ) and biostratigraphy. Glenister was involved in the introduction of various stages of the Permian (such as Roadium , Capitanium , Guadalupium ). He was an expert on Permian ammonites and co-authored the revision of the relevant section in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology .
He was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 2001 he received the Gilbert Harris Award from the Paleontological Research Institute. In 2004 he received the Lifetime Education Award from the International Cephalopoda Symposium. In 1989 he was President of the Paleontological Society .
Glenister was a US citizen. He had been married to Anne Treloar since 1956 and had three children.
Fonts
- with William Madison Furnish : Permian ammonoids, in MR House., JR Senior (Ed.), The Ammonoidea: Systematics Association Special Volume 18, 1981, pp. 49-64.
- Permian Ammonoidea, in MJ Benton, MA Whyte (Eds.), The Fossil Record 2: sponsored by the Palaeontological Association, the Royal Society, and the Linnaean Society: London, Chapman and Hall, 1993, pp 189-211.
- with WM Furnish, J. Kullmann, Z. Zhou: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Revised), Mollusca 4, v. 2, Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea (Goniatitida and Prolecanitida), Geological Society of America, University of Kansas Press 2009
literature
- Biography at the University of Iowa (English)
- Desmond Collins et al. a., Memorial to Brian Frederick Glenister (1928–2012) (PDF; 259 kB; English)
References and comments
- ↑ Life dates in Pamela Kalte u. a., American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glenister, Brian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Glenister, Brian Frederick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian-American geologist and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Albany , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 2012 |