Charles Hepworth Holland
Charles Hepworth Holland (born June 30, 1923 in Southport ) is a British geologist and paleontologist .
Holland first studied mathematics and physics at the University of Liverpool , interrupted by World War II, and then geology at the University of Manchester . There he researched the Ordovician and Silurian regions of Great Britain (the latter especially in Ludlow ) and was an assistant lecturer. He then went to Bedford College, University of London, where he was a lecturer. From 1966 he was Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Trinity College in Dublin . In 1993 he retired.
He is particularly concerned with the stratigraphy of the Silurian, particularly in Ireland and Great Britain, but also coordinated the worldwide stratigraphic allocation of the Silurian deposits. As a palaeontologist, he was particularly concerned with nautiloids and graptolites of the Silurian. He published a book on the geology of Ireland.
1984 to 1986 he was President of the Geological Society of London . In 2008 he received the Lapworth Medal . In 1971 he was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy .
Fonts
- The idea of time , Wiley-Blackwell 1999
- Editor with Ian S. Sanders The Geology of Ireland , 2nd Edition, Dunedin Academic Press 2009
- The irish landscape- a scenery to celebrate , Dunedin Academic Press 2003
- Editor: Cambrian of the New World , Wiley Interscience 1971
- Published by: Trinity College Dublin and the idea of a universe , Trinity College Dublin Press 1991
Individual evidence
- ↑ International Who's Who, Volume 63, 2000
- ^ Members: Charles Hepworth Holland. Royal Irish Academy, accessed May 7, 2019 .
Web links
- Page at Trinity College on the occasion of the Lapworth Medal
- Acknowledgment on the occasion of the Lapworth Medal on their website
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| SURNAME | Holland, Charles Hepworth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Southport |