John Campbell Craddock
John Campbell Craddock (born April 3, 1930 in Chicago , Illinois , † July 23, 2006 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) was an American geologist and polar explorer .
Life
Craddock graduated from DePauw University in 1951 in geology and mathematics. From 1954 to 1956 he worked as a geologist for the Shell oil company . He then joined the University of Minnesota Department of Geology and was funded by the United States Antarctic Research Program . From 1960 to 1961 he headed a team of geologists at the university that investigated the Jones Mountains in Ellsworthland , West Antarctica . He led another team from 1962 to 1963. In 2003 he accepted a professorship at Macalester College . In 2005 he visited the Antarctic continent as a tourist together with his wife Dorothy (née Dunkelberg), with whom he had been married since 1953. A year later he died at the age of 76 in a nursing home . The Craddock massif and Mount Craddock bear his name.
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia. Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 367 (English)
Web links
- Basil Tikoff, Robert H. Dott Jr., and Gordon Medaris: Campbell Craddock (1930-2006). Obituary on the University of Wisconsin homepage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Craddock, John Campbell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thiel, John Campbell (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geologist and polar explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 2006 |
| Place of death | Saint Paul , Minnesota |