Osmond Fisher
Reverend Osmond Fisher (born November 17, 1817 in Osmington , Dorset, England, † July 12, 1914 in Huntingdon , England) was an English geologist and geophysicist .
life and career
Fisher studied from 1835 at the Jesus College of Cambridge University . In 1852 he became a member of the Geological Society of London and in 1879 an honorary member of King's College London . Fisher was one of the first scientists to bring mathematics to geology. He examined the formations of Dorsetshire, East-Agrlia and the Isle of Wight. In 1858 he became Vicar at Elmstead and in 1887 Rector at Harlton, near Cambridge.
Fisher was awarded the Murchison Medal in 1893 and the Wollaston Medal in 1913 .
Fonts
- The Physics of the Earth's Crust. 1881. 2nd edition: Macmillan, London 1889. ( Google Books )
literature
- Ursula B. Marvin: Continental Drift. The evolution of a concept. Dissertation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC 1973, pp. 52-80.
- AM Celâl Şengör : The large-wavelength deformations of the lithosphere. Materials for a history of the evolution of thought from the earliest times to plate tectonics. Geological Soc. of America, Boulder, Col. 2003. ( Google Books )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fisher, Osmond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English geologist and geophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osmington , Dorset, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1914 |
| Place of death | Huntingdon , England |