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Arthur Holmes
FRS FRSE
Holmes around age 22
Born
(1890-01-14)14 January 1890
Hebburn, England
Died
20 September 1965(1965-09-20) (aged 75)
London, England
Alma mater
Imperial College London
Awards
Murchison Medal (1940) FRS (1942)[1] Wollaston Medal (1956) Penrose Medal (1956) Vetlesen Prize (1964)
Scientific career
Institutions
Durham University (1924–1942)
University of Edinburgh (1943–1956)
Arthur HolmesFRS FRSE (14 January 1890 – 20 September 1965) was an English geologist who made two major contributions to the understanding of geology. He pioneered the use of radiometric dating of minerals, and was the first earth scientist to grasp the mechanical and thermal implications of mantle convection, which led eventually to the acceptance of plate tectonics.[2][3]
^Dunham, K. C. (1966). "Arthur Holmes 1890-1965". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 12: 290–310. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1966.0013.
^Edmond A. Mathez, ed. (2000), EARTH: INSIDE AND OUT, New Press, archived from the original on 27 September 2013, retrieved 5 February 2013
^"Holmes, Arthur". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33951. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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