University of Cambridge (BA) University of Manchester (PhD)
Known for
reestablishing viability of the theory of continental drift; discoveries in planetary magnetism
Awards
The Chree Medal and Prize (1969)
Vetlesen Prize (1970)
RAS Gold Medal (1984)
Scientific career
Fields
Plate tectonics Paleomagnetism
Institutions
University of Cambridge University of Manchester Newcastle University University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Thesis
Investigations relating to the main geomagnetic field(1949)
Doctoral advisor
Patrick Blackett[1]
(Stanley) Keith RuncornFRS[2] (19 November 1922 – 5 December 1995) was a British physicist whose paleomagnetic reconstruction of the relative motions of Europe and America revived the theory of continental drift and was a major contribution to plate tectonics.[2][3][4]
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^ abCollinson, D. W. (2002). "Stanley Keith Runcorn. 19 November 1922–5 December 1995". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 48: 391–403. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2002.0023. JSTOR 3650268.
^Hide, Raymond (1996). "Stanley Keith Runcorn F.R.S. (1922–1995)". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. 37 (3). Royal Astronomical Society: 463–465. Bibcode:1996QJRAS..37..463H.
(Stanley) KeithRuncorn FRS (19 November 1922 – 5 December 1995) was a British physicist whose paleomagnetic reconstruction of the relative motions of...
The KeithRuncorn Prize is awarded annually by the Royal Astronomical Society for the best British doctoral thesis in geophysics (including planetary...
occasions that these data could show the validity of continental drift: by KeithRuncorn in a paper in 1956, and by Warren Carey in a symposium held in March...
Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England. Its population in 2021 was 62,100. Runcorn is on the southern...
students Edward Bullard[citation needed] Roberto Salmeron Bibha Chowdhuri KeithRuncorn[citation needed] Other notable students Ishrat Hussain Usmani J. Robert...
was no way to reconstruct the movements of the continents over time. KeithRuncorn and Edward A. Irving constructed apparent polar wander paths for Europe...
Earth's ionosphere. She was awarded the Royal Astronomical Society KeithRuncorn Prize (then Blackwell Prize) and University of Wales Granville Beynon...
Medal Price Medal Harold Jeffreys Lectureship James Dungey Lectureship KeithRuncorn Prize Both Patrick Moore Medal Annie Maunder Medal Anges Mary Clerke...
Medal Price Medal Harold Jeffreys Lectureship James Dungey Lectureship KeithRuncorn Prize Both Patrick Moore Medal Annie Maunder Medal Anges Mary Clerke...
Fowler, USA 1970 - Allan V. Cox, USA 1970 - Richard R. Doell, USA ; S. KeithRuncorn, United Kingdom 1968 - Francis Birch, USA ; Sir Edward Bullard, United...
event List of geomagnetic reversals Herrero-Bervera, Emilio, and S. KeithRuncorn. "Transition Fields during the Geomagnetic Reversals and Their Geodynamic...
geologist, known for radiocarbon dating work with the USGS Stanley KeithRuncorn (1922–1995), British geophysicist and plate tectonics pioneer; Fellow...
Butler. Went on to become Chair of the Department at Durham University. KeithRuncorn, PhD 1949, pioneer in the field of paleomagnetism. Ernest Rutherford...
(Venezuelan, 1942– ) – global warming; awarded William Bowie Medal KeithRuncorn (British, 1922–1995) – paleomagnetic work supporting continental drift;...
Medal Price Medal Harold Jeffreys Lectureship James Dungey Lectureship KeithRuncorn Prize Both Patrick Moore Medal Annie Maunder Medal Anges Mary Clerke...
actor (born 1909) 5 December Charles Evans, mountaineer (born 1918) KeithRuncorn, geophysicist (born 1922) 6 December – Trevor Key, photographer (born...
Runcorn East railway station serves the eastern suburbs of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, offering train services to Warrington and Manchester and to Chester...
Astrophysical Journal Astronomy & Astrophysics Astronomy & Geophysics Smith, Keith (28 June 2012). "RAS journals to be published by Oxford University Press"...
Medal Price Medal Harold Jeffreys Lectureship James Dungey Lectureship KeithRuncorn Prize Both Patrick Moore Medal Annie Maunder Medal Anges Mary Clerke...
Medal Price Medal Harold Jeffreys Lectureship James Dungey Lectureship KeithRuncorn Prize Both Patrick Moore Medal Annie Maunder Medal Anges Mary Clerke...
Medal Price Medal Harold Jeffreys Lectureship James Dungey Lectureship KeithRuncorn Prize Both Patrick Moore Medal Annie Maunder Medal Anges Mary Clerke...
Bibcode:2012A&G....53d..10.. doi:10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53410.x. Smith, Keith. "Election results: new President and Council". Royal Astronomical Society...
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