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Lewis Leigh Fermor
Born(1880-09-18)18 September 1880
Died24 May 1954(1954-05-24) (aged 73)
ChildrenPatrick Leigh Fermor
Awards
  • OBE
  • Bigsby Medal (1921)
  • FRS[1]
Scientific career
FieldsGeology

Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor, OBE, FRS (18 September 1880 – 24 May 1954), was a British chemist and geologist and the first president of the Indian National Science Academy and a director of the Geological Survey of India (1930-1935). His son was the writer and traveller Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor.[2][3]

  1. ^ Crookshank, H.; Auden, J. B. (1956). "Lewis Leigh Fermor 1880-1954". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2: 100–116. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1956.0007. JSTOR 769478. S2CID 74737206.
  2. ^ "Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor obituary from Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences". Patrickleighfermor.wordpress.com. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor". Patrickleighfermor.wordpress.com. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2013.

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