Michael Welland (1946 – October 2017) was a British petroleum geologist and expert on sand (an arenophile).[1] His book Sand: a journey through science and the imagination,[2] won the 2010 John Burroughs Medal.[3][4][5]
Welland was a featured commentator in the documentary film "Sand Wars" (2013).
Welland was born in 1946, son of Dennis Welland, Professor of American Literature and later Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Selwyn College, Cambridge.[1]
When he appeared in 2010 on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Museum of Curiosity, his proposed donation to the imaginary museum was singing sand dunes.
^ abFortey, Richard (2017). "Michael Welland 1946–2017". London: The Geological Society.
^Oxford University Press 2009 ISBN 978-0199563180), published in the USA as Sand: the never-ending story (University of California Press 2009 ISBN 978-0520254374)
^"Sand and the Imagination". RadioNational: The Book Show. ABC (Australia). 28 July 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
^Robinson, Andrew (13 August 2009). "The world in a grain of sand (book review)". Nature. 460: 798–799. doi:10.1038/460798a.
^"John Burroughs Medal Award List". John Burroughs Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
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