# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-brian-harland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:02:02.888Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/w-brian-harland"
name: "W. Brian Harland"
slug: "w-brian-harland"
description: "Walter Brian Harland was a British geologist at the Department of Geology, later University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences, England, from 1948 to 2003. He was a leading figure in geological exploration and research in Svalbard, organising over 40 Cambridge Spitsbergen Expeditions (CSE) and in 1975 founded the Cambridge Arctic Shelf Programme (CASP) as a research institute to continue this work. He was first secretary of the International Geological Correlation Programme from 1969 until UNESCO could take over in 1972, and was a driving force in setting criteria and standards in stratigraphy and producing 4 editions of the geological time scale in 1964, 1971, 1982 and 1989. He also edited the international Geological Magazine for 30 years. In 1968, he was honoured with the Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal for Arctic exploration and research."
tagline: "British geologist (1917-2003)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1917-03-22"
deathDate: "2003-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump