Alfred Harker
English geologist, Scottish Geological Survey (1859-1939) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 80
Alfred Harker FRS was an English geologist who specialised in petrology and interpretive petrography. He was lecturer in petrology at the University of Cambridge for many years, and carried out field mapping for the Geological Survey of Scotland and geological studies of western Scotland and the Isle of Skye.
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1939Died28 July 19391935Royal MedalAward1922Wollaston MedalAward1907Murchison MedalAward1859Born19 February 1859
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He and other British geologists pioneered the use of thin sections and the petrographic microscope in interpretive petrology.
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Lived 1859 to 1939 · aged 80