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Allan V. Cox
American geophysicist · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1926 to 1987 · aged 60
Allan Verne Cox was an American geophysicist. His work on dating geomagnetic reversals, with Richard Doell and Brent Dalrymple, made a major contribution to the theory of plate tectonics. Allan Cox won numerous awards, including the prestigious Vetlesen Prize, and was the president of the American Geophysical Union.
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He was the author of over a hundred scientific papers, and the author or editor of two books on plate tectonics. On January 27, 1987, Cox died in an apparent suicide.
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Harmon CraigBoth received Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship
Keith RuncornBoth received Vetlesen Prize
Alexander DalgarnoBoth received John Adam Fleming MedalRobert E. DickinsonBoth received Vetlesen Prize
Norman F. NessBoth received John Adam Fleming Medal
Gerald J. WasserburgBoth received Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship