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Ben Peach

British geologist (1842-1926) · Scientists · Died at 83

Benjamin Neeve Peach was a British geologist. He is best remembered for his work on the Northwest Highlands and Southern Uplands with John Horne, by which they resolved the long-running "Highlands Controversy" with the 1907 publication The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland.

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1926Died29 January 19261921Wollaston MedalAward1899Murchison MedalAward1887Wollaston FundAward1842Born6 September 1842

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Wollaston Medal1921
Murchison Medal1899
Wollaston Fund1887
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1842 to 1926 · aged 83