Harold Wellman
✓ Source-basedstableNew Zealand geologist (1909-1999)
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Harold William Wellman was a New Zealand geologist known for his work on plate tectonics. He is notable for his discovery of South Island's Alpine Fault. Wellman became a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1954, and was awarded the Hector Memorial Medal and Prize in 1957 and the McKay Hammer Award in 1959.
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Patrick MarshallAlso won Hector Medal
Peter SchwerdtfegerAlso won Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
Roger Curtis GreenAlso won Hector Medal
Lucy May CranwellAlso won Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
Duncan SommervilleAlso won Hector Medal
Lisa Matisoo-SmithAlso won Fellow of the Royal Society Te ApārangiAbout this person
Country
New ZealandCategory
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1999 · aged 90
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