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Leonard James Spencer

British mineralogist (1870-1959) · United Kingdom · Scientists · Died at 88

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Leonard James Spencer CBE FRS was a British geologist. He was an Honorary member of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, and also a recipient of its Bolitho Medal. He was president of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland from 1936 to 1939.

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Awards

Roebling Medal1940
Murchison Medal1937
Fellow of the Royal Society
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Honorary Member of the German Mineralogical Society

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Leonard James Spencer CBE FRS was a British geologist. He was an Honorary member of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, and also a recipient of its Bolitho Medal. He was president of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland from 1936 to 1939. In mineralogy, Spencer was an original investigator who described several new minerals, including miersite, tarbuttite and parahopeite. He also did important work as a curator, editor and bibliographer. He was the third person to receive the Roebling Medal, the highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America. In 1937, he was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London. He wrote at least 146 articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition.

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1870 to 1959 · aged 88

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