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Nicholas Shackleton

British geologist (1937-2006) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 68

Sir Nicholas John Shackleton was an English geologist and paleoclimatologist who specialised in the Quaternary Period. He was the son of the distinguished field geologist Robert Millner Shackleton and great-nephew of the explorer Ernest Shackleton.

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2006Died24 January 20062005Blue Planet PrizeAwardFounder’s MedalAward2004Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2003H. C. Urey AwardAwardRoyal MedalAward2002Honorary Doctor of the University of PaduaAward1999Milutin Milankovic MedalAward1998Knight BachelorAward1997Philosophiae doctor (Norway)Award1996Doctor of Law (honorary)Award1995Crafoord Prize in GeosciencesAward1990A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine SciencesAward1985Carus medalAwardFrancis P. Shepard MedalAward1937Born23 June 1937

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