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Samuel Warren Carey

Australian geologist (1911-2002) · Australia · Academics · Died at 90

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Samuel Warren Carey was an Australian geologist and a professor at the University of Tasmania. He was an early advocate of the theory of continental drift. His work on plate tectonics reconstructions led him to develop the Expanding Earth hypothesis.

A life in dates

2002Died20 March 20021998ANZAAS MedalAward1989Fellow of the Australian Academy of ScienceAward1977Officer of the Order of AustraliaAward1969Clarke MedalAward1911Born1 November 1911

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Carey in New Guinea, 1942.Carey in New Guinea, 1942.

Awards

ANZAAS Medal1998
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science1989
Officer of the Order of Australia1977
Clarke Medal1969

About this person

Country
Australia
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 2002 · aged 90

Academics from Australia 6

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