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Steve Sparks

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British volcanologist (born 1949)

United KingdomAcademicsBorn 1949 · age 77
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Sir Robert Stephen John Sparks, is Chaning Wills Professor of Geology in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol.

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2018Royal Medal
2018Knight Bachelor
2015Vetlesen Prize
2011Wollaston Medal
2008Thorarinsson Medal
2004Arthur Holmes Medal
2000Arthur L. Day Medal
2000Royal Society Bakerian Medal
1999honorary doctorate at the Blaise-Pascal university
1998Murchison Medal
1985Bigsby Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
Royal Society Bakerian Medal

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Sir Robert Stephen John Sparks, is Chaning Wills Professor of Geology in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. He is one of the world's leading volcanologists and has been widely recognised his pioneering research into the physics of eruptions, volcanic geology, igneous petrology, volcanic hazards and risk assessment, and wider services to the science community.

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Born 1949 · age 77
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