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William Fyfe

New Zealand geologist and geochemist (1927-2013) · New Zealand · Scientists · Died at 86

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William Sefton Fyfe, was a New Zealand geologist and Professor Emeritus in the department of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Ontario. He is widely considered among the world's most eminent geochemists.

A life in dates

2013Died11 November 20132000Wollaston MedalAward1995Honorary Doctor of the University of OtagoAwardRoebling MedalAward1992Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and EngineeringAward1990Arthur L. Day MedalAward1989Arthur Holmes MedalAward1985Willet G. Miller MedalAward1981Logan MedalAward1927Born4 June 1927

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Awards

Wollaston Medal2000
Roebling Medal1995
Honorary Doctor of the University of Otago1995
Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering1992
Arthur L. Day Medal1990
Arthur Holmes Medal1989
Willet G. Miller Medal1985
Logan Medal1981
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the Royal Society
Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit
Companion of the Order of Canada
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Fulbright Scholarship
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi

About this person

Country
New Zealand
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2013 · aged 86

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