Below
are photographs taken at the Sir
Kingsley Dunham Meeting organised
by the Yorkshire Geol. Soc., 9th. March 2002 at Durham University.
Sir Kingsley
Dunham died on the 5th. April 2001 aged 91. He joined the British
Geological Survey in 1935. In 1950 he became head of the Department
of Geology at Durham University, but returned to the B.G.S. in 1967
until he retired in 1975. He enjoyed a long and distinguished career,
especially with regard to the minerals industry in Britain and
abroad, becoming advisor to many mining companies.
Following an introduction to the meeting by the President
of the Yorkshire Geol. Soc., Dr.
David Millward, three talks were given.
Dr. Tony Johnson of Durham Univ.,
a life long friend of Sir Kingsley Dunham, spoke about some of the
highlights of Sir Kingsley's long and successful career.
Brian Young of the BGS,
who worked closely with Sir Kingsley on the second edition of the
Geology of the Northern Pennine Orefield, Vol. 1: Tyne to Stainmore,
gave a talk on mineralisation in Northern England.
Prof. Robert Nesbitt of Southampton Oceanography
Centre, spoke about the enormous advances
made during the last 40 years in the study and dating of igneous rocks.
Dr. Albert Wilson, a former YGS president who
collaborated with Sir Kingsley on the Geology of the Northern
Pennine Orefield, Vol. 2: Stainmore to Craven, gave some concluding remarks.
Below
are pictures of displays by societies with which Sir Kingsley Dunham
was associated.
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