| RefNo | EC/1961/09 |
| Previous numbers | Cert XVII, 9 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Haughton, Sidney Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 16 March 1961 |
| Description | Certificate of Election |
| Citation | Honorary Director of Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, Witwatersrand University; formerly Director of the Geological Survey of South Africa and Chief Geologist, South Africa Atomic Energy Board. The outstanding living authority on the geology of South Africa. Distinguished for the value and wide range of contributions to the geology of southern and central Africa especially in the fields of palaeozoology, stratigraphy and economic geology. To the systematic study of Karoo reptiles alone he has devoted 37 papers; other researches contain mollusca, fishes, amphibia and mammalia. Currently is co-ordinating geological studies throughout Africa south of the Sahara. The list of 106 publications is attached. |
| Proposers | From Personal Knowledge: Proposer - B F J Schonland; Seconder - E B Bailey; OMB Bulman; K C Dunham; W J Pugh; D M S Watson; Errol J White; C J Stubblefield; P J du Toit; L R Wager |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1948 | Haughton; Sidney Henry (1888 - 1982) | 1888 - 1982 |