| Authorised form of name | McLaren; Digby Johns (1919 - 2004) |
| Dates | 1919 - 2004 |
| Date of birth | 11/12/1919 |
| Date of death | 08/12/2004 |
| Research field | Geography |
| Activity | Education:
Sedbergh; Queen's College, Cambridge
Career:
Studies interupted by WW2 - Royal Artillery (1939-1945), Iraqi and Italian campaigns; Geological Survey of Canada (1948); completed PhD at University of Michigan; appointed first director general of the Geological Survey's Institute of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology at Calgary (1960) returned to Ottawa after six months; Senior Science Adviser to Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada (1980-1984); Professor of Geology, Ottawa University (1980-1984); initiated International Geosphere-Biosphere programme; President, Royal Society of Canada (1987-1990); President Geological Society of America; Digby McLaren Medal of the Internation Commission in Stratigraphy inaugurated at meeting of Internation Geological Union in Florey, attended by McLaren (2004)
Honours:
OC (1987)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/03/1979 |
| Age at election | 59 |
| Relationships | Son of James McLaren, land agent to Duke of Northumberland; married Phyllis Matkin |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoir 2007, Volume 53, pp 237-246 by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith FRSC
Obituary in Daily Telegraph (15 December 2004) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/267143639 |
| Code | NA4143 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/GRS/8145 | McLaren, Digby Johns | 1979 |
| EC/1979/23 | McLaren, Digby Johns: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1975 |