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Authorised form of nameFleming; Sir; Charles Alexander (1916 - 1987); palaeontologist
Dates1916 - 1987
NationalityNew Zealand
Place of birthAuckland, New Zealand
Date of birth09/09/1916
Place of deathWellington, New Zealand
Date of death11/09/1987
Research fieldPalaeontology
ActivityEducation:
King's College, Auckland; Auckland University College, DSc (1952)
Career:
New Zealand Geological Survey
Honours:
OBE 1964; KBE 1977
Memberships:
FRSNZ (1952; President 1962-1966); FGS; For Mem, American Philosophical Society
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/03/1967
Age at election50
SourceObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1988 vol 34 pp 177-203, plate, by R E F Matthews
References:
Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281
CodeNA3289
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1967/09Fleming, Charles Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society
HWT/21/3/1Invitations, arrangements and Thompson's manuscript notesAugust - December 1970
IM/001442Fleming, Sir Charles AlexanderMarch 1967
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