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Authorised form of nameKing; William Bernard Robinson (1889 - 1963)
Dates1889 - 1963
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWest Burton, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth12 November 1889
Date of death23/01/1963
Research fieldGeology
Palaeontology
Hydrology
Stratigraphy
Hydrology
ActivityHonours:
OBE ; MC 1940
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1949
SourceSources:
DSB vol 17 pp 478-479
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1963 vol 9 pp 171-182, plate, by F W Shotton
CodeNA619
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/GA/WS/3598King, William Bernard Robinsonnd
EC/1949/10King, William Bernard Robinson: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/002539King, William Bernard Robinsonnd
PB/1/33/2Correspondence concerning the Copley Medal of the Royal Society1956
RR/72/71Referee's report by William Bernard Robinson, on a paper 'Studies in the post-glacial history of British vegetation. XI. Late-glacial deposits in Cornwall' by Ann P Conolly, Harry Godwin, Eleanor M Megaw and R Ross1949
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