Person Walker; George Patrick Leonard (1926 - 2005) Walker George Patrick Leonard 1926 - 2005 British Male London, England 02/03/1926 19260302 Gloucester, England 17/01/2005 20050117

Geologist; mineralogist; volcanologist Education: Wallace High School, Lisburn; Read Geology at Queen's University, Belfast (BSc and MSc); PhD at Leeds University (1956) Career: Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Imperial College, London (1951-1964), Reader in Geology (1964-1979); Captain J Cook Research Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand based at Auckland University (1978-1980); G A Macdonald Professor of Vulcanology, University of Hawaii (1981-1996), Professor Emeritus (1999-2005); Honorary Fellow of Royal Society of New Zealand (1987); Honorary Professor, University of Bristol; honorary doctorate from University of Iceland; awarded Thorarinsson medal by International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior; awarded Wollaston Medal of Geological Society of London; awarded Icelandic Order of the Falcon conferred by President of Iceland for his contibutions to Icelandic geology (1977). Married (1958) Hazel Smith Fellow 20/03/1975 49 Sources: Obituaries in The Telegraph (31 January 2005), Independent (31 January 2005), Times (18 February 2005) and the Guardian (22 February 2005) Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 423-436, plate, by S Self and R S J Sparks International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 2 Mar 1926 - 17 Jan 2005 NA3886 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/8726598 0dc2a066-f8b8-46b6-9782-acb88fdd469e