| Authorised form of name | Stewart; Sir; Frederick Henry (1916 - 2001) |
| Dates | 1916 - 2001 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 16/01/1916 |
| Place of death | Oban, Argyll |
| Date of death | 09/12/2001 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Education:
Fettes College; Robert Gordon's College; Aberdeen University; Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Career:
Research division, ICI (World War 2); Lecturer in Geology, Durham University (1943-1956); Regius Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, Edinburgh University (1956-1982); Dean, Faculty of Science, Edinburgh University (1966-1968); Chairman, National Environment Research Council (NERC) (1971); Emeritus Professor, Edinburgh University (from 1982); Trustee, Natural History Museum (1983-1987)
Honours:
Kt 1974
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/03/1964 |
| Age at election | 48 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1969-1971 |
| Relationships | Married (1945) Mary Rainbow (the author Mary Stewart) |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 331-348, plate, by M J O'Hara
Obituaries: Indepndent (17 December 2001), Guardian (19 December 2001) |
| Code | NA4816 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| HWT/32/2 | Letter from President of the Royal Society (Alan Lloyd Hodgkin) to members of Committee enclosing 'preliminary draft of a memorandum which might form the basis of our reply to Lord Rothschild' | 16 June 1971 |
| IM/004400 | Stewart, Sir Frederick Henry | nd |
| HWT/14/4 | Correspondence and papers | September - December 1974 |
| HWT/32/3 | Agenda, papers and minutes of meeting held 5 July 1971 | July 1971 |
| EC/1964/24 | Stewart, Frederick Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/926/8/2/3 | Administrative papers relating to the Planetary Sciences Study Group and the Subcommittee on Planetary Sciences, of Colin Pillinger | 6 October 1970 - May 1979 |