| Authorised form of name | Walker; George Patrick Leonard (1926 - 2005) |
| Dates | 1926 - 2005 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 02/03/1926 |
| Place of death | Gloucester, England |
| Date of death | 17/01/2005 |
| Occupation | Geologist; mineralogist; volcanologist |
| Activity | 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).
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1975 |
| Age at election | 49 |
| Relationships | Married (1958) Hazel Smith |
| Source | 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 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/8726598 |
| Code | NA3886 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1975/28 | Walker, George Patrick Leonard: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |