| Authorised form of name | Fuchs; Sir; Vivian Ernest (1908 - 1999) |
| Dates | 1908 - 1999 |
| Date of birth | 11/02/1908 |
| Date of death | 11/11/1999 |
| Activity | Education:
Cambridge University
Career:
Went on expeditions to North East Greenland (1929), four to Central Africa (1930-1938); Director, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS, named British Antarctic Survey from 1962) (1950-1973); Leader of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958), successfully crossing the Antarctic via the South Pole (1957-1958); President, British Association for the Advancement of Science (1971)
Honours:
Kt 1958
Memberships:
FRGS (President 1982-1984)
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| Membership category | Statute 12 |
| Date of election | 23/05/1974 |
| Age at election | 66 |
| Sources | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2001 vol 47 pp 203-222, plate, by R M Laws FRS
References:
Sir Alan Cook, 'In this Issue' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 1-3, plate |
| Royal Society code | NA3048 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1974/37 | Fuchs, Vivan Ernest: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001041 | Fuchs, Sir Vivian Ernest | 1956 |
| IM/GA/AR/7001 | Fuchs, Sir Vivian Ernest | nd |
| IM/001575 | Fuchs, Dr Vivian Ernest | 1958 ? |
| IM/001576 | Fuchs, Dr Vivian Ernest | nd |
| RR/64/24 | Referee's report by Percy George Hamnall Boswell, on a paper 'The geological history of the Lake Rudolf Basin, Kenya colony' by Vivian Ernest Fuchs | [[November 1937] |
| WF/123 | Grant application from British Association for the Advancement of Science to the Wolfson Foundation | 1964-1974 |
| RR/64/23 | Referee's report by Thomas Henry Holland, on a paper 'The geological history of the Lake Rudolf Basin, Kenya colony' by Vivian Ernest Fuchs | [1937] |
| RR/64/25 | Referee's report by Alfred Harker, on a paper 'The geological history of the Lake Rudolf Basin, Kenya colony' by Vivian Ernest Fuchs | 28 November 1937 |