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Authorised form of nameWilliams; Sir; Alwyn (1921 - 2004)
Dates1921 - 2004
NationalityBritish
Place of birthAberdare, Glamorgan, Wales
Date of birth08/06/1921
Place of deathGlasgow
Date of death04/04/2004
Research fieldGeology
ActivityEducation:
Aberdare Boys' Grammar School; University College of Wales (Aberystwyth); Harkness Fellowship to US National Museum in Washington (1948-1950)
Career:
Lecturer in Geology, (1950-1954), Regius Principal and Vice-Chancellor (1976-1988), Honorary Research Fellow in Geology (1988-2004) Glasgow University; Professor of Geology (1954-1974), Pro Vice Chancellor (1967-1974), Queen's University, Belfast; President, Palaeontological Association (1968-1970); Lapworth Professor of Geology, Birmingham University (1974-1976); Chairman of Trustees, British Musuem (Natural History) (1974-1979); Chairman, Committee on National Museums and Galleries in Scotland (1979-1981); Vice-Chairman, Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals (1979-1981); President, Royal Society of Edinburgh (1985-1988); Chairman, Committee on Scottish Agricultural Colleges (1989); Chairman, Scottish Hospitals Endowment Research Trust (1989-1996); non executive director, Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd (1984-1990); member of Royal Irish Academy; honorary degrees from Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paisley, Oxford and Strathclyde; created Palaeobiology Unit, University of Glasgow (1988); Lapworth Medal of the the Palaeontological Association (2002)
Honours:
Kt 1983
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/03/1967
Age at election45
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1973-1974
RelationshipsMarried (1949) Joan Bevan
SourceSources:
Obituary in The Independent (12 April 2004); Guardian (23 April 2004); The Times (24 June 2004)
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 vol 51 pp 437-453, plate, by Derek E G Briggs FRS and Dianne Edwards CBE FRS
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/76846975
CodeNA4749
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1967/30Williams, Alwyn: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/004925Williams, Sir Alwyn1983
IM/004924Williams, Sir Alwynnd
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