Herbert Harold Read FRS, FRSE, FGS, (born Whitstable 17 December 1889, died 29 March 1970)[1][2] was a British geologist and Professor of Geology at Imperial College.[1] From 1947-1948 he was president of the Geological Society.[1]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1939[1] & won its Royal Medal in 1963 for "outstanding contributions to the understanding of the processes of rock metamorphism and the origins of granite".[1][3] He also was awarded the Bigsby Medal, the Wollaston Medal and the Penrose Medal.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f W. S. Pitcher, ‘Read, Herbert Harold (1889–1970)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 accessed 27 Feb 2009
- ^ ‘READ, Herbert Harold’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 1 March 2009
- ^ "Royal archive winners 1989 - 1950". Awards, medals and prize lectures. Royal Society. http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=1751. Retrieved on 2009-02-28.
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