George Walker | |
|---|---|
| Born | George Patrick Leonard Walker 2 March 1926 |
| Died | 17 January 2005 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Queen's University, Belfast (BSc, 1948), (MSc, 1949) University of Leeds (PhD, 1956) |
| Known for | Volcanology; mineralogy. |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Volcanologist |
| Institutions | Imperial College London University of Auckland University of Hawaiʻi |
| Doctoral advisor | William Quarrier Kennedy |
| Doctoral students | Steve Sparks Stephen Self Geoff Wadge Ian S. E. Carmichael[1] Colin Wilson |
George Patrick Leonard Walker FRS (2 March 1926 – 17 January 2005) was a British geologist who began his career studying mineralogy and later made significant contributions to volcanology.[2][3][4][5][6] He was widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern quantitative volcanology.[7]
- ^ Carmichael, Ian Stuart Edward (1962). Volcanic geology of Thingmuli, Eastern Iceland (PhD thesis). Imperial College London. hdl:10044/1/13654. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.602161.
- ^ Self, S.; Sparks, R.S.J. (10 January 2006). "George Patrick Leonard Walker. 2 March 1926 — 17 January 2005: Elected FRS 1975". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 52: 423–436. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2006.0029. S2CID 58809052.
- ^ Wilson, C. J. N.; Walker, G. P. L. (1985). "The Taupo Eruption, New Zealand I. General Aspects". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 314 (1529): 199. Bibcode:1985RSPTA.314..199W. doi:10.1098/rsta.1985.0019. S2CID 122824685.
- ^ T. Thordarson; G. Larsen; S. K. Rowland; S. Self; A. Hoskuldsson, eds. (2009). Studies in Volcanology: The Legacy of George Walker. IAVCEI. ISBN 9781862392809. [ISBN missing]
- ^ Wadge, Geoff (22 February 2005). "George Walker". The Guardian.
- ^ IAVCEI - A George P.L. Walker symposium on Advances in Volcanology Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine - Reykholt, Borgarfjordur, W-Iceland, 12–17 June 2006
- ^ Thordarson, T.; Self, S.; Larsen, G.; Rowland, S. K.; Höskuldsson, Á (1 January 2009). "Studies in Volcanology: The Legacy of George Walker". Geological Society of London – via pubs.geoscienceworld.org.
