Lawrence Wager

Lawrence Wager
Born
Lawrence Rickard Wager

(1904-02-05)5 February 1904
Batley, Yorkshire[3]
Died20 November 1965(1965-11-20) (aged 61)
London, England
Resting placeLittondale, Yorkshire
AwardsBigsby Medal (1945)
Lyell Medal (1962)
Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
Academic advisorsW. B. R. King[2]

Lawrence Rickard Wager, commonly known as Bill Wager, (5 February 1904 – 20 November 1965) was a British geologist, explorer and mountaineer, described as "one of the finest geological thinkers of his generation"[4] and best remembered for his work on the Skaergaard intrusion in Greenland, and for his attempt on Mount Everest in 1933.[1]

  1. ^ a b Deer, W. A. (1967). "Laurence Rickard Wager 1904-1965". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 13: 358–385. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1967.0019. S2CID 71410107.
  2. ^ Rose, Edward P. F. (2019). "Lawrence Rickard Wager (1904–1965): A distinguished geologist who helped to pioneer aerial photographic interpretation for allied forces in World War II". Earth Sciences History. #38 (1): 59–73. Bibcode:2019ESHis..38...59R. doi:10.17704/1944-6178-38.1.59. ISSN 1944-6187. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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