Leonard Frank Spath

Leonard Frank Spath
Born(1882-10-20)20 October 1882
Died2 March 1957(1957-03-02) (aged 75)
Alma materBirkbeck College
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsGeology
Institutions

Leonard Frank Spath FRS[1] (20 October 1882 – 2 March 1957) was a British geologist specialising in malacology and ammonitology.[2]

Spath Creek on Ellesmere Island is named after him, and indirectly the Spathian substage of the Early Triassic epoch. [3]

  1. ^ a b Cox, L. R. (1957). "Leonard Frank Spath 1882-1957". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3: 217–226. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1957.0015. JSTOR 769362. S2CID 73298915.
  2. ^ Spath, F. E. (1982). "L. F. Spath (1882 – 1957), ammonitologist". Archives of Natural History. 11: 103–105. doi:10.3366/anh.1982.11.1.103.
  3. ^ Tozer, E.T. (1965). Lower Triassic Stages and Ammonoid Zones of Arctic Canada. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. p. 14.