Martin David Brasier | |
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| Born | 12 April 1947 Wimbledon, London, England |
| Died | 16 December 2014 (aged 67) Burford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Alma mater | University of London University of Oxford |
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Martin David Brasier FGS, FLS (12 April 1947 – 16 December 2014) was an English palaeobiologist and astrobiologist known for his conceptual analysis of microfossils and evolution in the Precambrian and Cambrian.
He was Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Oxford[1] and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall. His research critically examined the context and character of the early fossil record, making use of field mapping, logging, optical petrography, stable isotope geochemistry, confocal microscopy, NanoSims microprobes, and lasers for high resolution 3D scanning and laser Raman spectroscopy.
Brasier died in a car accident near Burford, Oxfordshire, UK, on 16 December 2014.[2][3]
- ^ "Oxford University staff". Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ Gideon Henderson (17 December 2014). "Professor Martin Brasier, RIP". Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Death of Martin Brasier". St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.