Nicholas Shackleton

Sir
Nicholas Shackleton
FRS
Born(1937-06-23)23 June 1937
Died24 January 2006(2006-01-24) (aged 68)
NationalityBritish
Known forQuaternary Period
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Lyell Medal (1987)
Wollaston Medal (1996)
Urey Medal (2003)
Vetlesen Prize (2004)
Blue Planet Prize (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsGeology

Sir Nicholas John Shackleton FRS[1] (23 June 1937 – 24 January 2006) was an English geologist and paleoclimatologist who specialised in the Quaternary Period.[2] He was the son of the distinguished field geologist Robert Millner Shackleton and great-nephew of the explorer Ernest Shackleton.[3]

  1. ^ a b McCave, I. N.; Elderfield, H. (2011). "Sir Nicholas John Shackleton. 23 June 1937 – 24 January 2006". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 57: 435–462. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2011.0005. S2CID 71330012.
  2. ^ Tzedakis, C. (2006). "Professor Sir Nicholas J. Shackleton, FRS (1937–2006)". Quaternary Science Reviews. 25 (5–6): 403–416. Bibcode:2006QSRv...25..403T. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.02.008.
  3. ^ Brozan, Nadine (12 February 2006). "Sir Nicholas Shackleton, Geologist, Is Dead at 68". New York Times.