Ted Ringwood

Alfred Edward "Ted" Ringwood
Born(1930-04-19)19 April 1930
Kew, Melbourne, Australia
Died12 November 1993(1993-11-12) (aged 63)
Alma materMelbourne University
AwardsClarke Medal (1992)
V. M. Goldschmidt Award (1991)
Wollaston Medal (1988)
William Bowie Medal (1974)
Scientific career
FieldsGeochemistry, petrology, planetology
InstitutionsAustralian National University
Thesis Studies in geochemistry  (1956)
Academic advisorsArthur Gaskin, Francis Birch
Notes
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Alfred Edward "Ted" Ringwood FRS FAA (19 April 1930 – 12 November 1993) was an Australian experimental geophysicist and geochemist, and the 1988 recipient of the Wollaston Medal.[1][2][3]

The mineral ringwoodite is named after him.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference HRAS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Green, D. H. (1998). "Alfred Edward Ringwood. 19 April 1930 – 12 November 1993". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 44: 351–362. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1998.0023. S2CID 58754781.
  3. ^ "Wollaston Medal". Award Winners since 1831. Geological Society of London. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2009.