Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Campbell-Smith | |
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| Born | Walter Campbell Smith 30 November 1887 Solihull, Warwickshire, UK |
| Died | 6 December 1988 (aged 101) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, B.A. (1909) |
| Known for | Studies of rocks from Antarctica and the ocean floor |
| Spouse | Susan Finnegan (m. 1936) |
| Awards | Murchison Medal, 1945 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mineralogy and petrology |
| Institutions | British Museum (Natural History) |
Walter Campbell Smith CBE MC TD (30 November 1887 – 6 December 1988) was a British mineralogist and petrologist.[1] He was awarded the Murchison Medal in 1945, and was president of the Geological Society of London from 1955 to 1956.[2]