Dan McKenzie
1942
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country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Westminster School, Westminster Under School, King's College
occupation: geologist, geophysicist
award received: Fellow of the Royal Society, Copley Medal, Royal medal, Arthur L. Day Medal, Balzan Prize, Alfred Wegener Medal, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, William Bowie Medal, Japan Prize, Companion of Honour, Crafoord Prize in Geosciences, James B. Macelwane Medal, Wollaston Medal, A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences
influenced by: Walter Munk
Dan Peter McKenzie (born 21 February 1942) is a Professor of Geophysics at the University of Cambridge, and one-time head of the Bullard Laboratories of the Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences. He wrote the first paper defining the mathematical principles of plate tectonics on a sphere, and his early work on mantle convection created the modern discussion of planetary interiors. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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