Christopher Hawkesworth

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Christopher Hawkesworth
Born18 December 1947  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (age 75)
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Christopher John Hawkesworth FRS FRSE (born 18 December 1947) is a British earth scientist, and former Deputy Principal and Vice-Principal for Research, at University of St Andrews. [1] [2]

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Biography

Hawkesworth was born in Khartoum, Sudan on 18 December 1947, and was brought up in Ireland. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1970, and Oxford University at St Edmund Hall in 1974. He received his DPhil at Oxford under the supervision of Professor Ron Oxburgh.[ citation needed ]

He held positions at Open University and University of Bristol prior to holding the Wardlaw Chair of Earth Sciences and the position of Deputy Principal and Vice-Principal of Research at the University of St Andrews until 2014. [3]

He was awarded the Wollaston Medal in 2012. In 2012, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [4] In 2020, he was made a member of the Royal Irish Academy. [5]

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References

  1. "Deputy Principal and Master of the United College | University of St Andrews". Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
  2. "HAWKESWORTH, Prof. Christopher John". Who's Who 2015. A & C Black; Oxford University Press. 2015 [2014].
  3. "Professor Chris Hawkesworth, Honorary Fellow". St Edmund Hall. Oxford University. n.d. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. "Professor Christopher John Hawkesworth FRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh . Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  5. "29 New Members Admitted". Royal Irish Academy . 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2021.