Peter Winterburn (died June 21, 2019) was a Canadian academic.
He was the NSERC/AcmeLabs/Bureau Veritas Minerals Industrial Research Chair in Exploration Geochemistry at the University of British Columbia and had recently moved to Chile.
He held a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and a BSc from University of Aston, Birmingham, England. [1]
Winterburn was murdered in Valparaiso, Chile in 2019. [2] [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Valparaíso is a major city, commune, seaport, naval base, and educational centre in the Valparaíso Region, Chile.
The Federico Santa María Technical University is a Chilean university member of the Rector's Council, founded in 1931 in Valparaíso, Chile.
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