Frank Hawthorne 4184370 188495014 2008-02-02T00:13:05Z CmdrObot 1079367 sp: a Associateship→an Associateship '''Frank Christopher Hawthorne''' [[Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]] (born 1946) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[mineralogist]] and [[Crystallography|crystallographer]]. Born in [[Bristol]], [[England]], he received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree from [[Imperial College London]] in 1968 and an Associateship of the [[Royal School of Mines]] (ARSM). In 1973, he received a Ph.D. from [[McMaster University]]. From 1973 to 1975, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Geological Science at the [[University of Manitoba]]. He was a research associate from 1975 to 1980 and University Research Fellow from 1980 to 1985. In 1985, he was appointed an Associate Professor and in 1986 he was appointed a Professor of Crystallography and Mineralogy. He currently holds the [[Canada Research Chair]] in Crystallography and Mineralogy. Hawthorne’s early work focused on structural and crystal-chemical problems of [[amphiboles]]. He had utilized several experimental techniques, including [[X-ray diffraction|X-ray]] and [[neutron diffraction]], [[infrared spectroscopy]], and [[Mössbauer spectroscopy]]. He summarized his results in a 300-page paper on amphiboles, for which he was awarded the [[Hawley Medal]] of the [[Mineralogical Association of Canada]] in 1983. Hawthorne then turned his attention to a series of complex crystal-chemistry problems involving rock-forming minerals, such as [[staurolite]], [[vesuvianite]], [[pyroxenes]], [[beryl]], and [[tourmaline]]. He utilized a multi-technique approach and applied novel analytical and spectroscopic methods to solve these mineralogical problems. These results have been used to provide indication of the conditions prevailing during the progressive crystallization of [[magma]]s. Hawthorne’s work on the energetic content of the chemical bonds in mineral structures has advanced solid-state chemistry and crystallography. == Honours == * [[Frankhawthorneite]] is named after him * He is a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Canada]] * 1983, awarded the Mineralogical Association of Canada’s Hawley Medal * 1991, awarded the [[Geological Association of Canada]]'s [[W.W. Hutchison Medal]] * 1993, awarded the [[Royal Society of Canada]]’s [[Willet G. Miller Medal]] * 1996, awarded the [[Geological Association of Canada]]'s highest honour, the [[Logan Medal]] * 1999, awarded the Mineralogical Association of Canada’s Past Presidents’ Medal * 2006, made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] ==References== * {{cite web|url=http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=hartt&t=103645&d=1855|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997|accessdate=February 24|accessyear=2006}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.esd.mun.ca/~gac/MEDALS/medal.html|title= Geological Association of Canada Medals and Awards|accessdate=October 17|accessyear=2006}} * {{cite web|url=http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/mineral/mineral38/25338-1.pdf |title= ''The Canadian Mineralogist''- Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting|accessdate=February 14|accessyear=2007}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawthorne, Frank}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian mineralogists]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada]] [[Category:Officers of the Order of Canada]] [[Category:McMaster University alumni]] [[Category:Canada Research Chairs]] {{geologist-stub}} {{Canada-scientist-stub}}