William Fyfe
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'''William Sefton Fyfe''' [[Order of Canada|CC]] (born [[June 4]], [[1927]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] geologist and Professor Emeritus in the department of Earth Sciences at the [[University of Western Ontario]]. He is widely considered the world’s most eminent [[geochemist]].
==Life==
Born in [[Ashburn, New Zealand|Ashburn]], [[New Zealand]], he received his [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]] degree in [[1948]], his [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] degree in [[1949]], and his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] degree in [[1952]] all from the [[University of Otago]], where he taught in the Geology department as a lecturer. He performed research at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] and the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. He was a Professor at Berkeley, [[Imperial College London]] and the [[University of Manchester]] before arriving at the University of Western Ontario in [[1972]]. From [[1986]] until [[1990]] he was Dean of Science at the University of Western Ontario.
==Honours and Awards==
* From [[1952]]-[[1954]], Fulbright Scholar (Geology)
* In [[1962]] and [[1983]], he was a [[Guggenheim Fellow]]
* In [[1969]] he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]
* Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Canada]]
* In [[1981]] he was awarded the [[Geological Association of Canada]]'s highest honour, the [[Logan Medal]].
* In [[1985]] he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's [[Willet G. Miller Medal]].
* In [[1989]] he was made a Companion of the [[Order of Canada]].
* In [[1989]] he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree of science, from the [[Memorial University]].
* In [[1990]] he was awarded the [[Geological Society of America]]'s [[Arthur L. Day Medal]].
* In [[1992]] he was awarded the [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council]] (NSERC) Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering.
* In [[1994]] he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree of science, from the [[Saint Mary's University, Halifax]].
* In [[1995]] he was awarded honorary doctoral degrees of science, from the [[University of Otago]] and the [[University of Western Ontario]].
* In [[1995]], he was awarded the [[Roebling Medal]] of the [[Mineralogical Society of America]].
* In [[2000]] he was awarded the [[Geological Society of London|Geological Society]]'s [[Wollaston Medal]].
* In [[2006]] he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree of science, from the [[University of Alberta]] ([http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/senate/news.cfm?story=44961 award link]).
* Asteroid [[15846 Billfyfe]] is named in his honour ([http://www.rasc.ca/education/asteroids.shtml link 1], [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=15846;orb=1 NASA link]).
==External links==
* [http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=158 Biosketch]
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