William Fyfe 1882334 225619961 2008-07-14T16:19:10Z Demophon 1837101 '''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] {{DEFAULTSORT:Fyfe, William}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:Academics of Imperial College London]] [[Category:Canadian chemists]] [[Category:Canadian geologists]] [[Category:Geochemists]] [[Category:Companions of the Order of Canada]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada]] [[Category:Inductees of the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:New Zealand scientists]] [[Category:University of Otago alumni]] [[Category:Wollaston Medal winners]] [[Category:Guggenheim Fellows]] [[fr:William Fyfe (géologue)]]