Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
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Former names | Amalgamation of the Department of Geology, Department of Geodesy and Geophysics and the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology |
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| Established | c. 1731 |
| Head of Department | James Jackson |
| Location |
Cambridge, United Kingdom 52°12′11″N 0°7′20″E / 52.20306°N 0.12222°ECoordinates: 52°12′11″N 0°7′20″E / 52.20306°N 0.12222°E |
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The Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge is the University of Cambridge's Earth Sciences department. First formed around 1731, the department incorporates the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.[1]
History
The Department's history can be traced back to 1731 when the 1st Woodwardian Professor of Geology was appointed, in accordance with the bequest of John Woodward. The present Department of Earth Sciences was formed by an amalgamation of the Department of Geology, Department of Geodesy and Geophysics and the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology in 1980.
The main location of the department is at the Downing Site, Downing St. The Bullard Laboratories, located in West Cambridge on Madingley Rd, and the Godwin Laboratory, in the New Museums Site are satellite departments of the main building. The department incorporates the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.[2]
The department is the home of the Sedgwick Club, which was founded in memory of Adam Sedgwick in 1880, and is the oldest student run geological society in the world.[3]
Notable people
Fellows and Former Fellows
- Simon Conway Morris FRS
- Michael Bickle FRS
- Harry Elderfield FRS
- David Hodell (Woodwardian Professor of Geology)
- Timothy Holland FRS
- James Jackson FRS (Head of Department)
- Nick McCave (Former Woodwardian Professor of Geology)
- Dan McKenzie FRS CH
- Ekhard Salje FRS
- Bob White FRS
Alumni
- Stuart Agrell
- Sir David Attenborough CH
- John Auden
- George Band OBE
- Derek Briggs FRS
- Euan Clarkson
- Charles Darwin
- Gertrude Elles
- Richard Fortey FRS
- Sir Vivian Fuchs FRS
- Alfred Harker FRS
- W. Brian Harland
- Dorothy Hill FRS
- Ted Irving FRS
- John E Marr FRS
- Sir Mark Moody-Stuart
- Yin Yin Nwe
- Sanjaasürengiin Oyuun
- Adam Sedgwick
- Fred Vine FRS
- Lawrence Wager FRS
- Gino Watkins
- Leonard Wills
- Sir James Wordie CBE
Former staff
- Edward Bullard FRS
- Oliver Bulman
- Alex Deer FRS
- O T Jones FRS
- Drummond Matthews FRS
- W H Miller FRS
- Stephen Nockolds
- Noel Odell
- Sir Keith O'Nions FRS
- Lord Oxburgh FRS
- Colin Pillinger FRS CBE
- Barrie Rickards (Extensive studies on graptolites)
- Nick Shackleton FRS (Winner of the Wollaston Medal)
- R. S. J. Sparks FRS CBE
- C E Tilley FRS
- Harry Whittington FRS
