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| honorific_prefix = | name = Mary Fowler | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRAS|FGS|FRCGS}} | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | smallimage = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Master of Darwin College, Cambridge | term_start = October 2012 | term_end = | predecessor = William Brown | successor = | birth_name = Christine Mary Rutherford Fowler | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = United Kingdom | nationality = British | party = | spouse = {{marriage|Euan Nisbet|1975}} | relations = | children = Three | parents = | relatives = | residence = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = Prestwich Medal of the Geological Society of London (1996) | module = | title = | boards = | awards = | website = | education = | alma_mater = Girton College, Cambridge Darwin College, Cambridge | thesis_title = Seismic Studies of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 1976 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = | era = | discipline = Geology | sub_discipline = {{hlist|Solid earth|Early Earth}} | workplaces = {{plain list|
| doctoral_students = | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = }} Christine Mary Rutherford Fowler, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|FRAS|FGS|FRCGS}} (born 1950), known as Mary Fowler, is a British geologist and academic. Since 2012, she has served as the Master of Darwin College, Cambridge. She was previously a lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, rising to become Dean of its Faculty of Science. Early life and educationFowler was born in 1950 to Peter and Rosemary Fowler.[1] She comes from a family of eminent scientists. A great-grandfather was Ernest Rutherford, the 'father of nuclear physics', and her grandfather, Rutherford's son-in-law, was the mathematical physicist Ralph H. Fowler.[2] She studied mathematics at Girton College, Cambridge, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1972.[2][1] In 1972 she joined Darwin College, Cambridge to undertake post-graduate studies in geophysics and completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1976.[3] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Seismic Studies of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge".[4] Academic careerFrom 1977 to 1978, Fowler was a Royal Society European Fellow at ETH Zürich in Switzerland.[1] She joined the University of Saskatchewan in Canada as a research associate in 1981.[1][5] She was an assistant professor from 1982 to 1983, before returning to her research associate position.[1] She remained associated with the university as an adjunct professor between 1991 and 2001.[1] In 1992, Fowler joined Royal Holloway, University of London as a lecturer; she was later promoted to senior lecturer.[1][6] Between 2002 and 2008, she was head of the Department of Earth Sciences.[6] She was made Professor of Geophysics in 2003.[1] In 2011, she was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science.[1] In April 2012, it was announce that Fowler had been elected the sixth Master of Darwin College, Cambridge.[2] She took up the appointment in October 2012, succeeding William Brown.[5] Personal lifeIn 1975, Fowler married Euan Nisbet, now a Professor of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway.[1][7][8] They met at Darwin college, Cambridge while students.[2][7] Together, they have three children: two daughters and a son.[1] Their daughter Ruth Nisbet, who is a biochemist and academic, also studied at Darwin College, Cambridge.[2] HonoursIn 1996, Fowler was awarded the Prestwich Medal by the Geological Society of London.[9] She is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS), a Fellow of the Geological Society of London (FGS), and a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (FRCGS).[5] In July 2018, Fowler was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) by the University of Leeds,[10] and by the University of Edinburgh.[11] Selected works
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{cite web|title=Fowler, Prof. (Christine) Mary Rutherford|website=Who's Who 2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.246624|date=1 December 2017}} {{start box}}{{s-aca}}{{s-bef|before=William Arthur Brown}}{{s-ttl|title=Master of Darwin College, Cambridge|years=2012 to present}}{{s-inc}}{{end box}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Fowler, Mary}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=New Master for Darwin|url=http://www.cam.ac.uk/news/new-master-for-darwin|publisher=University of Cambridge|accessdate=3 May 2014|date=3 April 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=New Master for Darwin College|url=https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/about/news/|website=News|publisher=Darwin College, Cambridge|accessdate=17 August 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082651/http://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/about/news/|archivedate=19 August 2014|df=}} 4. ^{{cite web|last1=Fowler|first1=C. M. R.|title=Seismic Studies of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.|url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.455833|website=E-Thesis Online Service|publisher=The British Library Board|accessdate=21 January 2018|date=1976}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Mary Fowler|url=http://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/person/mary-fowler|website=Darwin College|publisher=University of Cambridge|accessdate=21 January 2018}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|title=Appointments|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/appointments/415870.article|accessdate=3 May 2014|newspaper=Times Higher Education|date=21 April 2011}} 7. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Baker|first1=Jennie|title=Four decades later, Mary returns|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Education/Universities/Four-decades-later-Mary-returns-16102012.htm|accessdate=17 August 2014|work=Cambridge News|date=16 October 2012}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Professor Euan Nisbet|url=http://pure.rhul.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/euan-nisbet_2ff4ba1e-64af-450c-b39d-eb64b7f809d1.html|website=Earth Sciences|publisher=Royal Holloway, University of London|accessdate=17 August 2014}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Prestwich Medal|url=http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/About/History/Award-Winners-Since-1831/Prestwich-Medal|publisher=The Geological Society of London|accessdate=17 August 2014}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/130509/honorary_graduates/642/christine_mary_rutherford_fowler |title=Christine Mary Rutherford Fowler |publisher=University of Leeds |date=July 2018 |accessdate=10 July 2018}} 11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-administration/graduations/honorary/future-honorary-grads|title=Honorary Graduates in 2018|work=The University of Edinburgh|access-date=2018-07-23|language=en}} 12 : Living people|British geologists|Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London|Masters of Darwin College, Cambridge|Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge|Alumni of Darwin College, Cambridge|1950 births|ETH Zurich faculty|University of Saskatchewan faculty|Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society|Fellows of the Geological Society of London|Royal Canadian Geographical Society fellows |
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