| 词条 | Thomas Richard Owen |
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CareerBorn in Aberdare to a mining family, Dick Owen won a scholarship to Merthyr Tydfil Grammar School and graduated with first class honours in geology from Swansea University in 1939. He carried out his postgraduate studies there for the next two years, researching the structure of the Vale of Neath, and was associated with teaching at the university for a further 35 years. His association with Swansea was interrupted by the Second World War, during which he served as a meteorological officer in the RAF, rising to the rank of Flight lieutenant. While he was based in the Azores, one of his most memorable experiences was deciding, on meteorological grounds, whether it was suitable for Churchill and Roosevelt to hold their famous meeting in the mid-Atlantic. His work on the Vale of Neath was published by the Geological Society in 1954 and was swiftly recognised as a classic. He also wrote and edited a series of papers and books that included Geology Explained in South Wales and The Upper Palaeozoic and Post-Palaeozoic Rocks of Wales. Owen’s almost cartoon-like geological sketches became his hallmark, and illustrated his profound desire for people of all backgrounds and abilities to appreciate the magnificent geology of his native land. Owen chaired the South Wales Group of the Geologists’ Association, and an annual T.R. Owen memorial lecture has been instituted in his memory. Publications
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Professor Thomas Richard (Dick) Owen (1918-1990)|url=http://www.ccgc.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/geological-gems/geologists-who-changed-the-map/professor-thomas-richard-owen.aspx|publisher=ccgc.gov.uk|accessdate=30 September 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195130/http://www.ccgc.gov.uk/landscape--wildlife/geological-gems/geologists-who-changed-the-map/professor-thomas-richard-owen.aspx|archivedate=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}} 2. ^{{cite book|title=Geology Explained in South Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Geology_Explained_in_South_Wales.html?id=0C9_PQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y|publisher=google.com.np|accessdate=30 September 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Books by Thomas Richard Owen|url=https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Richard-Owen/e/B0034OZ90A|publisher=amazon.com|accessdate=30 September 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION, SOUTH WALES GROUP|url=http://www.swga.org.uk/pdf/thomas.pdf|publisher=swga.org.uk|accessdate=30 September 2013}} 5. ^[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Geology-Explained-South-Wales-T-R/dp/0953443760 Geology Explained in South Wales] 6. ^[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Upper-Palaeozoic-Post-Palaeozoic-Rocks-Wales/dp/0708305555 The Upper Palaeozoic and Post-Palaeozoic Rocks of Wales] 7. ^[https://www.amazon.com/The-Geological-Evolution-British-Isles/dp/0080204600 The Geological Evolution of the British Isles] External links
11 : Welsh geologists|Stratigraphy|Tectonics|Geomorphology|Marine geology|Vale of Neath|1918 births|1990 deaths|People from Aberdare|People associated with the University of Wales|Royal Air Force personnel of World War II |
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