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词条 Frederick William Anderson (geologist)
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  1. Life

  2. Family

  3. Publications

  4. References

Dr Frederick William Anderson FRSE FIB FSA (1905–1982) was a British geologist and palaeontologist.[1] In the field of Ostracods he gives his name to the Anderson Cycles.[2]

Life

He was born on 13 January 1905 in Leeds in England, the son of William Stewart Anderson and his wife, Alice Ann Hodgson. He was educated at the City of Leeds School. He studied Science at the University of Leeds graduating BSc in 1925. He continued studies, receiving an MSc in 1929.

In 1928 he began lecturing in Geology at the University of Southampton. In 1935 he took up the role of Palaeontologist for HM Geological Survey.

As a member of the Territorial Army,[3] Anderson was instantly brought into service at the outbreak of the Second World War and joined the Royal Hampshire Regiment. He was transferred in 1941 to the Zuckerman Research Team looking at the effects of aerial bomb explosions. Termed a “military geologist” he worked alongside Frederick William Shotton and John Victor Stephens.[4] In 1943 he joined the RAF as a Lieutenant Colonel and saw action across Europe. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1947. His proposers were Talbot Whitehead, Murray Macgregor, Arthur Holmes, David Haldane and James Ernest Richey.[5]

He returned to the British Geological Survey after the war, working with people such as James Ernest Richey and Victor Eyles. In 1953 he was promoted to Chief Palaeontologist and continued in this role until retiral in 1965.

He died on 2 May 1982.[6]

Family

He was married to Katharine Anderson.[7]

Publications

  • The Geology of Northern Skye (1966) co-written with Kinglsey Dunham
  • Geology of the Purbeck Group (1982)

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/geologyOfBritain/archives/pioneers/pioneers.cfc?method=viewRecord&personId=208|publisher=bgs.ac.uk|title=Frederick William Anderson Dr.| Pioneers of the British Geological Survey | British Geoscientists | Discovering geology | British Geological Survey (BGS)|accessdate=2017-03-06}}
2. ^http://jm.lyellcollection.org/content/1/1/local/front-matter.pdf
3. ^Military Geology in War and Peace: James R Underwood
4. ^Geology and Warfare: Edward P F Rose
5. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}
6. ^Journal of Micropalaeolontology, 1 July 1982
7. ^http://jm.lyellcollection.org/content/1/1/local/front-matter.pdf
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