Haroun Tazieff

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Vulcanologist Haroun Tazieff was born in Poland, but studied geology and agriculture in Belgium. He began his career as a geologist, initially in the French Alps and later in the jungles of the Belgian Congo. He developed an interest in volcanoes, and played a key role in bringing volcanoes to the attention of ordinary people. He became extremely popular in France, but remained a rather controversial figure. He entered the political scene in later life, and in 1984 became French Secretary of State for the Prevention of Natural and Technological Disasters.

Tazieff, Haroun

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Drummond Matthews

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Drummond Matthews was a geologist who helped develop plate tectonic theory which is used in assessing volcanic risk as well as in exploration for oil. He studied plate boundaries on the ocean floor between 1967 and 1972 and later moved from his marine research post at Cambridge University to study the continental crust. The British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate (Birps) was led by Matthews and developed deep crustal imaging standards. Matthews retired in 1990 and both his marine geology research groups and Birps prospered after he left.

Personalities, University of Cambridge, Matthews, Drummond

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Professor Robert Shackleton

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Geologist Robert Shackleton was born in Purley, England, in 1909. He studied at Liverpool University, England, and was a Beit Fellow at Imperial College between 1932 and 1934. He became Director of the Research Institute of African Geology in 1965.

Shackleton, Robert Millner

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