John Tuzo Wilson
John 'Jock' Tuzo Wilson EUG John J. Carty Award (1975) | |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Geophysics & geology |
Institutions | University of Toronto |
Thesis | The Geology of the Mill creek - Stillwater Area, Montana (1936) |
Doctoral advisor | William Taylor Thom, Jr |
Doctoral students | Harold Williams |
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John Tuzo Wilson
Plate tectonics is the
His name was given to two young Canadian
Early life and education
Wilson was born in
descent and his mother was a third-generation Canadian of French descent.He became one of the first people in Canada to receive a degree in
Career
In 1936, Wilson joined the
In 1946 he was appointed the first Professor of Geophysics at the University of Toronto.
He made significant contributions to the theory of Plate tectonics, adding a concept of hot spots. Plate tectonics is the
The
His name was given to two young Canadian submarine volcanoes called the Tuzo Wilson Seamounts.[11]
Wilson was president (1957–1960) of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).
In 1967 he became principal of
He was the host of the television series The Planet of Man.
Honours and awards
For his service during the Second World War, Wilson was appointed an
He was elected president-elect (1978–1980) and president (1980–1982) of the American Geophysical Union. He also served as the director general of the Ontario Science Centre from 1974 to 1985.
Wilson and his plate tectonic theory are commemorated on the grounds of the Centre by a giant "immovable" spike that records the amount of plate movement since Wilson's birth.
The J. Tuzo Wilson Medal of the Canadian Geophysical Union recognizes achievements in geophysics. He is also commemorated by a named memorial professorship and an eponymous annual public lecture delivered at the University of Toronto.
He is one of the 2016 inductees into Legends Row: Mississauga Walk of Fame.[19]
Personal life
Photography
Wilson was an avid traveller and took a large number of photographs during his travels to many destinations, including European countries, parts of the then USSR, China, the southern Pacific, Africa, and to both polar regions. Although many of his photos are geological—details of rocks and their structures or panoramas of large formations—the bulk of his photos are of the places, activities and people that he saw on his travels: landscapes, city views, monuments, sites, instruments, vehicles, flora and fauna, occupations and people.
Family
In 1938 he married Isabel Jean Dickson.[1]
He retired in 1986 and died in Toronto on April 15, 1993.
Selected publications
- One Chinese Moon (1959)
- Wilson, Tuzo (July 14, 1962). "Cabot Fault, An Appalachian Equivalent of the San Andreas and Great Glen Faults and some Implications for Continental Displacement". Nature. 195 (4837): 135–138. S2CID 4289725.
- Wilson, J. Tuzo (February 9, 1963). "Evidence from Islands on the Spreading of Ocean Floors". Nature. 197 (4867): 536–538. S2CID 4255932.
- Wilson, J. Tuzo (1963). "A Possible Origin of the Hawaiian Islands" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Physics. 41 (6): 863–870. doi:10.1139/p63-094.
- Wilson, J. Tuzo (July 24, 1965). "A new Class of Faults and their Bearing on Continental Drift". Nature. 207 (4995): 343–347. S2CID 4294401.
- Vine, F. J.; Wilson, J. Tuzo (October 22, 1965). "Magnetic Anomalies over a Young Oceanic Ridge off Vancouver Island". Science. 150 (3695): 485–9. S2CID 41107379.
- Wilson, J. Tuzo (August 13, 1966). "Did the Atlantic close and then re-open?". Nature. 211 (5050): 676–681. S2CID 4226266.
- Wilson, J. Tuzo (1966). "Are the structures of the Caribbean and Scotia arc regions analogous to ice rafting?". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 1 (5): 335–338. .
- Wilson, J. Tuzo (December 1968). "A Revolution in Earth Science". Geotimes. 13 (10). Washington DC: 10–16.
- Wilson, J. Tuzo (1971). "Du Toit, Alexander Logie". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 4. pp. 261–263.
See also
References
- ^ .
- .
- doi:10.1139/e85-170.
- ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Archived from the original(PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-55041-860-6.
- ^ Wilson, John Tuzo (1936). The Geology of the Mill creek - Stillwater Area, Montana. Princeton, N.J.: Dept. of Geological and Geophysical Sciences.
- ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Archived from the original(PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- S2CID 4226266.
- JSTOR 986051.
- S2CID 199903646.
- doi:10.1139/e85-170.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation". Governor General of Canada.
- ^ "John Tuzo Wilson". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ "John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
- ^ "J. Tuzo Wilson". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ "Gold Medal". Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
- ^ "John Tuzo Wilson" (PDF). obituary. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ^ "Malton native and NHL legend Paul Coffey heads Legends Row Class of 2016". October 27, 2016.
External links
- "J. Tuzo Wilson". GSA Today, Rock Stars. September 2001. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
- West, Gordon F.; Farquhar, Ron M.; Garland, George D.; Halls, Henry C.; Morley, Lawrence W.; Russell, R. Don (January 2014). "John Tuzo Wilson: a man who moved mountains". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 51 (3): xvii–xxxi. .
- The life of John Tuzo Wilson Archived January 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, history pages, Department of Physics, University of Toronto.
- The Tuzo Wilson Lecture, an annual public lecture given at the University of Toronto.
- The J. Tuzo Wilson Professorship Archived July 12, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, a named memorial professorship at the University of Toronto.
- Travel Photographs of J. Tuzo Wilson
- John Tuzo Wilson archival papers held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
- Watch Tuzo Wilson in the 1975 educational TV show Planet of man on YouTube