John M. Edmond
John Marmion Edmond | |
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| Born | April 27, 1943 Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Died | April 10, 2001 (aged 57) Boston, MA, USA |
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| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Glasgow, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
John Marmion Edmond
hydrothermal vents
to the polar oceans to remote rivers and lakes in South America, Africa, Siberia, and Tibet. He and his students and colleagues in his lab measured more chemical elements at lower concentrations in water than had ever been done before.
Biography
Edmond was born on April 27, 1943, in
Urey Medal
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He died on April 10, 2001.
Francis Albarede, President of the European Association of Geochemistry
at the time of Edmond’s death said "A scientist can be extremely proud if by the end of his life he had contributed one idea that changed the human perception of the world. John Edmond left us with several of these."
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