Lawrence Morley
Lawrence Morley | |
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| Born | Lawrence Whitaker Morley February 19, 1920 |
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| Fields | Geophysics |
Lawrence Whitaker Morley (February 19, 1920 – April 22, 2013) was a Canadian
Biography
Morley worked on the theory of continental drift similar to work by Britons
In 1974, Morley received an honorary degree from York University.[3] He approached the university's faculty of science in 1985 to promote the creation of an institute of space research, which was founded by himself in 1986 as the Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science (ISTS).[4]
Morley served as a
Morely was the founding Chairman of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society in 1974. In 1986 he received first Gold Medal of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society. In 2013 the Gold Medal was renamed the Larry Morley Gold Medal in his honor. Morley was awarded a Gold Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 1995 and in 2015 was inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame.
See also
References
- ^ "Lawrence Whittaker Morley". Scientist profiles. science.ca. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ "Lawrence Morley: Obituary". The Ottawa Citizen. April 26, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ Honorary Degree Recipients. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
- ^ Morley, L. (1993) Remote sensing then and now. Ottawa: CCRS Archived 2007-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ontario Association of Remote Sensing Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
External links
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