Oliver Bulman
Oliver Bulman | |
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| Born | Oliver Meredith Boone Bulman 20 May 1902 |
| Died | 18 February 1974 (aged 71) |
| Alma mater | Imperial College |
| Awards | Lyell Medal (1953) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
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| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Oliver Meredith Boone Bulman (20 May 1902 – 18 February 1974) was a
palaeontologist. He was Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge
.
Early life
Oliver Bulman was born in Chelsea to artist Henry Herbert Bulman and his wife Beatrice Elizabeth Boone. He was the second of three children.[2]
Education
Bulman went to
Wrekin district, of Shropshire
in 1926.
Awarded a senior studentship, he worked for a year on
palaeozoology in 1944 and Woodwardian Professor of Geology
in 1955.
Honours
Bulman was elected an
British Association, the Palaeontological Association (1960–62), the Geological Society (1962–64), and the Palaeontographical Society (1971–74). The Geological Society awarded him the Lyell Medal in 1953.[3]
Private life
In 1938 he married Marguerite Fearnsides, daughter of William Fearnsides, the professor of geology at Sheffield. They had a son and three daughters. He died at home in Cambridge in 1974, and was cremated.
References
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- ^ "Lyell Medal". The Geological Society of London. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
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