Reginald Walter Brock

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Reginald Walter Brock, FRSC, FRGS (10 January 1874 – 30 July 1935) was a Canadian geologist, academic, and civil servant.

He was Director of the

First World War, he joined the Canadian Army. In 1919, he became Professor of Geology and Dean of Applied Sciences at the University of British Columbia. He was President of the Royal Society of Canada
in 1935–36.

On 30 July 1935, he was killed in an airplane crash with his wife (who died the following day).

Brock Island and Brock River are named in his honour.

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