Richard Gilbert West
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Richard Gilbert West
palaeontologist
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Career
He began his career at the age of 18 in 1944 when he joined the Army and spent time in India. On return to England, he went to
Professor of Botany in 1977. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1968[2]
and was awarded many medals and prizes, including the Lyell and Bigsby medals of the Geological Society and the Albrecht Penck medal of the Deutsche Quartärvereiningung. He retired in 1991.
Throughout his career he has maintained a wide interest in
palaeobotany and stratigraphy, but also sedimentation
and periglaciation. As well as inspiring three generations of research students, he published numerous reviews, over 120 papers and 9 books.
References
- ^ "In recognition of Professor Richard West FRS". Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Gibbard, P. L.; Turner, C. (2022). "Richard Gilbert West. 31 May 1926—30 December 2020". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 74.
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