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The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London . The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of gold (1831–1845), then palladium, a metal discovered by Wollaston (1846–1860). Next in gold again (1861 ...
- Wollaston-Medaille
Die Wollaston-Medaille ist eine Auszeichnung, die von der...
- Wollaston-Medaille
Wollaston Medal. The Wollaston Medal is the highest award of the Geological Society. This medal is given to geoscientists who have had a significant influence by means of a substantial body of excellent research in either or both 'pure' and 'applied' aspects of the science.
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Bagnold was born in Devonport, England. His father, Colonel Arthur Henry Bagnold (1854–1943) (Royal Engineers), participated in the rescue expedition of 1884–85 to rescue General Gordon in Khartoum, Sudan. His sister was the novelist and playwright Enid Bagnold, who wrote the 1935 novel National Velvet. After Malvern College, he attended the Royal ...
Bagnold and his travelling companions were early pioneers in the use of motor vehicles to explore the desert. In 1932 Bagnold explored the Mourdi Depression, in present-day Chad, and found implements dated to the Palaeolithic period in the valley. Bagnold wrote of his travels in the book Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World (first published 1935; r...
Bagnold wrote, "Never in our peacetime travels had we imagined that war could ever reach the enormous empty solitudes of the inner desert, walled off by sheer distance, lack of water, and impassable seas of sand dunes. Little did we dream that any of the special equipment and techniques we had evolved for very long-distance travel, and for navigati...
After the war Bagnold continued to work in the field of the geological science, and he published academic papers into his nineties. He made significant contributions to the understanding of desert terrain such as sand dunes, ripples and sheets. He developed the dimensionless "Bagnold number" and "Bagnold formula" for characterising sand flow. He ga...
In his final years, Bagnold lived in Edenbridge in the county of Kent in England. He died at Hither Greenon 28 May 1990 at the age of 94.
Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1935Bagnold, R.A. 1931. Journeys in the Libyan Desert, 1929 and 1930. The Geographical Journal78(1):13–39; (6):524–533.Bagnold, R.A. 1933. A further journey through the Libyan Desert. The Geographical Journal 82(2):103–129; (3):211–213, 226–235.Bagnold, R.A. 1935. The movement of desert sand. The Geographical Journal 85(4):342–365.Bagnold, R.A. 1935. Libyan Sands. London: Travel Book Club, 351 pp.Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of Brigadier Ralph Alger Bagnold held at Churchill Archives Centre. The National Archives.Alfred Edward Ringwood FRS (* 19. April 1930 in Kew, einem Stadtteil von Melbourne; † 12. November 1993 ), auch „Ted“ genannt, war ein australischer Experimental- Geophysiker und Geochemiker. Er erhielt 1988 die höchste Auszeichnung der Geological Society of London, die Wollaston-Medaille. [1]
Die Wollaston-Medaille ist eine Auszeichnung, die von der Geological Society of London an Wissenschaftler für besondere Leistungen im Bereich der Geologie verliehen wird. Wollaston-Medaille Benannt ist die Medaille nach dem englischen Chemiker William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828).
By keeping the process for platinum refinement secret, he cornered the market on platinum and made a sizeable fortune. He endowed the Geological Society of London with sufficient funds to establish the Wollaston Award. The Medal given to the awardees is made of Palladium metal in keeping with Wollaston's discovery.
