Peter John Wyllie

Peter John Wyllie (b. 8 February 1930, London, England) is a British petrologist who was Professor of Geology at the California Institute of Technology from 1983 until his retirement in 1999. Prior to this, he held positions at the University of St Andrews (1955–56), Pennsylvania State University (1958–59 and 1961–66), the University of Leeds (1959–61), and the University of Chicago (1965–83).[1] He is well known for his many contributions to the understanding of magmatism, particularly through his work on the experimental petrology of magmas and volatiles. In the early 1970s, Wyllie wrote two widely used textbooks; The Dynamic Earth (1971) and The Way the Earth Works (1976) which integrated the new understanding of magmatism and plate tectonics.[2] He is also famous for his contributions to the coverage of earth sciences in the Encyclopædia Britannica, particularly his outline of the field in Part Two of the Propædia.

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Peter John Wyllie: Biographical Summary". California Institute of Technology. 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Niu, Yaoling; Wilson, Marjorie (July–August 2011). "Magma generation and evolution and global tectonics: An issue in honour of Peter J. Wyllie for his life-long contributions by means of experimental petrology to understanding how the Earth works". Journal of Petrology (Oxford University Press) 52 (7-8): 1239–1242. doi:10.1093/petrology/egr028. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40339. p. 6789. 26 November 1954.
  4. ↑ Montana, Art (2002). "Presentation of the Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2001 to Peter John Wyllie" (PDF). American Mineralogist (Mineralogical Society of America) 87: 788–789. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, March 15, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.