Person
Stanton, Richard Limon (1926 - 2020)
FAA
- Born
- 16 February 1926
Sydney?, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 25 August 2020
- Occupation
- Geologist
Summary
Richard Stanton was Professor of Geology at the University of New England in New South Wales from 1975-1986. He was appointed a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) in 1975
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Chronology
- 1947 - 1949
- Career position - Exploration Geologist, BHS Ltd
- 1950 - 1955
- Career position - Lecturer in Geology, University of Sydney
- 1956
- Award - Archibald Ollé Prize, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1956 - 1958
- Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, Natural Resources Council, Canada
- 1959 - 1964
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of New South Wales
- 1964
- Career position - Royal Society and Nuffield Foundation Bursar, Imperial College, London and University of Durham
- 1965 - 1975
- Career position - Associate Professor of Economic Geology, University of New South Wales
- 1966 - 1967
- Career position - Research Fellow, Hoffman Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 1972
- Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne
- 1973
- Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Medal
- 1974
- Award - President's Award, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- 1975 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
- 1975 - 1986
- Career position - Professor of Geology, University of New South Wales
- 1976
- Award - Goldfields Gold Medal, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, United Kingdom
- 1978 - 1980
- Career position - British Council Visitor, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Oxford
- 1984 -
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, United Kingdom
- 1985
- Award - Clarke Memorial Lecturer, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1987
- Award - William Smith Medal, Geological Society, London
- 1987 - 1989
- Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science
- 1988 -
- Award - Honorary Member, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1989 - 1990
- Career position - Vice-President, Australian Academy of Science
- 1990
- Award - W. R. Browne Award, Geological Society of Australia
- 1991 -
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Geological Society of America
- 1993
- Award - Penrose Medal, Society of Economic Geologists
- 1996
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to economic geology and geological research
- 1998
- Award - Haddon Forrester King Medal, Australian Academy of Science
- 1998
- Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and sciencein geology and geochemistry
- 2006 -
- Career position - Visiting Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Richard Limon Stanton DistFRSN (1926 - 2020)', Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 153 (2) (2020), 229-32. Details
- Anon, 'Emeritus Professor Richard Limon Stanton AO FAA DistFRSN 16 February 1926 to 25 August 2020', Australian Academy of Science newsletter, 141 (2020), 15. https://www.science.org.au/academy-newsletter/august-2020-141. Details
Resources
- 'Stanton, R L (1926-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-530258. Details
Resource Sections
- Campbell, Ken, 'Interview with Professor Richard Stanton', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2008, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/s/stanton.html. Details
See also
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 17 June 2021
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