Person

Ringwood, Alfred Edward (Ted) (1930 - 1993)

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Born
19 April 1930
Kew, Victoria, Australia
Died
12 November 1993
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation
Geophysicist

Summary

Ted Ringwood was a geophysicist who was internationally renowned for his research on the geochemical evolution of the solar system, the composition and mineralogy of the Earth's mantle, the composition of the Earth's core, the relationships between mineralogical phase transitions and mantle dynamics, and nuclear waste disposal. Among his many publications were the books The composition and petrology of the Earth's mantle (1975) and The origin of the Earth and Moon (1979). Ringwood held chairs in Geophysics and Geochemistry at the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University, becoming the School's Director in 1978. The A. E. Ringwood Medal has been awarded on alternate years since 2010 by the Geological Society of Australia to recognise exceptional research advances in the knowledge of fundamental Earth processes.

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Chronology

1953
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1956
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
1957 - 1958
Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1958 - 1963
Career position - Research fellow, Department of Geophysics, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University
1963 - 1967
Career position - Professor of Geophysics, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
1966
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1967 - 1978
Career position - Professor of Geochemistry, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
1967 - 1993
Award - Commonwealth and Foreign Member, Geological Society of London
1969 - 1972
Career position - Member of Council. Australian Academy of Science
1971
Award - Rosenteil Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1971 - 1972
Career position - Vice-President, Australian Academy of Science
1972
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1974
Award - Bowie Medal, American Geophysical Union
1974
Award - Arthur L. Day Medal, Geological Society of America
1975
Award - Mueller Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1975 - 1993
Award - Foreign Associate, National Academy of Science, U.S.A.
1975 - 1993
Award - Honorary Member, All-Union Mineralogical Society, U.S.S.R.
1978
Award - Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
1978 - 1983
Career position - Director, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
1980
Award - Pawsey Memorial Lecture, Australian Institute of Physics
1983 - 1993
Award - Honorary Foreign Fellow, European Union of Geosciences
1984
Award - Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research
1987
Award - Honorary Doctorate (Dr, ver. nat. h. c.) University of Göttingen, Germany
1988
Award - Wollaston Medal, Geological Society of London
1991
Award - Feltrinelli International Prize, National Academy of Italy
1991
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1992
Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1993
Award - Harry H. Hess Medal, American Geophysical Union
1993
Award - Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science

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Book Sections

  • Green, David H., 'Ringwood, Alfred Edward' in New Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Koertge, Noretta, ed., vol. 6 (Detroit : Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008), pp. 258-262 . Details
  • Moyal, Ann, 'Ringwood, Alfred Edward (Ted) (1930-1993), geophysicist and earth scientist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 19: 1991 - 1995 A-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2021), pp. 714-716, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ringwood-alfred-edward-ted-857. Details

Edited Books

  • Moyal, Ann ed., Portraits in Science (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1994), 209 pp. Details

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See also

Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn

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