Person
Chappell, Bruce William (1936 - 2012)
FAA FAGS FMSA
- Born
- 20 November 1936
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 22 April 2012
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Geologist and Geochemist
Summary
Bruce Chappell was Professor of Geology at Australian National University from 1992 to 1997 and appointed Professor of Earth Scientific at the University of Wollongong in 2006. His research speciality was the evolution of granites and their role in the fractionation of the Earth's crust. He recognised that many granite magmas move away from their sources deep in the crust as a mixture of melt and solid residual material. With Allan White he determined that there are two types of granite magma. Chappell was a pioneer in the use of X-ray fluorescence spectrography for trace element analysis of rock, leading to contributions in other geological fields, notable the analysis of granites returned to earth by the Apollo lunar missions.
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Chronology
- 1959
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of New England, New South Wales
- 1959 - 1960
- Career position - Demonstrator in Geology, University of New England
- 1960 - 1968
- Career position - Lecturer in Geology, Australian National University in Canberra
- 1961
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of New England
- 1967
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University
- 1968 - 1976
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Geology, Australian National University
- 1971
- Award - Certificate of Merit, Australian Industrial Design Council
- 1974 - 1975
- Career position - Visiting Scientist in the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1977 - 1992
- Career position - Reader in Geology, Australian National University
- 1983 -
- Award - Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America (FMSA)
- 1988
- Award - Stillwell Award, Geological Society of Australia (co-recipient)
- 1990
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Australian National University
- 1992 - 1997
- Career position - Professor of Geology, Australian National University
- 1994 - 2012
- Award - Fellow, American Geological Society (FAGS)
- 1995 - 2012
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Geological Society of London
- 1997 - 2012
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
- 1998
- Award - Mawson Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
- 1998 - 2012
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2001 - ?
- Career position - Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at Macquarie University in Sydney
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in earth and planetary science
- 2001
- Career position - Leverhulme Fellow and Visiting Professor, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
- 2006 - ?
- Career position - Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Wollongong
- 2007 - 2012
- Award - Fellow, Geological Society of Australia
- 2008 - 2012
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Geological Society, London
- 2014
- Award - Keith Norrish AXAA Award for Excellence in X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis (posthumous), Australian X-ray Analytical Association
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Williams, Ian S.; and Campbell, S. W., 'Bruce William Chappell 1936 - 2012', Historical Records of Australian Science, 28 (2) (2017), 146-58, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR17012. Details
Resources
- 'Chappell, B W (1936-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-468938. Details
Resource Sections
- Australian Academy of Science, 'Mawson Medal and Lecture', Canberra, https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/mawson-medal-and-lecture. Details
See also
- Rickard, Mike, comp., Geology at ANU (1959-2009) : 50 Years of History and Reminiscences (Acton, A.C.T.: ANU E Press, 2010), 276 pp. Details
Annette Alafaci and Helen Cohn
Created: 14 September 2005, Last modified: 15 June 2022