Eleanor Honnywill
British Antarctic scientist who won the 1975 Fuchs Medal of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in recognition of her service to the BAS and its predecessor the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS)
About Eleanor Honnywill
Lived 1919 – 2003 (aged 83–84). Eleanor Honnywill was a British scientist.
Eleanor Honnywill ( – 11 April 2003; Biscoe, later Eleanor, Lady Fuchs) was instrumental in supporting the work of British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
Career Honnywill won the 1975 Fuchs Medal of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in recognition of her service to the BAS and its predecessor the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). She had been secretary to the 1955-58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, based in the expedition's London headquarters.
In 1958, she moved to FIDS as personal assistant to Vivian Fuchs when he took up the directorship, and worked with him on the expedition's papers and his Of Ice and Men (1982, Anthony Nelson; ), the history of the FIDS and BAS.
Honnywill Peak in the Shackleton Range in Antarctica is named for her.
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Who was Eleanor Honnywill?
British Antarctic scientist who won the 1975 Fuchs Medal of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in recognition of her service to the BAS and its predecessor the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS)
When was Eleanor Honnywill born?
Eleanor Honnywill was born in 1919.
When did Eleanor Honnywill die?
Eleanor Honnywill died on 11 April 2003.
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Eleanor Honnywill was a scientist.
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Eleanor Honnywill was British.
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