Hugh Torrens
English palaeontologist; historian of science
About Hugh Torrens
Born 1940. Hugh Torrens is a university teacher, geologist, paleoanthropologist and historian of science.
Hugh Simon Torrens (born 1940) is a British historian of geology and paleontology, and Emeritus Professor of History of Science and Technology at Keele University.
Torrens received a bachelor's degree from the University of Oxford and a PhD from the University of Leicester.
He was awarded the Sue Tyler Friedman Medal by the Geological Society in 1991.
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English palaeontologist; historian of science
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Hugh Torrens was born on 20 November 1940.
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