About Leonard Hawkes
Lived 1891 – 1981 (aged 90). Leonard Hawkes was a British geologist and university teacher.
Leonard Hawkes FRS (6 August 1891 – 29 October 1981) was a British geologist. Awarded the Murchison Medal in 1946 and the Wollaston Medal in 1962. He was head of the geology department at Bedford College, London between 1921 and 1956.
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Who was Leonard Hawkes?
British geologist (1891–1981)
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Leonard Hawkes was born on 6 August 1891 in Somerset.
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Leonard Hawkes died on 29 October 1981.
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Leonard Hawkes was a geologist and university teacher.
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Leonard Hawkes was British.
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