Philip England

Philip Christopher England FRS (born 30 April 1951) is a British geophysicist and former Chair of Geology at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, whose research centres upon the evolution, deformation and metamorphism of mountain ranges and the development of island arcs. He has widely used applied mathematics to model mountain building, proving that they behave as extremely viscous fluids.

Early life and education England was born on 30 April 1951. He studied physics at the University of Bristol, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1972. He then moved to the University of Oxford to undertake research in geophysics, receiving his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1976. and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2016.